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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Pope John Paul II282 - Pope John Paul II
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TLS in Polish, signed “Karol Wojtyla,” one page, 5.75 x 4.25, illustrated "Exsultet" letterhead, Easter 1962. In full (translated): "...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Pope John Paul II283 - Pope John Paul II
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Unusual woodblock-print diploma from the 1973 Polish Festival of Sacrosong, measuring 19.25 x 14.25 open, signed inside in fountain pen, "Karol...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Barcelona284 - Barcelona
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Partly-printed vellum DS in Spanish, one page, 16 x 12, 1758. Untranslated certificate for the Royal Trade Company of Barcelona, number 1173 for 250 p
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Simon Bolivar285 - Simon Bolivar
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Revolutionary and political leader (1783-1830) whose military campaigns against the Spanish were instrumental in the emergence of the independent nati
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro286 - Fidel Castro
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DS in Spanish, one page, 8.75 x 13.5, March 6, 1959. Document approved by the Cuban Ministry, in part (translated): "As an act of approval and ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek287 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Signed book: Selected Speeches, 1958–1959. Taipei, Taiwan: The Office of the President, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 187 pages. Signed
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill288 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7 x 8.75, Office of the Prime Minister letterhead, July 6, 1953. Letter to Wilfrid Normand, Baron Normand
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill289 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 28, Hyde Park Gate letterhead, February 1951. Letter to Desmond Flower of Cassell and Co., in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Emperor Hirohito290 - Emperor Hirohito
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Exceptional DS in Japanese, one page, 23.25 x 17.75, April 29, 1934. Important document in which Emperor Hirohito confers the First Class, Order of th
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Emperor Meiji291 - Emperor Meiji
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Desirable DS in Japanese, one page, 23.25 x 17.75, April 1, 1906. Untranslated document in which Emperor Meiji confers the Third Class, Order of the R
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Emperor Taisho292 - Emperor Taisho
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Impressive DS in Japanese, one page, 23.25 x 17.75, November 10, 1915. Untranslated document in which Emperor Taisho confers the Third Class, Order of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon293 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, January 17, 1813. Letter to his trusted general, Gerard Christophe Michel Duroc, in full (translated):
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Syngman Rhee294 - Syngman Rhee
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First President of South Korea (1875–1965) from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. Handsome vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Rhee in a dignified clo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman295 - Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman
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Series 1935 A one dollar 'short snorter' silver certificate, signed on the front and back in ink and fountain pen by twenty-two notable figu...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Ferdinand and Isabella296 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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Spanish monarchs best known as the sponsors and patrons of Christopher Columbus. Rare DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey” and “Yo la Reyna,” three pages
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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King Alfonso V of Aragon297 - King Alfonso V of Aragon
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Prominent figure of the early Renaissance and a knight of the Order of the Dragon (1396–1458) who ruled over Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia, Cors
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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King Louis XIV298 - King Louis XIV
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King of France (born 1638) from 1643 until his death in 1715, known as the 'Sun King' for the glittering splendor of his court at Versailles...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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King William III299 - King William III
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Sovereign Prince of Orange (1650–1702) who served as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 until his death. Desirable manuscript DS, signed
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Prince Charles300 - Prince Charles
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ALS signed “Charles,” three pages on two sheets, 5 x 8, Sandringham Palace letterhead, January 5, 1986. Letter to friend and landscape consultant Vern
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Princess Diana301 - Princess Diana
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Remarkable circa 1978 handwritten French vocabulary notebook from her time at Swiss finishing school, 4.25 x 6.75, marked on the front cover in her ow
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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