RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale features more than 850 rare and remarkable lots, with highlights to include an extremely rare signature of Declaration signer Thomas Lynch, Jr., a post-Beatles check signed by Lennon and McCartney, a Winston Churchill publishing archive, autographs of rare Cuban revolutionaries, and a scarce document from King Henry VIII. 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 May 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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Pope Pius XII185 - Pope Pius XII
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Pope Pius XII's personally-owned and -worn white zucchetto skullcap, measuring 6.5? in diameter, with a small label inside, " tas Mariae Re...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro186 - Fidel Castro
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Rare ALS in Spanish, three pages both sides, 4 x 5.5, September 29, 1958. Letter to Revolutionary Air Force Chief Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz, one of the key
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Estimate : 13,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro187 - Fidel Castro
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DS, in Spanish, four pages, 9 x 13, May 12, 1959. Document related to public planning, in part (translated): "I hereby inform you that the Coun...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Cuban Revolutionaries188 - Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Cuban Revolutionaries
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Rare autograph album, 7.5 x 4.5, featuring gold lettering on the front, “Autografo de Heroes de la Revolucion,” signed inside circa March 1959 in ink
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Emperor Meiji189 - Emperor Meiji
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DS in Japanese, one page, 23.25 x 17.75, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Order of the Golden Kite upo
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill190 - Winston Churchill
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Amazing archive of 28 TLSs from Churchill to his proofreader and editor C. C. Wood relating to the publication of the monumental biography Marlborough
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Estimate : 130,000.00 - 150,000.00
 
 
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Ferdinand and Isabella191 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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LS in Spanish, signed by Ferdinand, "Yo el Rey [I the King]," and by Isabella, "Yo la Reyna [I the Queen]," one page, 8.5 x 6, D...
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Frederick the Great192 - 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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Lady Emma Hamilton193 - Lady Emma Hamilton
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Handwritten letter, unsigned, one page, no date but postmarked July 18, 1814. Written from 12 Temple Place, a letter to Colonel Richard Puleston, in f
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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King Charles I194 - King Charles I
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King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625 until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. LS in French, signed “
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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King Edward VII195 - King Edward VII
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Signed book: The Encyclopaedia of Sport, Vols. I and II. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1897–1898. Leatherbound hardcover, 8 x 10.75. Signed and inscrib
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth196 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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Vintage matte-finish 4.75 x 3.25 family portrait of the Queen and King sitting with their daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, affixed to a slightly lar
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth197 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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Attractive royal Christmas and New Year card from 1949, with an embossed golden crown on the front, measures 11.75 x 7 open, bearing a photo of King G
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Marie de Medici198 - Marie de Medici
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Queen consort of France (1575–1642) 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 : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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King Henry VIII199 - King Henry VIII
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Rare and early manuscript DS, signed "Henry R," one page, 11.5 x 5, March 20, 1509/10. Petition to grant Bartholomew Brereton an extension...
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Pomare IV200 - Pomare IV
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Queen of Tahiti (born 1813) from 1827 until her death in 1877; she succeeded as ruler of Tahiti after the death of her brother Pomare III when she was
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Prince Charles201 - Prince Charles
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ALS signed “Charles,” five pages on three sheets, 7.25 x 9.5, personal letterhead, February 16, 1986. Letter to friend and landscape consultant Vernon
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Princess Diana202 - Princess Diana
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ALS, signed “Diana x,” written inside a 5 x 7 greeting card, no date. Letter to her friend Janet, quite possibly her personal beautician, Janet Filder
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Princess Diana203 - Princess Diana
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Christmas card embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 12 x 8 open, featurin
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles204 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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Christmas card embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 16 x 6 open, featurin
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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