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RR Auction’s October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a diverse 1,000+ items from all fields of collecting, with a special focus on Civil War and Literature. In addition to an incredible assortment of autograph letters from luminaries like Charles Darwin, Mohandas Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet, and J. R. R. Tolkien, a few highlights are a sketch by Pablo Picasso, hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, signed photograph of Leo Tolstoy, and beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Top artifacts are an officer’s sword presented to Brig.-Gen. Calvin Pratt, a scarce multi-level amputation kit, bullets fired in ballistic tests used as evidence against Bonnie and Clyde, and an incredible hand-engraved Colt revolver honoring Hollywood’s ‘Monster Legacy,’ just in time for Halloween. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in October 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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213 - James B. DukeRR Auction
American businessman (1856–1925) who made a fortune in the tobacco business and endowed what was to become Duke University. TLS signed “J. B. Duke,” o
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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214 - Anthony EdenRR Auction
British politician (1897–1977) who served as prime minister following Churchill. TLS, one page, 4.25 x 7, House of Commons letterhead, August 16, 1945
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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215 - Oliver EllsworthRR Auction
Third chief justice of the United States (1745–1807) and delegate to the Constitutional Congress who later submitted the amendments which became the B
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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216 - Everest ExpeditionRR Auction
Indian FDC with a cachet honoring the first ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, signed in ink or felt tip by 11 members of the British Mount Ever
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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217 - James FranckRR Auction
German-born physicist (1882–1964) who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work related to the laws governing the impact of electrons on ato
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
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218 - Otto FrankRR Auction
Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. Postcard depicting
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220 - Carlo GambinoRR Auction
Boss of New York's most powerful crime family (1902-1976) and model for the title character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather. S. G. S. Associat...
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221 - Mikhail GorbachevRR Auction
Group of four color glossy photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each showing Mikhail Gorbachev meeting with notable politicians over the course of his career, e
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222 - Mikhail GorbachevRR Auction
Color satin-finish 12 x 15 full-length photo of Mikhail Gorbachev meeting with Ronald Reagan at the Kremlin, signed in blue felt tip by the former Sov
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