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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Woodrow Wilson145 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 29, 1918. Letter to Andrew B. Humphrey, director of the American Peace and Arbitra
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson146 - Woodrow Wilson
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Uncommon glossy 5.75 x 4.25 photo of Wilson with his cabinet members affixed to an off-white mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen by Wilson. Mat
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson147 - Woodrow Wilson
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Ink signature, "Woodrow Wilson,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.75 slip. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and a central vertical f...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Oliver Ellsworth and William Williams148 - Oliver Ellsworth and William Williams
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Manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth" and "Wm. Williams,” one page, 7.5 x 8.25, June 13, 1777. Pay order issued to Treasurer John Lawrence,...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin149 - Benjamin Franklin
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Manuscript vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.75 x 13.5, June 9, 1787. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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[Button Gwinnett]150 - [Button Gwinnett]
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Very rare manuscript document, signed “Tho: Bosomworth,” one page, 10.25 x 6.25, March 8, 1773. Payment receipt penned in the lower portion of a parti
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Lyman Hall151 - Lyman Hall
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia (1724–1790) who went on to serve as governor of the state. Rare Revolutionary War–dated ADS, on
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Francis Hopkinson152 - Francis Hopkinson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737–1791) who is also known as the designer of the first official American flag. Revolutio
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel Huntington153 - Samuel Huntington
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1796) and seventh president of the Continental Congress. Manuscript DS, signed “Sam...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Thomas Lynch, Jr154 - Thomas Lynch, Jr
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749–1779); his father had served in the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776 but had
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Robert Morris and James Wilson155 - Robert Morris and James Wilson
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Manuscript DS, signed “Robt Morris" and "James Wilson,” one page both sides, 8 x 13, October 13, 1794. An indenture between Robert Morris ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Walton156 - George Walton
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence who, following the Revolution, devoted himself almost entirely to Georgia state politics (1749–1804). Revolu
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Henry Clay157 - Henry Clay
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LS signed “H. Clay,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, August 16, 1827. Letter to Samuel Hodges, the US consul for the Cape de Verd Islands, in full: &q...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry Clay158 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, August 7, 1846. Letter to William C. C. Claiborne, in part: "I lament that there is so much ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry159 - Patrick Henry
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 16.5 x 14.75, January 19, 1786. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants William Churchill Jones...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Penn160 - William Penn
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English-born Quaker (1644–1718) and founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Scarce vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one p
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Edmund Randolph161 - Edmund Randolph
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Autograph endorsement, signed “Edm: Randolph,” eight total pages, 6.5 x 8.5, June 18, 1782. Deposition made by Patrick Henry as a defendant in a case
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ram Mohan Roy162 - Ram Mohan Roy
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Indian reformer (1772–1833) who challenged traditional Hindu culture and first introduced the word Hinduism into the English language in 1816. Scarce
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Oskar Schindler163 - Oskar Schindler
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LS in German, signed “Oskar,” one page on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, no date but postmarked Menden (Sauerland), August 20, 1957. Written in
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Simon Wiesenthal164 - Simon Wiesenthal
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AMS in German in pencil, four pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1990s, signed vertically in the left margin in black ballpoint, “S. Wiesenthal,” and
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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