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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Space Shuttle497 - Space Shuttle
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Collection of Kennedy Space Center visitor complex vehicle passes for various Space Shuttle missions, ranging in size from 8.5 x 5.5 to 11 x 8.5, incl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Valentina Tereshkova498 - Valentina Tereshkova
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Glossy 4 x 6.5 close-up photo of a smiling Valentina Tereshkova in her space suit, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In fine condition, wi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Young499 - John Young
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Recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 10 US Navy Pacific Recovery Force, postmarked May 26, 1969, USS Arlington, signed in black in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams500 - Ansel Adams
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TLS, one page on the reverse of a glossy 6 x 4.25 postcard of Hurricane Ridge, postmarked June 2, 1982. Letter to Gary Lorenz, in full: "Thank ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Artists501 - Artists
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Group of seven unsigned carte-de-visite portraits of noted 19th-century artists, including: John Ruskin (bearing a facsimile signature), George Cruiks
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi502 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Original 9 x 7 albumen photograph of Bartholdi with 26 French dele
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi503 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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ALS in French, signed “A. Bartholdi,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10.5, Franco American Union Committee letterhead, July 16, 1884. Letter
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall504 - Marc Chagall
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Wonderful original ballpoint sketch of a human figure (possibly a self-portrait) accomplished by Chagall on a white 8.25 x 4.75 sheet, prominently sig
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali505 - Salvador Dali
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ALS in Spanish, one page, 5.5 x 7, Hotel Ritz, Barcelona letterhead, stamp-dated May 28, 1956. Letter to a gentleman, in part (translated): "Ou...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali506 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali on Modern Art. First edition. NY: The Dial Press, 1957. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 156 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed across an
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Degas507 - Edgar Degas
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Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” three pages on two
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Eugene Delacroix508 - Eugene Delacroix
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French artist (1798–1863) who takes a place in the first rank of painters in the Romantic tradition and whose mastery of color and technique inspired
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Oskar Kokoschka509 - Oskar Kokoschka
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Austrian artist, poet, and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes (1886–1980). Remarkable ALS signed “OK,” one
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Wassily Kandinsky510 - Wassily Kandinsky
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Pioneering Russian artist (1866–1944) who takes a place among the seminal figures in the development of abstract art. Scarce TLS in French, signed “Ka
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Karl Lagerfeld511 - Karl Lagerfeld
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German fashion designer and photographer (born 1933). ALS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, February 12, 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse512 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H.,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10.25, no date. Letter to his daughter Marguerite, "My dear Marg," in part (transl...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Everett Millais513 - John Everett Millais
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Noted English painter and illustrator (1829–1896) who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. ALS, three pages on two adjoining she
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Joan Miro514 - Joan Miro
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Bold vintage fountain pen signature, "Espagne (Tarragone) Montroig, 7.8.29, au pour souvenir de, Miro!,” on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.5 Spanish ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Claude Monet515 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, signed “Your old Claude,” six pages on three sheets (two adjoining), 5 x 8, Savoy Hotel, London letterhead, February 14, 1900. Letter t
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet516 - Claude Monet
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Desirable ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Giverny Par Vernon letterhead, March 21, 1906. In part (translated): "In reply t...
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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