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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Horatio Nelson365 - Horatio Nelson
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ALS signed “T. Musgrave,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9, November 12, 1805. Letter to William Battye in Leeds, concerning a variety of
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Oliver Hazard Perry366 - Oliver Hazard Perry
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American military officer (1785–1819) who served in the War of 1812 and earned the title ‘Hero of Lake Erie’ for leading American forces in a decisive
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis367 - Jefferson Davis
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Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of an artist's depiction of Jefferson Davis on the run after the Civil War while wearing a woman's d...
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James H. Doolittle368 - James H. Doolittle
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Limited edition 19 x 29 print portraying Doolittle by Paul Calle, numbered to 1000, signed in the lower border in pencil by Doolittle, "J. H. D...
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Generals369 - Generals
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Group of nine vintage photos, all but one matte-finish, ranging in size from 7.75 x 9.75 to 10 x 13, each signed in ink or fountain pen by a notable A
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal370 - Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal
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Mailing envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, bearing two 3-cent Iwo Jima postage stamps, signed in the upper left corner in black ink, "Joe Rosenthal, Photogra...
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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener371 - Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
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Senior British Army officer and colonial administrator (1850–1916) who earned notoriety for his imperial campaigns, in particular his scorched earth p
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George B. McClellan372 - George B. McClellan
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Civil War-dated ALS signed “Geo. McClellan,” two pages, 4.75 x 7.75, December 31, 1862. Letter to Augustus Schell, in full: "I return herewith ...
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Napoleon373 - Napoleon
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Original printed broadside in French entitled "Gendarmerie d'Ordonnance of the Emperor," one page, 16.25 x 19.75, October 17, 1806. An...
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Chester Nimitz374 - Chester Nimitz
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Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5 half-length portrait of Nimitz seated in front of a large map, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Butchie Gon...
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John J. Pershing375 - John J. Pershing
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American general (1860–1948) remembered as the commander of the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in World War I. Fountain pen signatu
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Matthew Ridgway376 - Matthew Ridgway
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of the commanding general, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Bob Carter, with warm regard and best wi...
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Frederick Roberts377 - Frederick Roberts
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Highly decorated British field marshal (1832-1914) best known for leading the British victory during the Second Boer War. Scarce 4 x 6.25 cabinet port
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Louis-Gabriel Suchet378 - Louis-Gabriel Suchet
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Marshal of France (1770–1826) considered to be one of Napoleon Bonaparte's most brilliant generals. Untranslated manuscript DS in French, signed...
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War of 1812379 - War of 1812
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Printed broadside containing "Company Orders" headed "Artillery…Second Regiment," one page, 8 x 13.25, September 30, 1811. The o...
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Duke of Wellington380 - Duke of Wellington
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ALS in French, signed “Wellington,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, June 26, 1843. Untranslated letter to the Ambassador of France inviting him to a celebration
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World War II381 - World War II
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A framed original color 14 x 20 American World War II propaganda poster from 1942, depicting the hand of Uncle Sam over a man's mouth, reading, ...
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WWII 'Bundles For Berlin' Poster382 - WWII 'Bundles For Berlin' Poster
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Original color 28.25 x 40 American WWII poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1942 (1942-O-464582), showing soldiers loading bombs
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WWII 'Careless Talk' Posters383 - WWII 'Careless Talk' Posters
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Three original color American WWII posters, including: a 14 x 20 poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1943 (1943-O-558552), showin
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WWII 'Conserve' Posters384 - WWII 'Conserve' Posters
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Two American WWII propaganda posters: an original color 22 x 28 Office of War Information poster (No. 39), published in 1943, depicting a woman sewing
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