RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

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Beginning with a selection of fantastic early American history—the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War—RR Auction’s July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 1,000 lots. Top items include a 1776 autograph letter by General George Washington, a document from rare Declaration signer George Taylor, a book from the personal library of Thomas Jefferson, and a manuscript by John Jay, tracking claims by New York’s Loyalists. An additional special highlight of the auction is an exceedingly rare autograph letter by Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, dated 1543. Other lots of significance are letters by Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Horatio Nelson, Lord Byron, and Barack Obama. 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 July 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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Alan Shepard548Alan Shepard
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TLS signed “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, March 15, 1961. Letter to K. H. Browne, in part: "I am glad to...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Alan Shepard549Alan Shepard
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Official glossy 8 x 10 black-numbered NASA photo of Shepard in a suit and tie, neatly signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears purple NASA caption text
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Skylab 3 and 4550Skylab 3 and 4
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Two signed photographs: Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Science Pilot Garriott performing a spacewalk during the Skylab 3 mission, sig
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
STS-125551STS-125
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of the STS-125 crew posing with a model of the Hubble Space Telescope, signed in black felt tip by Scott Altman, Gregory C.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky552Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky
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Semi-glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova posing together, both signing in silver ink. In fine condition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Wernher von Braun553Wernher von Braun
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, January 12, 1961. Letter to Dr. Wendell M. Patton, president of High Point College in North Carolina. In par
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
John Young554John Young
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 full-length photo of Young jumping off the lunar surface and saluting the American flag, neatly signed in white ink, “John Y
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Cesar Baldaccini555Cesar Baldaccini
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French sculptor (1921–1998) who was at the forefront of the Nouveau Réalisme movement with his radical compressions, expansions, and fantastic ...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Cecil Beaton556Cecil Beaton
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ALS in pencil, signed “Cecil,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7.5, Shepheard’s Hotel letterhead, May 1942. Letter to Alice, in part: “You won’t realize i
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Alexander Calder557Alexander Calder
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ALS signed “Sandy,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Letter to his friend and banker Mr. Beverly Iszard, in full: "Please deposit this! How are ...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Mathew Brady558Mathew Brady
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Scarce National Metropolitan Bank check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand, payable to Brady for $10, October 19, 1878, endorsed on the reverse
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Camille Corot559Camille Corot
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French landscape painter (1796-1875) identified with the Barbizon School. ALS in French, signed “C. Corot,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, no date. Letter to
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Louis Daguerre560Louis Daguerre
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French artist and photographer (1787–1851) recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. LS in French, signed “I approve t
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Salvador Dali561Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali's Mustache. First edition. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7, 126 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed acro...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Eugene Delacroix562Eugene Delacroix
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French artist (1798–1863) who takes a place in the first rank of painters in the Romantic tradition and whose mastery of color and technique inspired
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Henri Matisse563Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 20, 1949. Letter concerning a collaboration with novelist Colette. In part (transla
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
Henri Matisse564Henri Matisse
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Third-person ALS in French, signed twice within the text, one page, 8.25 x 5.25, no date. Poignant message from Matisse indicating his whereabouts to
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Pablo Picasso566Pablo Picasso
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Amazing original ballpoint sketch of his famous dove of peace, accomplished by Picasso on an off-white 6.75 x 5 album page, prominently signed across
Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
Pablo Picasso567Pablo Picasso
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ALS in French, signed "Picasso," one page, 3.5 x 8.25, no date. Written from his "Mas Notre Dame de Vie, Mougins" farmhouse, a l...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Camille Pissarro569Camille Pissarro
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Superb ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, black-bordered stationery, January 26, 1899. Letter to a doct
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00