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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Philip H. Sheridan408Philip H. Sheridan
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Ink signature, "P. H. Sheridan, Maj. Gen'l,” on an off-white 2.75 x .75 slip affixed to a tiny card, with Alexander McDowell's signatur...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Henry W. Slocum409Henry W. Slocum
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Ink signature, "H. W. Slocum, Maj. Gen. Com'g,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip. Double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Louis-Gabriel Suchet410Louis-Gabriel Suchet
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Untranslated manuscript DS in French, signed “L. G. Suchet,” one page, 7.25 x 6, no date. In fine condition, with a trimmed top edge.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand411Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
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Partly-printed DS, in French, signed “Charles Maurice,” one page, 7.25 x 9, February 24, 1812. As vice-grand elector, Talleyrand acknowledges receipt
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand and Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet412Charles Maurice de Talleyrand and Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet
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Partly-printed DS, in French, signed “Charles Maurice" and "Montalivet,” one page, 22 x 17.75, January 25, 1813. An imperial decree issued...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Isaac R. Trimble413Isaac R. Trimble
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ALS signed “I. R. Trimble,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, September 6, 1870. Written from Baltimore, a letter to A. G. Warfield, in part: "They have not...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Claude Victor-Perrin414Claude Victor-Perrin
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LS in French, one page, 8 x 12.5, May 22, 1821. Letter to the minister of war. Based on the request of Lieutenant General Viscount Digeon, the Duke of
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
James S. Wadsworth415James S. Wadsworth
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Civil War-dated ALS signed “Jas. S. Wadsworth,” one page, 4.75 x 7.75, Headquarters Military District of Washington letterhead, October 7, 1862. Lette
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Jacqueline Cochran416Jacqueline Cochran
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Two photos signed by the pioneering aviatrix: a matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo honoring Cochran's speed records in the Lockheed TF-104G Super Star...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Howard Hughes417Howard Hughes
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Exquisite vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Howard Hughes with the crew from his 1938 flight around the world, signed in ink by all pictured: Howard Hugh
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
Bill Lear418Bill Lear
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Glossy 7.75 x 10 photo of Lear in front of his famous aircraft, signed in black felt tip, "Bill Lear, 11/16/70." In very good to fine cond...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Charles Lindbergh419Charles Lindbergh
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TLS signed “Charles (A. Lindbergh),” one page, 8.5 x 11, November 19, 1967. Letter to Robert L. Reece, director of Pan American Airways. In part: &q...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Test Pilots420Test Pilots
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Desirable FDC with a cachet honoring the first supersonic flight made by Captain Chuck Yeager in 1947, postmarked on the flight's 50th anniversa...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Test Pilots422Test Pilots
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Two covers signed by one or more notable test pilots or engineers: an FDC with a cachet honoring the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, sign
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Test Pilots423Test Pilots
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Desirable FDC with a cachet honoring the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight, signed in black ink or felt tip by f...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Orville Wright425Orville Wright
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Magnificent vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 6.75 photo of the first flight of the Wright Flyer near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, sign
Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
Chuck Yeager426Chuck Yeager
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Four covers signed by Chuck Yeager, including: a pair of commemorative covers with hand-painted cachets honoring the 25th anniversary of the "S...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Apollo 11427Apollo 11
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Official vintage color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of the Apollo 11 crew posing together in their white space suits, signed and inscribed in
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Neil Armstrong428Neil Armstrong
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Sought-after uninscribed official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, neatly signe
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Apollo 11429Apollo 11
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Hugely desirable color semi-glossy 10.75 x 13.75 close-up photo of Buzz Aldrin's boot on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission, signed ...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00