RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

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With over 850 lots, RR Auction’s March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale offers a wide variety of material for history buffs, music lovers, sports fans, movie mavens, and more! Our highlighted military section ranges from European conflicts of the 17th century through World War II, and features everything from autographs to weapons and uniforms. Art and literature also take a leading role, with autograph letters from the likes of Monet, Matisse, Lautrec, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Marvels of classical music include a Haydn contract, Liszt letter, and Verdi note, while Gershwin, Guthrie, and Lennon round out our modern selection. 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 March 2018.
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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Notables437 - Notables
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Group of six unsigned carte-de-visite portraits of noted 19th-century figures, including: David Livingstone, Laura Bridgman, Louis Agassiz, John Tynda
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Rosa Parks438 - Rosa Parks
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FDC with a cachet honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, "To Tom Grafton, with my best wishes, Rosa L. Park...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Physicists439 - Physicists
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Group lot of seven color photos, semi-glossy and laserprint, ranging in size from 5 x 7 to 11.75 x 8.25, each signed in ink or felt tip by the picture
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pope Benedict XVI440 - Pope Benedict XVI
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Ink signature, "Joseph Card. Ratzinger," on an off-white 3.5 x 5.75 presentation card in German, reading (translated): "Presented wit...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Princess Caroline441 - Princess Caroline
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Four items, each signed in ink or felt tip, "Caroline de Monaco," including: a color glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Caroline in a bikini; a col...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Princess Grace and Family442 - Princess Grace and Family
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Commemorative cover, 6.5 x 3.75, with a color cachet honoring the birth of Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite on January 23, 1957, signed in black fe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Melvin Purvis443 - Melvin Purvis
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FBI agent and archetypical ‘G-Man’ (1903–1960) responsible for the capture of John Dillinger, ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd, ‘Baby Face’ Nelson, and other notori
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Queen Adelaide444 - Queen Adelaide
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Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King William IV (1792–1849). Three items by Queen Adelaide: an ALS signed "Ad.," four p...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria445 - Queen Victoria
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Large ink signature, "Victoria R,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 slip. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and a light cen...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert446 - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Two handsome cabinet photos: a 4.25 x 6.5 photo of Queen Victoria in a regal outfit, by Alexander Bassano of London; and a 4.25 x 6.25 photo of Prince
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Harlan Stone447 - Harlan Stone
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, October 8, 1945. Letter to Harold Roland Shapiro, in full: "Thank you f...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Stroud448 - Robert Stroud
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, September 30, 1938. Written from Leavenworth Penitentiary, a letter to Fred E. Daw, in part: "I will send the bird...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Supreme Court449 - Supreme Court
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Group of six items signed by justices of the Supreme Court, including: Melville Fuller (signature), Harlan F. Stone (TLS), Chales E. Hughes (TLS), Fre
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Sutherland450 - George Sutherland
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Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 Harris & Ewing portrait of Sutherland seated in his judicial robe, affixed to the original studio mount, signed ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edward Teller451 - Edward Teller
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Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (1908–2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Thomson452 - Charles Thomson
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Patriot leader (1729–1824) in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its exi
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Margaret Thatcher453 - Margaret Thatcher
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TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.5, blindstamped House of Commons letterhead, November 27, 1961. Letter to Mrs. M. Weston at the Conservative & Unionist ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic454 - Titanic
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A page from the April 6, 1912 issue of The Illustrated London News, 10.5 x 15.5, featuring a large central image of the Titanic, advertising: "...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic: B. V. and Millvina Dean455 - Titanic: B. V. and Millvina Dean
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Commemorative cover honoring the 25th anniversary of the British Philatelic Bureau, featuring a steamship postage stamp, signed in ink by two sibling
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Clyde W. Tombaugh456 - Clyde W. Tombaugh
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ALS, one page on an 8.5 x 11 copy of a Stackpole Books catalog page for his book Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto, August 24, 1982. Letter to H.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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