RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

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Boasting well over 800 lots, RR Auction’s November Fine Autograph and Artifact sale begins with an extraordinary feature chronicling the life and death of President John F. Kennedy—from early candid snapshots of JFK to relics from Lee Harvey Oswald, this section offers an impressive variety of material. Other significant items in the sale include letters by classical music icons Erik Satie and Claude Debussy, an excellent 1963 Beatles autograph, a magnificent cabinet photo signed by Charles Dickens, a 1950 letter by reclusive author J. D. Salinger, and a wealth of superior presidential autographs including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, and James A. Garfield. 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 April 2017.
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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Henry Moore and Andrew Elliot242 - Henry Moore and Andrew Elliot
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Manuscript DS, signed "H: Moore," one page, 22 x 17, April 4, 1767. Document headed "The General Account of His Majesty's Quit Re...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William Penn243 - William Penn
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English-born Quaker (1644-1718) and founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Manuscript DS, signed “W. M. Penn,” one page, 7.5 x 1
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Frederick Douglass244 - Frederick Douglass
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ALS signed "Fred'k Douglass," one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8.25, Young Men's Association Library letterhead, February 7, 1868. In ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Bill Wilson245 - Bill Wilson
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Rare unsigned book: Alcoholics Anonymous. First edition, first printing. NY: Works Publishing Company, 1939. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 400 pages. Book c
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Bill and Lois Wilson246 - Bill and Lois Wilson
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Rare signed book: Living with an Alcoholic, with the Help of Al-Anon. Later printing. NY: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc., 1964. Hardcover with
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Jay247 - John Jay
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, June 27, 1798. Letter to "The Honble Rich'd Varick Esqr., mayor of the City of New York," written as gover...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Carnegie248 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, November 7, 1911. Letter to Eric H. Marks, (spelling and grammar retained): "I hav red your &...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Isaac Doolittle249 - Isaac Doolittle
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American clockmaker, printer, and supplier of gunpowder to the Continental Army (1722-1800). Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed "...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henry Ford250 - Henry Ford
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Booklet for the Annual Meeting Federation of McGuffey Societies and Dedication of the Ackley Covered Bridge, held at the Edison Institute in Greenfiel
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Henry Ford251 - Henry Ford
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Signed book: My Life & Work. Later printing. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 281 pages. Signed and inscribed on the...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harley Davidson: Arthur Davidson252 - Harley Davidson: Arthur Davidson
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One of the four co-founders of Harley-Davidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. Early partl
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Eli Lilly253 - Eli Lilly
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American soldier and pharmacist (1838-1898) who founded the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation; Lilly enlisted in the Union Army and was
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan254 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Uncommon twice-signed partly-printed DS, one page both sides, 13.5 x 9.5, August 20, 1863. A declaration of dividends made payable between August 10 a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John D. Rockefeller255 - John D. Rockefeller
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 7.5, February 1, 1889. Stock certificate issued to Rockefeller for five hundred shares in the Northwest Equipment
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Slater256 - Samuel Slater
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English-American industrialist (1768-1835) called the 'Father of the American Industrial Revolution,' known for importing British textile te...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Wanamaker257 - John Wanamaker
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Department store magnate (1838–1922) who also served as Postmaster General from 1889 to 1893. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Bellefo
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Frank W. Woolworth258 - Frank W. Woolworth
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Retail pioneer (1852-1919) who founded the iconic chain of five-and-ten-cent stores that bear his name. Unusual fine disbound book for a meeting of th
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell259 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Beinn Bhreagh letterhead, October 31, 1916. Letter to noted geographer William Morris Davis, in part: "I am sorry that...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Rudolf Diesel260 - Rudolf Diesel
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TLS in German, signed “Diesel,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 11, 1911. Letter to James R. Harris concerning the formation of the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison261 - Thomas Edison
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TLS signed “Thomas A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, July 1, 1911. Interesting form letter to the pr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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