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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John Jay165 - John Jay
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ALS, one page, 8 x 9.75, December 2, 1800. Letter to his son, "Peter Augustus Jay, Esqr," in part: "As Mr. Ph. P. Livingston consents...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Story166 - Joseph Story
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Influential lawyer, jurist, and Harvard Law School professor (1779–1845) who served on the Supreme Court from 1811 to 1845. ALS, one page both sides,
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Henry Ford167 - Henry Ford
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Signed book: The Story of Mary and Her Little Lamb. First edition. Dearborn, Michigan: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, 1928. Stiff faux-leather cover, 5 x 8,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo168 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8.75, May 1, 1866. Attractively engraved certificate for five shares of cap
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell169 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 3, 1915. Writing on his 68th birthday, Bell addresses Miss Margaret Sanders, the daughter of his f
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell170 - Alexander Graham Bell
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Rare bank receipt, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Bell, "A. Graham Bell," received from Thomas Sanders the sum of $87.50, December 19,...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell171 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 16, 1912. Response to a collector, in full: "Agreeably with the request contained in you...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin172 - Charles Darwin
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Sought-after ANS signed “C. Darwin,” one page both sides, 7 x 4.5, October 8, no year but likely 1856. Written from Down House, England, a brief note
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison173 - Thomas Edison
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TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J. letterhead, September 15, 1916. Letter to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Karl Landsteiner174 - Karl Landsteiner
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Austrian biologist and physician (1868–1943) who is recognized as the father of transfusion medicine. Noted for distinguishing and developing the mode
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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