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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Howard Carter387 - Howard Carter
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British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's 'Valley of the Kings' proved to...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Alexander von Humboldt388 - Alexander von Humboldt
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German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man's ...
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Otto Nordenskjold389 - Otto Nordenskjold
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Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer (1869–1928). Unsigned pencil sketch by Nordenskjold from Norse mythology of a classic V
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry M. Stanley390 - Henry M. Stanley
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Author, explorer, and special correspondent for the New York Herald (1841–1904), most famous for his inquiry, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?,'...
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Sam Houston391 - Sam Houston
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Sought-after ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, February 19, 1848. Letter to "Mrs. Montgomery Sharpe of New York," in part: "By reque...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna392 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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War-dated LS in Spanish, signed “A. S. de St'a Anna,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Secretaria Particular del Presidente de la Republica letterhead, A...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Joe Adonis393 - Joe Adonis
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New York mobster, born Giuseppe Antonio Doto (1902–1971), who was influential in the rise of the modern Cosa Nostra. The National City Bank of New Yor
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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J. Edgar Hoover394 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Vintage matte-finish 8.5 x 11 half-length portrait of Hoover in a handsome and youthful pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Dr. Cha...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Meyer Lansky395 - Meyer Lansky
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Legendary organized crime leader (1902–1983) who headed the notorious ‘enforcement’ syndicate Murder, Inc., which emerged in the early 1930s as succes
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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William A. Pinkerton396 - William A. Pinkerton
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Son of the founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (1846-1923) who himself headed the company following his father's death. TLS signe...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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