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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David Rice Atchison264 - David Rice Atchison
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American politician (1807–1886) best remembered as the subject of a controversy over whether, as president pro tempore of the Senate, he technically s
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Aaron Burr265 - Aaron Burr
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ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.25, March 1791. Letter to New York Senator Samuel Jones, in part: "Several gentlemen have call...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Henry Clay266 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 7.5 x 8, July 25, 1832. Letter to P. R. Fendall, in part: "The mail that has the charge of this letter ought to...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry267 - Patrick Henry
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Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.75, December 10, 1785. Document by which Richard Claiborne of Richmond, Virginia,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Clarence Darrow268 - Clarence Darrow
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Defense attorney (1857–1938) noted for his role in the Scopes 'Monkey' Trial and the Leopold-Loeb thrill-killing case. ALS, one page, 5.75 x...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Todd Lincoln269 - Robert Todd Lincoln
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Eight checks, personal and bank, ranging in size from 8 x 2.5 to 8.75 x 3, dated between 1917 and 1921, all filled out and signed by Lincoln, “Robert
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William L. Marcy270 - William L. Marcy
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DS, signed “W. L. Marcy,” one page, 6.5 x 6.75, June 6, 1836. Circular letter issued by the State of New York to the governor of Mississippi, in full:
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Timothy Pickering271 - Timothy Pickering
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Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). DS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 13.5, June 1, 1
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Meshech Weare272 - Meshech Weare
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American statesman (1713–1786) who served as the first governor of New Hampshire. LS signed “M. Weare,” one page, 6 x 7.75, January 18, 1782. Letter t
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John Brown273 - John Brown
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ALS signed “Your Affectionate Unworthy Father, John Brown,” one page, 8 x 12.5, July 27, 1853. Written from Akron, Ohio, a letter to his daughter Ruth
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela274 - Nelson Mandela
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Color glossy 9.5 x 7 half-length photo of Mandela shaking hands with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl during Mandela's trip to Germany in late May ...
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Bill Wilson275 - Bill Wilson
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Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (1895–1971), the treatment program which has helped millions of people recover from a disease long stigmatized and
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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John Jay276 - John Jay
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Manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 5.75, March 7, 1800. In full: "Resolved that it does not appear improper to the Council that the bill entitled ...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Supreme Court277 - Supreme Court
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Ink and ballpoint signatures of Warren Burger, William Douglas, William Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall, Byron White, Harry Blackman,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Lyman Bloomingdale278 - Lyman Bloomingdale
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Businessman (1841–1905) who, along with his brother Joseph, founded Bloomingdale’s Department Store. TLS, signed “Lyman G. Bloomingdale,” one page, 7.
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Andrew Carnegie279 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, personal letterhead, January 28, 1896. Letter to John Caldwell, in full: "Yours of the 26th instant received. I am ...
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Howard Banking Company280 - Howard Banking Company
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Extremely rare five-dollar bank note from The Howard Banking Company of Boston, Massachusetts, 6.75 x 2.75, issued on August 23, 1858, which features
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gimbels281 - Gimbels
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Lengthy partly-printed DS, signed “Jacob Gimbel,” “Isaac Gimbel,” “Charles Gimbel,” “Daniel Gimbel,” “Ellis A. Gimbel,” “Louis S. Gimbel,” and “Nathan
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Helena Rubinstein282 - Helena Rubinstein
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Polish-born businesswoman (1870–1965) who launched a multimillion-dollar cosmetics empire. Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 photo of Rubinstein by Irving
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison283 - Thomas Edison
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ANS in pencil, quickly signed “Edison,” one page, 5 x 8, 1921. Handwritten note to Jaffray P. Buchanan, who was employed as manager of the Edison Reco
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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