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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Nelson Mandela161 - Nelson Mandela
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Color limited edition 19.75 x 26 artist's proof lithograph entitled 'The Window' from Mandela's 'My Robben Island' suite, nu...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela162 - Nelson Mandela
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Significant TLS signed “N. Mandela,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, personal letterhead, February 2, 2007. Letter on the impact and influence of Mohandas Gan
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela163 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Later printing. South Africa: Macdonald Purnell, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 630 pages. Signed and
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela164 - Nelson Mandela
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Beautiful limited edition set of six small-format lithographs entitled ‘The Struggle Series,’ numbered 176/950, each measuring 5.75 x 8.25, signed on
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela165 - Nelson Mandela
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Magnificent color glossy 10 x 15 official portrait of the important South African president, neatly signed in white ink during his term in office, &...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John T. Scopes166 - John T. Scopes
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American educator (1900-1970) who defied state law in Tennessee by teaching the theory of evolution, precipitating the famous 'Monkey Trial'...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Burger Court167 - Burger Court
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Official color matte-finish 13.75 x 9 photo of the Burger Court affixed to its original 17.5 x 13.5 mount, signed on the mount in ink by all nine Supr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Hughes Court168 - Hughes Court
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 16 x 11 group portrait of the Hughes Court by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed in the lower border in fountain...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Harley-Davidson: William H. Davidson169 - Harley-Davidson: William H. Davidson
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Davidson,” one page, 8.5 x 7.25, Harley-Davidson Motor Co. letterhead, April 17, 1962. Letter to Horace E. Fritz, in full: "...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Randolph Hearst170 - William Randolph Hearst
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Group lot of material from publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, consisting of three pages of handwritten notes and a carbon copy of an eight-pag
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John D. Rockefeller171 - John D. Rockefeller
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Sought-after partly-printed DS, signed “Jno. D. Rockfeller,” one page, 16 x 7.75, January 22, 1885. Stock certificate for one hundred shares in the St
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Pierre Curie172 - Pierre Curie
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French physicist (1859–1906), best known for his pioneering investigation of radioactivity, who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife,
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin173 - Charles Darwin
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Partial ALS signed “C. Darwin,” one page, 7 x 4.25, no date but circa 1880. The close of a letter in which Darwin requests three publications, in full
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison174 - Thomas Edison
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TLS signed “Thos. A Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, November 17, 1922. Letter to one of his salesmen, Hal Starrett, in full: "...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison175 - Thomas Edison
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Unusual assortment of pencil instructions written by Thomas Edison, signed “E,” “Edison,” and “TAE,” five pages, 5 x 8, no date. This grouping of note
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison176 - Thomas Edison
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DS, signed "Thos. A. Edison," one page, 8 x 11, no date. The concluding page from the Minutes Book for a company board meeting, which affi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison177 - Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanic Research Corporation check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed with his 'umbrella' signature by Edison, "Tho...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein178 - Albert Einstein
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ANS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, no date. Below a printed facsimile poem celebrating his fiftieth birthday (dated March 14, 1929), Eins
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein179 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blind-stamped Princeton letterhead, February 5, 1939. Letter to noted physician and medical w
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Edwin Hubble180 - Edwin Hubble
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Fountain pen signatures, "Edwin Hubble" and "Grace Hubble," on an off-white 8 x 10.26 guestbook page kept by Natalie Hays Hammon...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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