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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Antoine de Saint-Exupery631 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Exceptional handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1938-1939. A page from Saint-Exupery's draft for a...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Schnitzler632 - Arthur Schnitzler
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Austrian writer (1862–1931) best known for his sexually charged plays and stories. His 1926 novella Traumnovelle served as the basis for Eyes Wide Shu
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre633 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” totaling 47 pages on sets of adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, [July 31, 1937]. An incredibly long letter to the Fre
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre634 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Handwritten philosophical manuscript in French, unsigned, eleven pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. A philosophical text with various headings, including (t
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak635 - Maurice Sendak
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Original ballpoint sketch of Carol in a full-length seated pose on a green 6 x 7 sheet of personal stationery, signed below the sketch, "Thank ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak636 - Maurice Sendak
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First German printing of Die Mini-Bibliothek [The Nutshell Library], published by Diogenes in 1970, featuring a wonderful ballpoint sketch of the titl
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw637 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, July 29, 1924. Letter to his close friend and biographer Archibald Henderson. In part: &...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henryk Sienkiewicz638 - Henryk Sienkiewicz
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Polish novelist (1846–1916) who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of the author seated, signed
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Harriet Beecher Stowe639 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, January 6, 1882. Letter to Alexander Hesse, in part: "Your letter being written in the German sc...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Stendhal640 - Stendhal
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French writer born Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842) considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism. ALS in French and English (plus
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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