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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Enola Gay and Bockscar345 - Enola Gay and Bockscar
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Two signed photos: a cardstock 7 x 9.5 photo of the atomic mushroom cloud over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, signed in black felt tip by Paul Tibbets,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney346 - Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets and Bockscar pilot Charles Sweeney shaking hands just before Sweeney's flight to Nagas...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets347 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip, "Paul Tibbets." A souvenir typescript of "his ...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets348 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Signed book: Return of the Enola Gay. Self-published, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 339 pages. Signed below a crew image on an opening
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John C. Fremont349 - John C. Fremont
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Prominent American explorer, military officer, and politician (1813–1890). Bold ink signature, "John C. Fremont, Los Angeles, Cal., 1888,” on a...
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Iwo Jima350 - Iwo Jima
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Iconic glossy 10.25 x 13 photo of the Iwo Jima flag raising on Mt. Suribachi, signed in black felt tip by three Medal of Honor recipients from that ba
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George C. Marshall351 - George C. Marshall
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Handsome matte-finish 4.75 x 7.5 portrait by Waltz of Washington, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Kenneth Brown, with my regards, G. ...
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Montgomery of Alamein352 - Montgomery of Alamein
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, personal letterhead, May 7, 1951. Letter to "Lady Mallet," in part: "Thank you so very much for...
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Chester Nimitz353 - Chester Nimitz
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Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the USS Snook (SSN-592) Skipjack-class submarine, postmarked at Pascagoula on its commission date o
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Chester Nimitz354 - Chester Nimitz
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TLS signed “C. W. Nimitz,” one page, 5.75 x 8, Five Star Fleet Admiral letterhead, December 23, 1946. Letter to the Slepin family, in full: "Mr...
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Chester Nimitz355 - Chester Nimitz
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Program for the "Presentation of the Secretary of the Navy's War Bond Honor Flag," held on November 11, 1943, two pages, 7 x 9, signed...
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John J. Pershing356 - John J. Pershing
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 bust-length portrait of Pershing in his four-star military uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to
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Felix Baumgartner357 - Felix Baumgartner
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Austrian skydiver and daredevil (born 1969) who jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere in 2012, setting a world record for skydivin
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Clarence Chamberlin358 - Clarence Chamberlin
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Pioneering aviator and barnstormer (1893–1976) who piloted the first transatlantic passenger flight. Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.25 photo of Chamberl
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Charles Lindbergh359 - Charles Lindbergh
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Exquisite color 16.5 x 20.5 print produced by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation in 1928, captioned, "With one beat of his wing, Charles Lindb...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh360 - Charles Lindbergh
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TLS signed “C. A. L.,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, July 7, 1964. Written from Les Monts-de-Corsier in Switzerland, an instructional letter addressed to Jean
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh361 - Charles Lindbergh
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TLS signed “Charles (A. Lindbergh),” one page, 7.75 x 11, Planorbe letterhead, August 14, 1971. Letter to Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr., chairman of Tra
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Joe Sutter362 - Joe Sutter
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American engineer (1921-2016) for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747; Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine ha
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Orville Wright363 - Orville Wright
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Fourth National Bank of Dayton, Ohio check, 8.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, "Orville Wright," payable to Will...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wilbur Wright and King Edward VII364 - Wilbur Wright and King Edward VII
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Sharp original vintage glossy 8.5 x 6.5 photograph of Wilbur Wright meeting with King Edward VII in Pau, France, on March 17, 1909, showing off one of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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