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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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain307 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Manuscript DS, signed “Joshua L. Chamberlain,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, June 14, 1871. Official State of Maine document concerning a widow's pension...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis308 - Jefferson Davis
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Civil War-dated LS as president of the Confederate States of America, one page, lightly lined, 7.5 x 9, September 22, 1862. Written from Richmond, Vir
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis309 - Jefferson Davis
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ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, March 17, 1860. Letter to Richard Worsam Meade II, the older brother of Gettysburg hero George
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis310 - Jefferson Davis
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Jeffer Davis,” one page, 9.75 x 7.75, November 10, 1853. War Department report order for George Bell, in part: "You ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson311 - Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
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Rare ALS signed “T. J. Jackson,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, August 5, 1854. Written from Lexington, Virginia, a letter to his brother George, in full: &qu...
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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George A. Custer312 - George A. Custer
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Desirable Civil War–dated manuscript endorsement, signed "G. A. Custer," on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 slip, January 4, 1864. Brigadier Gene...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Roy Brown313 - Roy Brown
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Canadian aviator and World War I ace (1893-1944) officially credited with bringing down the Red Baron, though later investigations indicated that the
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson314 - Horatio Nelson
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War-dated hand-addressed envelope panel, 5 x 3, addressed by Nelson to "Rev'd Dr. D. Hazlewood, Brighton," adding the date above, &quo...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Lord Jeffery Amherst315 - Lord Jeffery Amherst
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Commander-in-chief of the British army during the Revolutionary War (1717–1797) whose reputation was damaged due to allegations that he conducted an e
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bockscar: Fred J. Olivi316 - Bockscar: Fred J. Olivi
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Four items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of ‘Fat Man,’ the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan, signed twice in black felt tip; a glossy 7 x 5 photo of Olivi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Omar Bradley317 - Omar Bradley
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TLS signed “Omar N. Bradley,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal five-star letterhead, November 28, 1967. Letter to Ken Browne, in part: “I appreciate yo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Civil War Generals319 - Civil War Generals
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Civil War-dated endorsements, signed “Joseph Hooker," "O. O. Howard," and "C. Schurz,” on the reverse center panel of a handwrit...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Civil War: Colored Regiment320 - Civil War: Colored Regiment
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “Amos A. Lawrence,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 11, 1863. Letter to J. G. Appleton, in part: "I am much obliged to...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Cornwallis321 - Charles Cornwallis
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British general (1738–1805) who served in America from 1776 to his surrender at Yorktown in 1781. Ink signature, "I am, yours very sincerely, C...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James H. Doolittle322 - James H. Doolittle
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Commemorative 'first flight' airmail cover with a cachet honoring the inauguration of P.O.D. Route AM 27 from Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Decemb...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Doolittle's Raiders323 - Doolittle's Raiders
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Souvenir typescript of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s poem ‘High Flight,’ 9 x 12, signed in ink or felt tip by twenty-two members of Doolittle’s To...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Enola Gay324 - Enola Gay
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Four photos: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of Paul Tibbets standing in front of the Enola Gay signed in blue felt tip, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot”; a glossy 10 x 8
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enola Gay325 - Enola Gay
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Glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of the Enola Gay on the tarmac, signed in blue felt tip, "Morris Jeppson" and "Paul Tibbets, Pilot,&q...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets326 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Two items: an FDC bearing a cachet honoring the United Nations Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed in blue ballpoint, "Paul W. Tibbets...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets327 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Color glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of the Enola Gay on the runway, signed in blue felt tip, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot to Hiroshima, 6 Aug. 1945.” In ver
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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