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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Alexander von Humboldt181 - Alexander von Humboldt
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German naturalist and explorer (1769-1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man's ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ernst Mach182 - Ernst Mach
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Austrian physicist and philosopher (1838–1916) who, as a result of his research into the effects of supersonic velocity, lent his name to the ratio of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Robert Oppenheimer183 - Robert Oppenheimer
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Brilliant American physicist (1904–1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Georgios Papanikolaou184 - Georgios Papanikolaou
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Archive of sixteen letters from Dr. George Papanicolaou to veterinarian, dog breeder, and eugenicist Leon Whitney, comprising thirteen TLSs and three
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Rudolf Virchow185 - Rudolf Virchow
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German doctor and politician (1821–1902), dubbed the 'Father of Pathology,' who founded the field of social medicine. ALS in German, one pag...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pope John XXIII186 - Pope John XXIII
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Italian Pope (1881–1963), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who ascended the papal throne in 1958 and served until his death. As the guiding force behind
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Pope Pius XI187 - Pope Pius XI
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Attractive hand-illuminated apostolic benediction, signed "Pius PP XI, Peramanter in Domino," one page, 10.25 x 14.5, November 19, 1930. A...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro188 - Fidel Castro
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DS in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 13, October 2, 1959. Ministerial decree No. 2077, which reads (translated): "The city of Havana has been chosen ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Neville Chamberlain189 - Neville Chamberlain
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British politician (1869–1940) who served as prime minister from 1937 to 1940, and is remembered for his foreign policy of appeasement toward Nazi Ger
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill190 - Winston Churchill
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Lengthy typed working manuscript, unsigned, twenty-four lightweight carbon pages, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa March 1944. Manuscript draft of an impo
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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