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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John Hancock305 - John Hancock
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Bold and desirable ink signature, "Congress Philad'a, John Hancock,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.25 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock306 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed third-person ADS, signed within the text, "John Hancock," one page, 8.75 x 4.5, September 1768. A bill of lading, mostly fi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Clarence Darrow307 - Clarence Darrow
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Defense attorney (1857–1938) noted for his role in the Scopes 'Monkey' Trial and the Leopold-Loeb thrill-killing case. Greenebaum Sons Bank ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Robert F. Kennedy308 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Handsome matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with a light
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln: William H. Herndon309 - Abraham Lincoln: William H. Herndon
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American lawyer (1818–1891) best known as Lincoln's law partner from 1841. He later wrote a biography of Lincoln, Herndon's Lincoln: The Tru...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frederick Douglass310 - Frederick Douglass
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Civil War-dated DS, signed "I am, Dear Sir, Yours Truly, Fred'k Douglass, Rochester, Sept. 6th 1864," one page, 5 x 8, August 25, 1864...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi311 - Mohandas Gandhi
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Immensely desirable vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of Mohandas Gandhi walking alongside Madan Mohan Malaviya after the second session of India's...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Florence Nightingale312 - Florence Nightingale
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Ink signature and inscription, "Sir Harry Verney, Bart., F. Nightingale, 8/12/91,” on a black-bordered off-white 5.25 x 4.25 card. In very good...
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Felix Frankfurter313 - Felix Frankfurter
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TLS, one page, 5.25 x 8, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, October 18, 1938. Letter to Harold Roland Shapiro, in full: "Thank you fo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Felix Frankfurter314 - Felix Frankfurter
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TLS, one page, 5.25 x 8, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, January 24, 1939. Letter to journalist Joseph Leib, in full: "You were ki...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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