RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts February 2020

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RR Auction's February 2020 Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale presents nearly 900 lots in a diverse array of collectible fields, from presidents to classical musicians to scientific pioneers. Top lots include Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for 'Tangled Up In Blue'; a Queen Mary signed document ordering a fine robe; extraordinary autographs from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and Johannes Brahms; and other figures of historical renown like George Washington, Charlie Parker, Joseph Stalin, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Winston Churchill. 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 February 2020.
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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John Jay203John Jay
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Sought-after crisp ink signature, "John Jay,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1.25 slip. In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication hol...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Oliver Ellsworth204Oliver Ellsworth
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ALS signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 8 x 9.5, January 12, 1796. Letter to Ezekiel Williams, in full: "I have rec'd your letter of the 3'...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Supreme Court205Supreme Court
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Impressive collection of 59 items signed by one or more justices of the Supreme Court, consisting mostly of signed cards, slips, letters, and photogra
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
P. T. Barnum207P. T. Barnum
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, postmarked April 8, 1875. Letter to R. T. Hawley, in full: "Yours rec'd. I shall be glad to gratify the very laudable...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Walter Chrysler208Walter Chrysler
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DS, signed “W. P. Chrysler,” one page, 9.5 x 11.25, November 15, 1913. A Buick Motor Company "Standard Practices" document outlining the &...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Frederick Duesenberg209Frederick Duesenberg
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TLS in Duesenberg Motors Corporation, signed “F. S. Duesenberg,” one page, 8.5 x 11, August 17, 1917. Letter to the Rome Turney Radiator Company, in f
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Leland Stanford210Leland Stanford
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DS, signed “Leland Stanford,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 14, February 7, 1885. Central Pacific Railroad Co. deed for the sale of a plo
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Josef Breuer211Josef Breuer
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Four uncommon untranslated ALSs in German, signed "J. Breuer," totaling nine pages, dated between 1912 and 1919. Breuer writes to various ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Marie Curie212Marie Curie
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ALS in French, one page, 6 x 7.5, February 1933. Letter to Henriette Perrin, the wife of the 1926 Nobel Prize-winning French physicist Jean Baptiste P
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Charles Darwin213Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “Ch. R. Darwin, J. P.,” one page, 5 x 7.75, May 8, 1863. Letter to George Snow, in full: "After twenty years experience of your char...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Charles Darwin214Charles Darwin
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LS signed “Ch. R. Darwin,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, Down letterhead, February 5, 1868. Letter to his lawyer, Thomas Salt, regarding alleged monies
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Thomas Edison215Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison with his classic umbrella signature, &...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Albert Einstein216Albert Einstein
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Highly appealing vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 portrait of Einstein relaxing in a sweater, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Mr. & Mrs...
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Albert Einstein217Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed "A. Einstein," one page, 8.5 x 11, October 4, 1929. Letter to Nicholas Murray Butler, in part (translated): "I ...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Franz Anton Mesmer218Franz Anton Mesmer
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Excessively rare ALS in French, signed "Mesmer," one page, 6.75 x 8.25, October 3, 1795. Letter to Madame Cardon of Versaille, in full (tr...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Robert Oppenheimer219Robert Oppenheimer
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Fountain pen signature, "J. R. Oppenheimer,” on an off-white 4.5 x 6 card bearing an affixed magazine photo, which has an article about Oppenhe...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Eli Whitney220Eli Whitney
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Twice-signed ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, March 2, 1802. Letter to Jonathan Burrall, the cashier of the New York branch of the National Bank, i
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
James Watt221James Watt
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ALS, one page, 8 x 10, September 5, 1784. Letter to musician and notable Watt benefactor Joah Bates, in full: "Having received from Mr. Brown t...
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sigmund Freud222Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, personal stationery card, September 24, 1928. Written from Berlin-Tegel, an untranslated letter t
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sigmund Freud223Sigmund Freud
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Extremely rare Liveright Publishing Corporation business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand as payable to Sigmund Freud for $787.50, February
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00