RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Presidents

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In honor of Washington's Birthday, RR Auction's February Fine Autograph and Artifact sale opens with a remarkable assortment of nearly 200 presidential autographs, highlighted by an excessively rare William Henry Harrison document as president, an autograph letter by LBJ to the Speaker of the House, and a significant selection of free franks. Other top lots include an extraordinary signed portrait of James Joyce, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal ledger, an Einstein letter on a childhood game, and Warren Buffett's personal set of golf clubs. The Beatles, Apollo 11 astronauts, Charles Schulz, Marilyn Monroe, and Babe Ruth round out our pop culture offerings. 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 February 2019.
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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Dalai Lama244 - Dalai Lama
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Wonderful color 8.5 x 11 laserprint photo of the Dalai Lama seated with his hands clasped in prayer, signed in Tibetan in black felt tip. In fine cond
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Dalai Lama245 - Dalai Lama
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Scarce early vintage fountain pen signature of the Dalai Lama on an off-white 4.5 x 3 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned photo, trans
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Dalai Lama246 - Dalai Lama
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Signed book: The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World. First edition. NY: Doubleday, 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 338 pages. Signed on
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Dalai Lama247 - Dalai Lama
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Magazine cover from the April 20, 1959 issue of Time, 8.5 x 11, signed in black felt tip by the Dalai Lama. In very good condition, with surface loss
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Dalai Lama248 - Dalai Lama
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FDC with a cachet honoring the 100th anniversary of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's negotiations with Japan, signed in blue ballpoint by the Dalai ...
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Lee de Forest249 - Lee de Forest
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Prolific American inventor (1873–1961) often referred to as 'the father of radio' for his pioneering work in wireless telegraphy. Two items ...
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DNA: Crick and Watson250 - DNA: Crick and Watson
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Two books: a collector's edition of Double Helix, leather-bound hardcover with slipcase, numbered 36/1962, published by the Easton Press in 2013...
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DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins251 - DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
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Desirable pairing of items signed by the discoverers of DNA: a first day cover honoring the Doctors Mayo, signed in ink by James D. Watson and Francis
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DNA: James Watson252 - DNA: James Watson
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo showing Watson holding a DNA model, signed in black ballpoint, "James D. Watson." In very fine condition.
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother253 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Messrs. Drummond, Royal Bank of Scotland check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by Elizabeth, Queen Mother, "Elizabeth R," payable to Lady ...
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Everest: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay254 - Everest: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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Commemorative cover with a cachet depicting Mount Everest and honoring Nepal, 'The Living Museum of the World,' signed in ink by Edmund Hill...
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Ernest and Julio Gallo255 - Ernest and Julio Gallo
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Billionaire brothers who founded the E & J Gallo Winery in 1933 at the end of Prohibition. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the brothers holding their fam...
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Indira Gandhi256 - Indira Gandhi
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Signed book: Magic or Miracle. Bombay: Interpress, 1980. Stiff paperback with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.5. Signed on the title page in felt tip, "In...
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Indira Gandhi257 - Indira Gandhi
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Time magazine cover from January 28, 1966, 7.25 x 10, signed in black felt tip by Indira Gandhi. In fine condition, with trimmed edges.
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Indira Gandhi258 - Indira Gandhi
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Two ink signatures of Indira Gandhi, one on a beige 6 x 4 album page dated "11. 11. 56," and the other on an off-white 5.5 x 3 card dated ...
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Rajiv Gandhi259 - Rajiv Gandhi
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FDC with a stamp honoring Eleanor Roosevelt, signed in fountain pen by Rajiv Gandhi and dated 1986. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. I
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Bill Gates260 - Bill Gates
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Signed book: The Road Ahead. Later printing. NY: Viking, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 286 pages. Signed on the title page in blue fe
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Mikhail Gorbachev261 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at a podium after receiving the Reagan Freedom Medal at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Mikhail Gorbachev262 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 10 x 7.75 photo of Mikhail Gorbachev embracing Ronald Reagan after he received the Reagan Freedom Medal in May 1992, signed in blue felt
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Mikhail Gorbachev263 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Three limited edition FDCs with silk color cachets honoring Mikhail Gorbachev's speech at Monticello in honor of Thomas Jefferson's 250th bi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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