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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Bartolomeo Vanzetti325 - Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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Lengthy ALS signed “Bartolomeo Vanzetti,” three pages both sides, 8 x 10, May 22, 1927. Letter to Lilly Sarnoff, written while imprisoned in Dedham Ja
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Vincent Auriol326 - Vincent Auriol
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French politician (1884–1966) who served as the first president of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. Fountain pen signature as president, "...
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Otto von Bismarck327 - Otto von Bismarck
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Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815-1898). Partly-printed DS in German, signed “v. Bismarck,” one page, 8.25 x 13, Augu
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Richard E. Byrd328 - Richard E. Byrd
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Fantastic vintage semi-glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Byrd wearing a warm fur coat, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Orne E. Dunlap, ...
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Benjamin Cardozo329 - Benjamin Cardozo
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ALS signed “Benjamin N. Cardozo,” two pages, 5 x 7.75, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, October 8, 1934. Letter to Harold Shapiro, in fu
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California Businessmen330 - California Businessmen
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Group of three items signed by noted California businessmen J. Paul Getty, Henry E. Huntington, and Collis P. Huntington. J. Paul Getty Famed industr
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Victor Considerant331 - Victor Considerant
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French utopian socialist (1808–1893) who founded the European Society for the Colonization of Texas and wrote two books, Au Texas and The Great West;
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Benjamin Disraeli332 - Benjamin Disraeli
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Hand addressed and signed mailing panel, 4.75 x 3, addressed and dated in Disraeli's hand, "London, June twenty five, 1839, Mr. Winmington,...
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Benjamin Disraeli333 - Benjamin Disraeli
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Desirable 1878 transferable ticket to the Royal Horticultural Society, 3.25 x 2, issued as No. 548, signed in the lower right in black ink as prime mi
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DNA: Watson and Crick334 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Ballpoint signature, "James D. Watson," and a felt tip signature, "Francis Crick," on individual off-white 5 x 3 cards. In overa...
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William Fargo335 - William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12.25 x 9.5, December 15, 1868. Certificate for 5 shares of stock in the American Merchants Union
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Albert Gallatin336 - Albert Gallatin
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Politician and financial genius (1761-1849) responsible for the formation of what is now known as the Ways and Means Committee. LS, one page, 7.75 x 6
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Indira Gandhi337 - Indira Gandhi
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Glossy 2.75 x 4 head-and-shoulders photo of Indira Gandhi, boldly signed in the lower border in black felt tip. Nicely matted and framed with a plaque
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Bill Gates338 - Bill Gates
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Signed book: The Road Ahead. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 286 pages. Signed and inscribed on the tit
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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J. Edgar Hoover339 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Color satin-finish 6.75 x 8 half-length portrait of Hoover by Autrey of Hollywood, affixed to the original mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in
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Joseph P. Kennedy340 - Joseph P. Kennedy
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TLS, signed “Joe,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 4, 1960. Letter to Phil Regan, in full: “I would really like to help this boy out
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Robert F. Kennedy341 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Bold fountain pen signature, "R. F. Kennedy,” on an off-white 2.5 x 2 card. Nicely triple-matted and framed with a photo of Kennedy at a lecter...
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Timothy Matlack342 - Timothy Matlack
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Political leader from Pennsylvania best known for engrossing the Declaration of Independence on parchment (1736–1829). Revolutionary War-dated manuscr
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Mother Teresa343 - Mother Teresa
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Prayer slip with an image of Mother Teresa with her hands clasped, 4.25 x 3.5, signed in black ink, "God bless you, M. Teresa mc." Double-...
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Napoleon344 - Napoleon
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Small limited edition enameled trinket box made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England, 2 x 2 x 1.25, numbered 51/75, honoring the bicentenary of the cor
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