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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P. T. Barnum315 - P. T. Barnum
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 6.75, personal Waldemere letterhead, August 17, 1881. Letter to influential magnate and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt, in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Harvey Firestone316 - Harvey Firestone
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Two items: an ink signature," "Harvey S. Firestone," on an off-white 5 x 3 card; and an ALS signed "Harvey S. Firestone," o...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edsel Ford317 - Edsel Ford
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Son of auto pioneer Henry Ford (1893–1943) who succeeded his father as head of the Ford Motor Company. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Ford Motor Company
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry Ford318 - Henry Ford
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 19, 1936. Letter to David Wetherhorn, in part: "I am sending you a book on amateur telesco...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William Randolph Hearst319 - William Randolph Hearst
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ANS in pencil, signed “WRH,” one page, 7.5 x 3.5, no date. A handwritten note on a typed question posed to Hearst, "Is it OK to get the valves ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Joseph Pulitzer320 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Collection of six Post-Dispatch business checks, each 8 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Pulitzer, dated between 1880 and 1882. In ove
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Andre-Marie Ampere321 - Andre-Marie Ampere
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Influential French physicist (1775–1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi
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Francois Arago322 - Francois Arago
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French Catalan mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (1786–1853). ALS in French, signed “F. Arago,” one page, 8 x 10.25, August 25, 183
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Claude Louis Berthollet323 - Claude Louis Berthollet
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French chemist (1748–1822) whose contributions include the analysis of ammonia and prussic acid, and the discovery of the bleaching properties of chlo
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George Washington Carver324 - George Washington Carver
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ALS signed “G. W. Carver,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, September 24, 1934. Letter to "M...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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