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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Opera732Opera
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Assemblage of 24 items signed by a legendary opera singer, consisting primarily of signed photos unless otherwise noted, including (several inscribed)
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Luciano Pavarotti733Luciano Pavarotti
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Color 8 x 10 cardstock publicity photo of the smiling tenor, prominently signed across the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Three Tenors734Three Tenors
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Glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of the Three Tenors posing around Indian conductor Zubin Mehta, signed in black felt tip by Plácido Domingo, Jo...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Count Basie735Count Basie
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Glossy 5 x 7 head-and-shoulders photo of the bandleader, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Michael, from Count Basie.” In fine condit...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Duke Ellington736Duke Ellington
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Partly-printed DS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 11, May 17, 1949. Standard Uniform Popular Songwriters contract between Tempo Music and
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Marvin Hamlisch737Marvin Hamlisch
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Group of three AMQSs on individual white 5 x 3 cards, each signed at the bottom by Hamlisch. The composer pens lines from "The Sting," &qu...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Oscar Hammerstein738Oscar Hammerstein
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Signed book: Lyrics. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 215 pages. Signed on the first free end page i
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Oscar Hammerstein739Oscar Hammerstein
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, The Hotel Chase in St. Louis, Missouri letterhead, June 9, 1938. Letter to Mrs. Nathan, in full: &q...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Jay Livingston740Jay Livingston
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Wonderfully appealing set of eight brief AMQSs on an off-white 9 x 3.5 sheet, signed and inscribed below in black felt tip, "All the best to Mi...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Modern Jazz741Modern Jazz
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Two items: a color program for the Dave Brubeck Quartet, 8.75 x 11.75, signed inside in blue ballpoint by Paul Desmond, Gene Wright, and Joe Morello,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Stephen Schwartz742Stephen Schwartz
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Group of AMQSs on individual white 8 x 5 sheets, each signed below in black ink by Schwartz, who inscribes three to "Faith." The four shee...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Noble Sissle743Noble Sissle
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Jazz composer, bandleader, and playwright (1889-1975) best remembered for the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, and its hit song 'I'm Just Wil...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
John Williams744John Williams
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AMQS on a white 5 x 3 card, prominently signed across the top, "John Williams." Williams pens two closing bars from one of his classic wor...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Meredith Willson745Meredith Willson
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ANS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 9, 1949. Brief note to Mr. Fischbach, in full: "I write both word and music—my favorit...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Johnny Cash746Johnny Cash
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Vintage glossy 7.75 x 9.25 publicity photo of Cash holding his guitar, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Evelyn, My best to you, John...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Charlie Daniels747Charlie Daniels
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Bright blue fiddle with a pair of Charlie Daniels stickers affixed to body, signed in black felt tip by Charlie Daniels. Includes a bow, a carrying ca
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Aerosmith748Aerosmith
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Signed book: Walk This Way. First edition, first printing. NY: Avon Books, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 513 pages. Signed on a free en
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Allman Brothers749Allman Brothers
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Black-bodied Stratocaster-style electric guitar with various stickers honoring the Allman Brothers Band, signed on the white pickguard in blue felt ti
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Beatles: Sid Bernstein750Beatles: Sid Bernstein
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Music producer and promoter (1918–2013) who brought the Beatles to Shea Stadium. Later printing of a 6.25 x 8.5 handbill for the Beatles at Shea Stadi
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
James Brown751James Brown
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Glossy 8 x 10.5 three-quarter-length photo of Brown doing boxing exercises in a hotel room, signed in blue felt tip, "All my best, James Brown....
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00