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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Che Guevara356 - Che Guevara
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DS, in Spanish, signed “Che,” one page, 14 x 11, February 7, 1961. A provisional certificate for a $6,000,000.00 bank bond from the Cuban National Ban
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Theodor Herzl357 - Theodor Herzl
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Hungarian-born Austrian founder of Zionism (1860–1904). ALS in German, signed “Th. Herzl,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, Neue Freie Presse letterhead, April
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Nikita Khrushchev358 - Nikita Khrushchev
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TLS in Cyrillic, signed "N. Khrushchev," two pages, 8 x 11.25, September 29, 1948. Letter to Comrade G. M. Malenkov, in part (translated):...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau359 - Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
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Controversial leader of the early stages of the French Revolution (1749–1791). Boldly penned ALS in French, signed "de Mirabeau," one page...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts360 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts
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Mixed-race politician born free in Norfolk, Virginia, who emigrated to Liberia in 1829 and became the nation's first president in 1848 (1809–187...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Maximilien Robespierre361 - Maximilien Robespierre
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Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Robespierre,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, August 29, 1793. An extract from the Register of the Decrees of the
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky362 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1938. Letter to his editor Max Schachtman, in full: "I received your explanation of the misfortune with my ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky363 - Leon Trotsky
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LS in Cyrillic, 7 x 4.25, no date. A telegram in pencil, written in another hand and signed at the conclusion in ink by Trotsky, sent to the Commissar
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Francisco 'Pancho' Villa364 - Francisco 'Pancho' Villa
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Rare and desirable TLS, in Spanish, signed “Francisco Villa,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, March 24, 1915. Villa writes to Enrique C. Llorente, “Confidential
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Bank Robbers: Bailey and Karpis366 - Bank Robbers: Bailey and Karpis
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Two signed books: a softcover first edition of Robbing Banks Was My Business, published by Palo Duro Press in 1973, signed on the half-title page in r
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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