Auction Details
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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671James WelchRR Auction
Signed book: Riding the Earthboy 40. First edition, first printing. New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1971. Hardcover with dust ja
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
672Owen WisterRR Auction
American writer (1860–1938) best known for his Western novel The Virginian. Three items: a pair of TLSs, both one page, 8.25 x 11, 328 Chestnut Street
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
673Tom WolfeRR Auction
Three items signed by Wolfe, including two books and a letter: a first edition, first printing of The Bonfire of the Vanities, hardcover with dust jac
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
675Anton BrucknerRR Auction
Important Austrian composer (1824–1896) whose symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism. Rare ALS in German
Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
676Classical MusiciansRR Auction
Desirable leather-bound Gem Edition of Handel's Messiah, published by S. Bagster & Sons in 1899, 3.75 x 5, 181 pages, signed on the opening ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
677Claude DebussyRR Auction
Important French composer (1862–1918) whose colorful, evocative works, particularly those for keyboard and for orchestra, exemplified the 'impre...
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
678Antonin DvorakRR Auction
Esteemed Czech composer (1841–1904) of orchestral and chamber music, best known for his Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World.' Rare oversized...
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
679Edward ElgarRR Auction
Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 4 album page, signed in fountain pen, "Edward Elgar, June 5, 1915," who adds two bars of music f...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
680Edward ElgarRR Auction
Vintage hardcover book containing a "Programme & General Arrangements of the Norfolk and Norwich Twenty-Eighth Triennial Musical Festival i...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
681Edward ElgarRR Auction
Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00