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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Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch242 - Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch
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Three books, individually signed by the New York City mayors: a later printing of Leadership, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on a bookplate in bla
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Mikhail Gorbachev243 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Signed book in Cyrillic: I Remain an Optimist. 2017. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 415 pages. Signed on the title page in blue ink, "M. Gorbachev.&qu...
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Chief John Grass: Frank Bennett Fiske244 - Chief John Grass: Frank Bennett Fiske
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Chief of the Blackfoot Sioux (1836–1918) who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Exquisite matte-finish 7.75 x 11.25 portrait of Chief John G
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Horace Greeley245 - Horace Greeley
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, New York Tribune letterhead, October 5, 1872. Letter to carriage blacksmith trade journalist J. L. H. Mosier, in part: "I...
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Andrei Gromyko246 - Andrei Gromyko
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Soviet statesman and diplomat (1909–1989). TLS signed “A. Gromyko,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, embossed Soviet letterhead, November 17, 1944. Letter to Fr
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Otto Hahn247 - Otto Hahn
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German chemist (1879–1968) who won the 1944 Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission. Matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Hahn wearing a medal,
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J. Edgar Hoover248 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Matte-finish 9 x 11 photo of a painted portrait of the FBI chief by artist Paul Frehm, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Colonel Walter...
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Cordell Hull249 - Cordell Hull
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American statesman (1871–1955) who served as secretary of state under Franklin Roosevelt for 11 years and who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 f
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Israeli Leaders250 - Israeli Leaders
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Three covers and one glossy photo, ranging in size from 4 x 5 to 6.5 x 3.5, individually signed in ink or felt tip by a former Israeli Prime Minister:
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Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie251 - Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie
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French scientists and married couple Frédéric (1900–1958) and Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in ...
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Robert and Ted Kennedy252 - Robert and Ted Kennedy
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Appealing set of three original glossy 6.5 x 9.5 silver gelatin photos of Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy by New York Times photographer George T
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Robert F. Kennedy253 - Robert F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Bob” and "My thanks, Bob," one page, 7 x 9, Attorney General letterhead, February 7, 1964. Letter to Assistant Postmaster Gene...
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Kennedy Family254 - Kennedy Family
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Three items, signed by Joseph P. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, and Sargent Shriver: Joseph P. Kennedy Patriarch of the fabled family of American polit
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Jack Kilby255 - Jack Kilby
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Physicist (1923-2005) who won the Nobel Prize in 2000 for his 1958 invention of the integrated circuit. Three items signed in ballpoint by Nobel Prize
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King Edward VII256 - King Edward VII
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Manuscript DS, signed “Albert Edward,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, June 6, 1873. Official request issued by Prince Edward to Henry Vizetelly, askin
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King Edward VIII257 - King Edward VIII
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Christmas card from 1913, measuring 9 x 3.5 open, signed and inscribed opposite the printed message in ink, "Pour Monsieur Berthon, avec mes me...
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King Faisal of Saudi Arabia258 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
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King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975, when he was assassinated by his nephew (1906–1975). Matte-finish 5.5 x 7.75 photo of King Faisal in his robes,
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King Fuad I of Egypt259 - King Fuad I of Egypt
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Sultan and later king of Egypt and Sudan, sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur (1868–1936), who oversaw Egypt's transition from a British co...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King George II260 - King George II
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Manuscript DS, signed “George R.,” one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.75, March 23, 1748. Official warrant sent to Thomas Morgan, "Judge Advocate Ge...
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King George III261 - King George III
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Hand-addressed and free-franked mailing panel, 6.5 x 2.5, addressed by King George III, "To The Earl of Dartmouth," and franked in the low...
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