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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Malcolm X: Alex Haley121 - Malcolm X: Alex Haley
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Signed book: The Autobiography of Malcolm X. First edition. NY: Grove Press, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 455 pages. Signed and insc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela122 - Nelson Mandela
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Handsome limited edition 19.75 x 25.75 lithograph reproducing Mandela's handwritten artist's motivation for his 'My Robben Island' s...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Florence Nightingale123 - Florence Nightingale
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Beautiful ink signature, "Florence Nightingale,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1 slip matted with an image to an overall size of 7.5 x 11.5. In fine c...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Florence Nightingale124 - Florence Nightingale
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, June 17, 1884. Letter to Edmund Boulnois of the Marylebone Infirmary thanking him
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Jay125 - John Jay
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Revolutionary War–dated handwritten draft of a letter by John Jay, unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 9, March 22, 1779. Written as president of the Continenta
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr126 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
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Large engraved portrait of Associate Justice Holmes by Franklin F. Ward, published by Charles Barmore of Princeton, N. J., signed below in black ink,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Marshall127 - John Marshall
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ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.5, September 18, 1832. Letter to his son, James K. Marshall, concerning the sale of some bank
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Henry M. Leland128 - Henry M. Leland
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American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur (1843–1932) who founded the luxury automotive brands Cadillac and Lincoln. Remarka
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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J. Paul Getty129 - J. Paul Getty
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DS, three pages, 8.5 x 14, January 8, 1937. Casinghead gas contract between J. Paul Getty and J. E. Crosbie, Inc., in which the former "hereby ...
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Charles Darwin130 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” three pages, 4.75 x 8, personal letterhead, November 11, [1870]. Letter to Philip Lutley Sclater, who has been reading the pr
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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DNA: James D. Watson131 - DNA: James D. Watson
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TLS signed “James D. Watson,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory letterhead, July 13, 1988. Letter to Dr. Wolfgang Heil in Dusseldorf,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison132 - Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, "Thos A. Edison," payable t...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison133 - Thomas Edison
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Classic pencil signature, "Thos. A. Edison,” on an off-white 3 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with old mounting remnants on the reverse.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison134 - Thomas Edison
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.75 x 4, February 25, 1921. Edison Storage Battery Co. promissory note, in part: "On th...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison135 - Thomas Edison
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Autograph endorsement in pencil, "Blinne, Yes—TAE," on a letter written to him by F. S. Blinne, one page. 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1924...
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Albert Einstein136 - Albert Einstein
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Third-person ANS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, no date. Below a printed facsimile poem celebrating his fiftieth birthday (dated Ma
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein137 - Albert Einstein
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Remarkable scientific AMS in German, signed "A. Einstein," one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1938 or earlier. An important working man...
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein138 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, [January 23, 1947]. Letter to Ruth Daman, mentioning both
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Maria Ficatelli139 - Giuseppe Maria Ficatelli
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Italian mathematician and painter of the Baroque period (1639–1703). Manuscript from Ficatelli's personal library, signed on the front flyleaf i...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Fleming140 - Alexander Fleming
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Austrian 1944 series five schilling banknote issued by the Allied Military Authority, 4.5 x 2.75, no. 12H571323, signed vertically in fountain pen, ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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