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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Christopher George872 - Christopher George
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of George as Sgt. Sam Troy using a Browning M2HB during the action-and-adventure television series The Rat Patrol, signed and insc
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Godzilla: Haruo Nakajima873 - Godzilla: Haruo Nakajima
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Satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of a scene from the 1968 science fiction kaiju film Destroy All Monsters, signed in Japanese in blue felt tip by famed Godz
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Martha Graham874 - Martha Graham
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Highly influential dancer and choreographer (1894–1991) who created over 150 ballets. Vintage color program entitled "Martha Graham and Dance C...
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Cary Grant875 - Cary Grant
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Grant in a handsome half-length pose, signed and inscribed in bold black ink, "To Pauline, with all good w...
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The Green Hornet: Van Williams876 - The Green Hornet: Van Williams
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Color satin-finish 16 x 20 close-up photo of Williams wearing his Green Hornet mask, signed in blue felt tip, "Van Williams, Green Hornet."...
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Helen Hayes877 - Helen Hayes
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Vintage sepia glossy 8 x 10 MGM publicity photo of Hayes in a benevolent close-up pose, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with a few creases
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Tippi Hedren878 - Tippi Hedren
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Fantastic satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of Hedren posing with a large raven perched on her arm during a publicity shoot for the 1963 horror classic The B
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Hugh Hefner879 - Hugh Hefner
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Signed book: The Playboy Book: Forty Years. Los Angeles, CA: General Publishing Group, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.5 x 12.25, 368 pages. Signe
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Hugh Hefner880 - Hugh Hefner
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Signed book: The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds. First edition. Santa Monica, CA: General Publishing Group, 1996. Hardcover with dust jack
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Hugh Hefner881 - Hugh Hefner
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Two items: a color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Hefner from the 1970s, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Bob Hemminger, Best wishes, Hugh H...
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Audrey Hepburn882 - Audrey Hepburn
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Glossy 5 x 7 photo of Hepburn as Susy Hendrix from the 1967 thriller Wait Until Dark, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an affixed German movie
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Audrey Hepburn883 - Audrey Hepburn
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Glossy 5 x 7 photo of Hepburn on the phone as the gun-toting Nicole Bonnet from the 1966 heist comedy How to Steal a Million, signed in black felt tip
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Anthony Hopkins884 - Anthony Hopkins
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Glossy 10.25 x 7 photo of Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh from the 1984 film The Bounty, signed and inscribed in blue ink, "To Gerard, all ...
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Dennis Hopper885 - Dennis Hopper
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Glossy 8 x 10.25 Twentieth Century Fox publicity of Hopper as Tom Boyd from the 1958 film Manhunt, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Pierr...
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James Bond: Roger Moore886 - James Bond: Roger Moore
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Satin-finish 20 x 16 close-up photo of the Bond actor brandishing his Smith & Wesson Model 29, signed in blue felt tip by Moore. In fine conditi...
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Emil Jannings887 - Emil Jannings
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German-Austrian actor (1884-1950) who became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor; he is best known for his collaborations with F. W.
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Al Jolson888 - Al Jolson
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 29, 1944. Agreement between MGM and songwriters Al Jolson, Herman Ruby, Harry Akst, and Bert Kalmar, in part: "Co...
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Boris Karloff889 - Boris Karloff
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Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.5 studio portrait of Karloff in one of his roles for Columbia Pictures, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Charles K...
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Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse890 - Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse
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Glossy 8.25 x 10.75 photo of Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse as they were pictured in the 1955 film It's Always Fair Weather, signed by both in blac...
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Ernie Kovacs891 - Ernie Kovacs
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Influential American comedian, actor, and writer (1919–1962) whose improvisational humor and sense of visual style made him one of the most distinctiv
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