RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a wealth of significant pop culture material, drawing from movies, music, art, and literature. The sale features an important photographic archive of Marilyn Monroe, shot during the production of the 1952 film Niagara; an emotional letter by Monroe to acting mentor Lee Strasberg; an incredibly rare book signed by Leo Tolstoy; a Revolutionary War–dated letter by George Washington; multiple Beatles autographs; and a virtually one-of-a-kind signature of the important Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud. 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 2020.
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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Important war-dated LS, signed "Go: Washington," one page, 7.25 x 11.5, Newburgh, New York, August 6, 1782. Letter to Major Villefranche c...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison2 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 10 x 15, no date. Scallop-topped sh
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Madison3 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 8.75, December 29, 1813. President Madison grants "William McFarland of Ross County, O...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor4 - Zachary Taylor
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Boldly penned ALS signed “Z. Taylor,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, July 13, 1828. Letter to Captain J. C. Culbertson in St. Louis, written while
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler5 - John Tyler
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Ink signature, "Sherwood Forest, March 21, 1853, Very Respectfully and Truly Yrs, John Tyler,” on a light blue 4.75 x 3.25 sheet. In very good ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore6 - Millard Fillmore
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LS as president, one page, 7.75 x 10, June 29, 1852. Letter to Secretary of the Interior Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, in full: "The tolling be...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore7 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks, Second Series, Vol. XIV, containing a biography of explorer and fur trader John Ledyar
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce8 - Franklin Pierce
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.5, March 27, 1861. Letter to his former private White House secretary Sidney Webster, in full: &qu...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln9 - Abraham Lincoln
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Exceedingly desirable and boldly penned Civil War-dated autograph endorsement as president, signed "A. Lincoln," penned on the reverse of ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln10 - Abraham Lincoln
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ADS, signed "A. Lincoln," one page, 7.5 x 5, September 17, 1838. Abraham Lincoln pens a handwritten legal document for the Sangamon Circui...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln11 - Abraham Lincoln
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Scarce 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by his Union commanders: David Farragut, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Henry Thomas,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln12 - Abraham Lincoln
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Stunning off-white silk campaign ribbon from Lincoln's successful 1860 run for the presidency, 2.5 x 7.25, featuring his famous 'Cooper Unio...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln13 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 17, July 30, 1862. President Lincoln appoints Herman Haupt as "Additional Aide-de-Camp with t...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln14 - Abraham Lincoln
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Very desirable vintage matte-finish 6.25 x 9 half-length portrait of a beardless Abraham Lincoln printed by George B. Ayres from an original negative
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln15 - Abraham Lincoln
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Handsome display featuring an original invitation to Lincoln's 1865 inaugural ball, and the March 18, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly depictin...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln16 - Abraham Lincoln
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Very rare postally-used 1860 campaign cover, 5.5 x 3.25, featuring a beardless portrait of "Old Abe" printed in red, with text below that ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln17 - Abraham Lincoln
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Black-bordered postally-used mourning cover honoring the late President Lincoln, 5.5 x 3, featuring a small oval portrait of him in the upper left cor
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln18 - Abraham Lincoln
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Yellow postally-used mourning cover, 5.5 x 3, featuring a well-defined portrait of the late President Lincoln on the left side. Postmarked at Clinton,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln19 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original circa 1865 handmade mourning badge, 1.75 x 2, featuring an albumen Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln at center (the same image later used o
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln20 - Abraham Lincoln
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Incredibly rare pale green silk campaign ribbon from Lincoln's successful 1860 run for the presidency, 6.75 x 2.25, featuring brown lettering: &...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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