RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. 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 August 2019.
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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William Hooper151 - William Hooper
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Scarce manuscript DS, signed “Will Hooper, DAR,” one page both sides, 7 x 11.75, September 5, 1764. Legal document from the Salisbury District of Nort
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Stephen Hopkins152 - Stephen Hopkins
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707-1785) who served as the colony's governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Manuscript D...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Robert Treat Paine153 - Robert Treat Paine
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Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed third-person ADS, signed “Rob. Treat Paine,” one page, 10.75 x 17.5, July 1780. Writ filled out by "Robe...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Rush154 - Benjamin Rush
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Uncommon manuscript DS, signed “Benj'n Rush,” one page, 9.25 x 15.5, October 10, 1793. A petition to the "President & Directors of the ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henry Clay155 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10, October 26, 1826. Letter to Dr. Lyons, in part: “I have communicated to the President the wish expressed in yo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Dorr156 - Thomas Dorr
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American politician and reformer in Rhode Island (1905–1854) best known for leading the Dorr Rebellion in 1841–42. ALS signed “T. W. Dorr, for State C
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton157 - Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
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Wife (1757–1854) of founding father Alexander Hamilton, who became co-founder and deputy director of the first private orphanage in New York City. She
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert and Ethel Kennedy158 - Robert and Ethel Kennedy
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo Robert and Ethel Kennedy walking with the family dog and their eight children, signed in black felt tip, "Robert F. Kennedy...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Otto Frank159 - Otto Frank
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Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. Two items: a gloss
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Helen Keller160 - Helen Keller
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 12.75 studio portrait of Helen Keller in a lovely profile pose, signed and inscribed in the lower border in pe
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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