RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts Featuring Royalty

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RR Auction’s January Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is sure to impress, boasting over 850 items in a wide variety of genres. We open with a special ‘Royalty’ section, which spans over five hundred years of majestic material—from Spain’s Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of the 1490s to Britain’s tragic Princess Diana of the 1990s. Our presidential section is similarly robust, highlighted by a Revolutionary War-dated letter by George Washington, a Congressional resolution to honor Ben Franklin signed by Thomas Jefferson, and a page from Theodore Roosevelt’s manuscript for The Winning of the West. Other great autographs in this sale include the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, the economist Adam Smith, the abolitionist John Brown, the surrealist Rene Magritte, and many more. 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 January 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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Queen Isabella1 - Queen Isabella
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LS in Spanish, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 8.75 x 7, December 20, 1492. Letter to Dr. Alfonso Ramires de Villaescusa, municipal royal representati
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Ferdinand and Isabella2 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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Exceptional LS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey," [I the King] and "Yo el Reyna," [I the Queen], one page, 8.5 x 9, October 12, 1499. In...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Francis I3 - Francis I
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King of France (born 1494) who reigned from 1515 until his death in 1547. Known as the 'Father and Restorer of Letters,' the cultured and we...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth I4 - Queen Elizabeth I
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LS signed "Elizabeth I," one page, 12.5 x 8.5, September 1, 1568. Letter to the Count of Winchester, Tresor of England, about payment of 1...
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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King Charles V5 - King Charles V
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Holy Roman Emperor who, as Charles I, also served as king of Spain (1500–1558). Manuscript DS in Latin, signed “Carol,” one page, 12.75 x 12.25, Febru
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King Henry IV6 - King Henry IV
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ALS in French, signed “Henry,” one page, 8.5 x 10.5, circa 1580. Letter to Monsieur de Batz, governor of the city of Eauze in Gascony, explaining his
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Mary, Queen of Scots7 - Mary, Queen of Scots
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Excessively rare vellum manuscript DS in French, signed “Marie R,” one page, 12.25 x 9.75, April 30, 1586. Mary, as queen of Scotland and dowager quee
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Estimate : 28,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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King Philip IV of Spain8 - King Philip IV of Spain
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King of Spain (1605-1665) who reigned from 1621 until his death. Untranslated manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” one page, 8 x 12, December
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King James I9 - King James I
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King of England and Ireland (1566–1625) under whom the 'Golden Age' of Elizabethan literature and drama continued, and who famously sponsore...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Marie de Medici10 - Marie de Medici
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Queen consort of France (1573–1642) as the second wife of King Henry IV of France; she herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medic
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden11 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
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King of Sweden (born 1594) who reigned from 1611 to 1632, known for leading the nation to military supremacy during the Thirty Years War; an able mili
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King Louis XIV12 - King Louis XIV
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King of France (born 1638) from 1643 until his death in 1715, known as the 'Sun King' for the glittering splendor of his court at Versailles...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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King Charles VI13 - King Charles VI
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Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary and Croatia, Serbia and Archduke of Austria, (born 1685) who served from 1711 until his death in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King George I14 - King George I
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LS signed "George R" and "GR," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 12.25, April 6, 1720. Letter to Sir John Norris, comm...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Frederick the Great15 - Frederick the Great
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King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frederick the Great16 - Frederick the Great
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King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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King Louis XV17 - King Louis XV
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Ineffectual King of France from 1715 to 1774 who was dominated by his strong-willed and unscrupulous mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Handwritten letter
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Catherine the Great18 - Catherine the Great
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Manuscript DS in Cyrillic, bearing an autograph endorsement signed "Catherine," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 12.5, February...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Catherine the Great19 - Catherine the Great
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Rare partly-printed vellum DS in Cyrillic, signed “Catherine,” one page, 15.5 x 10.75, April 30, 1785. Untranslated military commission in which Cathe
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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King George III20 - King George III
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Revolutionary War–dated handwritten letter by King George III, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, December 11, 1779. Letter to Lord Thurlow, i
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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