RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction’s February Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction will host over 750 lots of historical memorabilia from all genres, ranging from America’s presidents to the starlets of Hollywood. Among the highlights offered for sale are rare autograph letters by Alan Turing and Albert Einstein, a signed photo of Emperor Hirohito, a Roman Olympic torch, and Peter Finch’s Golden Globe for Network. 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 2017.
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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Thomas Jefferson Chambers203 - Thomas Jefferson Chambers
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Controversial lawyer and land speculator (1802–1865) active in early Texas politics who was assassinated in 1865. ALS in Spanish, signed "Tomas...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody204 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Signed book: Last of the Great Scouts: Life Story of Col. W. F. Cody by Helen Cody Wetmore. First edition. Chicago: Duluth Press Publishing Company, 1
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Sam Houston205 - Sam Houston
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Free franked mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed in Houston’s hand to “Mrs. Jackson Smith, 143 Lexington Avenue, New York,” and prominently franked i
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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George Orr206 - George Orr
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Early settler of Texas (1784–1835) who first went to the region in 1813 as a member of the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition, permanently settling there in 1
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jose de las Piedras207 - Jose de las Piedras
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Handwritten letter in Spanish, believed to be by Piedras, unsigned, one page, 8 x 9.75, January 3, 1830 [but likely 1831]. Apparently a draft of a let
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Francois  Arago and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac209 - Francois Arago and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
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Ink signatures of the mathematician, physicist, astronomer Francois Arago, "F. Arago," the chemist and physicist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion210 - David Ben-Gurion
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TLS in Hebrew, one page, 8.75 x 11, June 12, 1952. Untranslated letter concerning the assignment of a committee in relation to the map of Israel. In v
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Joseph Bonanno211 - Joseph Bonanno
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Mobster (1905–2002) who became boss of one of the most prominent crime families in the world. Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Bonanno,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joseph Bonaparte212 - Joseph Bonaparte
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Older brother of Napoleon (1868–1844) who served as King of Spain from 1808 to 1813, and King of Naples from 1806 to 1808. ALS in French, signed “Jose
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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British Royalty213 - British Royalty
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Collection of three Christmas cards, including: a 1970 card signed inside by Prince Philip; a 1976 card signed inside by the Queen Mother; and a 2002
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard E. Byrd214 - Richard E. Byrd
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TLS signed "R. E. Byrd," one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, December 19, 1930. Letter to C. E. Cotting, in part: "I want to...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Card215 - Andy Card
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Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of Card informing President Bush of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, signed in gold ink, "On 9...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chiang Kai-shek216 - Chiang Kai-shek
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Matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Chiang Kai-shek, signed in fountain pen in Chinese. Lower right bears an Omea Studio blindstamp,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jay Cooke217 - Jay Cooke
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ALS signed “J. C.,” one page, 5.25 x 8, July 16, 1858. Letter to Mr. Hale, in full: "I have just rec'd the enclosed from Mr. Thomas—Don'...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dalai Lama218 - Dalai Lama
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Signed book: The Dalai Lama. First edition. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 151 pages. Signed on the first
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dionne Quintuplets219 - Dionne Quintuplets
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First quintuplets (born May 28, 1934) known to have survived their infancy. The identical sisters were born to parents Oliva Edouard and Elzire Dionne
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Disraeli220 - Benjamin Disraeli
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ALS signed “B. Disraeli,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, blindstamped Grosvenor Gate letterhead, February 24, 1858. Letter to the poli
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother221 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Three Christmas cards, each signed in ink or ballpoint, "from Elizabeth R," ranging in size from 18.5 x 7.25 to 18 x 7.75 (measured open),...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Oliver Ellsworth222 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Partly-printed DS, signed twice, “O. Ellsworth, a Judge of Sup. Court” and “Oliv. Ellsworth, a Judge of Super. Court,” one page, 6.5 x 8.75, October 2
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Felix Frankfurter223 - Felix Frankfurter
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ALS signed “Filly,” one page, 3.75 x 5.75, personal letterhead, postmarked 1961. Letter to his sister Estelle Frankfurter, in full: "Nice man, ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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