RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

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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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Bruce Lee767 - Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee's personally-owned and -used magnificent top-quality wood-handled rubber tube jump rope, used by the kung fu master for footwork train...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Bruce Lee768 - Bruce Lee
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Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Lee, "Bruce Lee," payable to Greenway Traveling for $129.60, August 16, 1966. In fine c...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier770 - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
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Wonderful pair of original sketches of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier by acclaimed celebrity caricaturist Oscar Berger, accomplished in graphite on
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh771 - Vivien Leigh
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Exquisite glossy 7.25 x 9 close-up photo of Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara from the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind, signed neatly in blue ballpoint. ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jayne Mansfield772 - Jayne Mansfield
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Four signed color candid photos: a 3.5 x 5.25 photo of Mansfield wrapped in a fur stole, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Tommy, Lov...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Marx Brothers773 - Marx Brothers
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Very rare color vintage 8 x 10 cardstock promo photo for the 1937 film A Day at the Races, showing the comic trio in puppet form, signed and inscribed
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Steve McQueen774 - Steve McQueen
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Fantastic vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of McQueen wearing a coat with popped collar, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Esther—Th...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Steve McQueen775 - Steve McQueen
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Rare DS, signed twice “Steven T. McQueen,” one page, 11 x 7.25, April 9, 1969. Stock certificate for 175 shares of the Solar Plastics Engineering Comp
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe776 - Marilyn Monroe
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Stunning vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 studio portrait of Monroe in a beautiful strapless top, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "Best Wish...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe777 - Marilyn Monroe
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TLS signed “Marilyn Miller,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. letterhead, June 19, 1958. Letter to the famous Bloomingdale&#...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe778 - Marilyn Monroe
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Early DS, one page, 8.5 x 13.5, September 28, 1950. Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation advertising release, granting "LeGalion Perfume Co. ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe779 - Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe Productions business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Monroe, "Marilyn Monroe," payable to Metropolis Gara...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe780 - Marilyn Monroe
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes soundtrack album signed and inscribed on the back cover in black ballpoint, "To Mark, I buy my records from your Dad, ...
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Paul Newman781 - Paul Newman
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Two letters graciously responding to fan mail: an ALS, one page, 6 x 9, March 26, 1955, to "Mr. Walsh," in part: "All I can say is th...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Paul Newman782 - Paul Newman
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Ballpoint endorsement signature, "Paul C. Newman," at the conclusion of a letter sent to him by Mrs. Paul M. Lord, headmistress at Kimbert...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Frank Sinatra783 - Frank Sinatra
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Spectacular color glossy 11 x 14 photo of a young Sinatra in a suit and bow tie, signed in person in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Originally obta
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Wayne784 - John Wayne
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Terrific matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Wayne in western attire with carbine and six-shooter at the ready, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “John
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Orson Welles785 - Orson Welles
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TLS, one page, 8 x 11, August 1, 1959. Letter to Belgian author, filmmaker, and documentarist Henri Storck, in part: "You may use my name in ad...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Whale786 - James Whale
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British-born film director (1889–1957) who helmed such horror classics as Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man. After a seri
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Abbott and Costello787 - Abbott and Costello
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Fountain pen signatures, "Bud Abbott" and "Lou Costello," on an off-white 2.5 x 1.25 sheet matted with an image of the comedians...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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