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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Melvin Purvis287 - Melvin Purvis
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FBI agent and archetypal 'G-Man' (1903–1960) responsible for the capture of John Dillinger, 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, 'Baby Face' ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Queen Louise of Prussia288 - Queen Louise of Prussia
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Queen consort of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III (1776–1810). ALS in German, signed "Luisa," one page, 4.25 x 5, January...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Queen Mary of Teck289 - Queen Mary of Teck
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Wife of King-Emperor George V and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (1867-1953). ALS signed “Mary of Teck,” two pages on two adjoi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria290 - Queen Victoria
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DS, signed “App'd, Victoria R. I.,” one page, 8 x 13, June 20, 1896. In full: "The accompanying specimen of the star which has been prepare...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria291 - Queen Victoria
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Victoria R. I.,” one page, 15.5 x 11.75, June 10, 1856. Queen Victoria appoints E. G. Bredin Esquire as a "Major in ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby292 - Jack Ruby
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Mercantile National Bank at Dallas check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Ruby, payable to Stormy Meadows for $12.75, October 8, 1953.
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Jonas Salk293 - Jonas Salk
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Salk Institute letterhead, May 16, 1975. Letter to J. L. Pruett, in part: "These are particularly trying times and...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jonas Salk294 - Jonas Salk
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Salk sitting to the right of lawyer Basil O'Connor during a March of Dimes fundraiser, signed and inscribed...
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Antonin Scalia295 - Antonin Scalia
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Signed book: Views from the Bench. Later printing. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers, 1985. Softcover, 6 x 9, 330 pages. Signed and inscribed on t
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Thaddeus Stevens296 - Thaddeus Stevens
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Representative from Pennsylvania (1792–1868) who opposed fugitive slave laws and urged emancipation. ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, November 10, 1852. Lett
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Charles Sumner297 - Charles Sumner
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Excellent ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, May 5, 1844. Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, in part: "I have delayed too long my re...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Margaret Thatcher298 - Margaret Thatcher
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Signed book: Statecraft. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2002. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 486 pages. Signed on the colo...
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Andrei Vyshinsky299 - Andrei Vyshinsky
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Soviet politician, jurist, and diplomat (1883–1954) known as a state prosecutor in Joseph Stalin's Moscow trials and in the Nuremberg trials. DS...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chaim Weizmann300 - Chaim Weizmann
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TLS in Hebrew, one page, 8 x 10, Daniel Sieff Research Institute letterhead, January 13, 1938. Letter to Dr. J. Hirshberg, in full (translated): &qu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Duke of Wellington301 - Duke of Wellington
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ALS signed “Wellington,” one page, 4.5 x 7, December 15, 1832. Letter to W. Knocker, thanking him for a collar of brawn and regretting that he does no
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Simon Wiesenthal302 - Simon Wiesenthal
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Dokumentationszentrum letterhead, May 8, 1983. Letter to someone interested in his work, in part: "I wish to thank...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Oliver Wolcott, Jr303 - Oliver Wolcott, Jr
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ALS signed “Oliv. Wolcott,” one page, 7.25 x 9, February 26, 1801. Letter to noted early American painter Gilbert Stuart. In part: "On applying...
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Charles Cornwallis304 - Charles Cornwallis
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English general (1738–1805) who fought against Washington during the American Revolution and was finally defeated at Yorktown. ALS signed “Cornwallis,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Gage305 - Thomas Gage
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British general (1719–1787) who was commander in chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775. LS signed “Tho. Gage,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, J
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Gray306 - Samuel Gray
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Rare manuscript DS, signed “Saml Gray,” one page, 7.25 x 3, July 30, 1765. Receipt issued to Thomas Fayerweather for £20 worth of cordage and y...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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