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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Pierre-Auguste Renoir570 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date. Letter to a friend, about attending the dress rehearsal of a production. In part (transla
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Diego Rivera571 - Diego Rivera
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Influential Mexican artist (1886–1957) who earned international acclaim-and stirred controversy-for his powerful, politically charged murals. Rare TLS
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell573 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7.5, personal letterhead, August 29, 1972. Letter to Mark Minguillon, in full: "This is in reply to your letter of the 31s...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin574 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “Aug. Rodin,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, personal letterhead, July 21, 1909. Letter to Monsieur Church, send
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Egon Schiele575 - Egon Schiele
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Influential, forward-looking Austrian artist (1890–1918) who takes a place among the leading figures of the Expressionist movement of the early 20th c
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright576 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Original printed blueprint for the Monona Terrace Community Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, 60.5 x 27.5, signed inside a hand-drawn red ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright577 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Softcover exhibition catalog entitled "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright," published by the Art Commissio...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams578 - Ansel Adams
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Signed book: The Portfolios of Ansel Adams. First edition thus. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 10.75. Sign
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pierre Alechinsky579 - Pierre Alechinsky
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Signed book: Alechinsky a la ligne. Paris: Galerie de France and Weber, 1973. Softcover, 8.75 x 11.75, 53 pages. Signed on the colophon in black ink,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux580 - Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
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French sculptor and painter (1827–1875) from whom Napoleon III commissioned many works. ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.25,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Edward Clark581 - Edward Clark
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American architect (1822–1902) who served as Architect of the Capitol from 1865 to 1902, overseeing the completion of the iconic Capitol dome. ALS sig
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lyonel Feininger582 - Lyonel Feininger
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German-American painter and a leading exponent of Expressionism (1871–1956). Softcover exhibition catalogue for 'The Work of Lyonel Feininger...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hubert de Givenchy583 - Hubert de Givenchy
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French fashion designer (1927–2018) who founded the House of Givenchy in 1952, famous for designing clothes for the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jacque
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Yousuf Karsh and Louis St. Laurent584 - Yousuf Karsh and Louis St. Laurent
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Handsome matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 photo of Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, taken by renowned Ottawa portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh, aff
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell585 - Norman Rockwell
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Two items: one Franklin Mint 'Almanac' catalog from August 1971, 8.5 x 11, featuring an image of Rockwell at work on the front cover, signed...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Felicien Rops586 - Felicien Rops
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Belgian artist (1833–1898) known primarily as a printmaker in etching and aquatint, famed for his work that tends to mingle sex and death. ALS in Fren
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Victor Vasarely587 - Victor Vasarely
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Pioneering Hungarian-born French artist (1906–1997) generally regarded as the founder of the short-lived 'op art' movement. Color limited ed...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol588 - Andy Warhol
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Felt tip signature, "Andy Warhol,” on a blue 5.5 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition, with a small scuff to the top edge.
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol589 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust j...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol590 - Andy Warhol
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Color 8 x 8.5 print of Warhol's portrait of art collector Kimiko Powers removed from the Whitney Museum's exhibition catalog for Andy Warhol...
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Estimate : 20.00 - 40.00
 
 
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