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 S. Patton323 - George S. Patton
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Fountain pen censorship signature, "G. S. Patton, Jr.,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 slip clipped from a mailing envelope. In fine condition. Encaps...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Hyman G. Rickover324 - Hyman G. Rickover
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TLS signed “H. G. Rickover,” one page, 8 x 10.5, USS Batfish letterhead, June 5, 1972. Letter to Robert L. Michaels, in part: "We are just retu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Philip H. Sheridan325 - Philip H. Sheridan
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Desirable ink signature, "Phil. H. Sheridan, Maj. Genl., U.S.A.,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2 slip. In very good to fine condition, with light show...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William T. Sherman326 - William T. Sherman
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Neat ink signature, "W. T. Sherman, Lt. Genl.,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip. In very good to fine condition, with light show-through from old mo...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Paul Tibbets and Charles Sweeney327 - Paul Tibbets and Charles Sweeney
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Glossy 7.5 x 9 photo of the commanders of the Enola Gay and Bockscar bombers shaking hands, signed in blue felt tip, "Maj. Charles Sweeney"...
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Lucian Truscott328 - Lucian Truscott
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United States Army officer (1895–1965) who saw distinguished active service during World War II; between 1943–45, he successively commanded the 3rd In
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Union Generals: Burnside, Schurz, and Stahl329 - Union Generals: Burnside, Schurz, and Stahl
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Three off-white sheets, each approximately 3 x 1.5, each signed in ink by a Union General: Ambrose Burnside, "A. E. Burnside," Carl Schurz...
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Union Generals: Rosecrans and Logan330 - Union Generals: Rosecrans and Logan
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Sought-after pair of ink signatures, "W. S. Rosecrans," on an off-white 3.75 x 2 sheet, and "John A. Logan, Illinois," on off-wh...
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USS Constitution331 - USS Constitution
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Block of wood removed from the mizzenmast of the USS Constitution during her wintering in San Diego, California in 1933; as part of the frigate'...
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Duke of Wellington332 - Duke of Wellington
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Hand-addressed and free franked envelope, 5 x 3.25, signed in the lower left, "Free, Wellington," and addressed and dated in his hand, &qu...
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Igor Sikorsky333 - Igor Sikorsky
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Pioneering aviation engineer (1889-1972) who developed the first four-engine airplane and the first modern helicopter to be put into widespread use. T
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Solar Impulse334 - Solar Impulse
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Four items signed in ink or felt tip by Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, the two-man crew of the Solar Impulse experimental solar-powered aircra
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Orville Wright335 - Orville Wright
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, September 25, 1917. Letter to "His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught," in full: "...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Test Pilots336 - Test Pilots
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Group lot of five limited edition FDCs and commemorative covers with cachets honoring famous test flights and pilots, each signed a notable pilot or e
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Orville Wright337 - Orville Wright
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Bank check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Orville Wright, payable to the Dayton Gas Company for $1.70, March 15, 1919. Double-m
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Chuck Yeager338 - Chuck Yeager
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Two items: a glossy 7 x 5 photo of Yeager posing with his famed 'Glamorous Glynnis' Bell X-1 rocket-powered plane, signed in black felt tip;...
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Moonwalkers339 - Moonwalkers
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Desirable collection of ten official NASA lithographs of moonwalkers, all approximately 8 x 10, each signed by the subject, with many inscribed. Inclu
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Apollo 11340 - Apollo 11
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Highly sought-after color semi-glossy 10.75 x 13.75 photo of Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 mission, his viso
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11341 - Apollo 11
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Very desirable FDC with a cachet honoring the historic Apollo 11 moon-landing, postmarked July 20, 1969, the date of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and S
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 11342 - Apollo 11
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Scarce signed book: To the Moon, Section II: The Story in Pictures and Text. First edition. NY: Time-Life Records, 1969. Hardcover, 9.25 x 12.25, 192
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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