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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Isidor Isaac Rabi342 - Isidor Isaac Rabi
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American physicist (1898–1988) who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic r
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Syngman Rhee343 - Syngman Rhee
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First President of South Korea (1875–1965) from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. Vintage fountain pen signature, "Syngman Rhee,” on an off-w...
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Royal Weddings344 - Royal Weddings
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Group of three items honoring royal weddings: a 3.75? tall enameled beaker made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England, honoring the marriage of Princess
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Royal Miscellany345 - Royal Miscellany
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Large group of royal ephemera, including: a menu card for “The Royal Wedding Breakfast” on July 6, 1893; a Waterlow & Sons cabinet portrait of Q...
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Colonel Harland Sanders346 - Colonel Harland Sanders
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Color matte-finish 11 x 14 half-length photo of Sanders wearing his patented white suit and leaning on one of his custom canes, signed and inscribed i
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Herbert Spencer347 - Herbert Spencer
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Prominent English philosopher and sociologist (1820–1903). LS, one page, 4.5 x 7, February 15, 1882. Letter to D. Vogel, in full: "Your letter ...
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Henrietta Szold348 - Henrietta Szold
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Zionist leader (1860–1945) who worked for the Jewish Publishing Society of America before she founded Hadassah in 1912. ALS, one page, 5.75 x 9.25, Th
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Margaret Thatcher349 - Margaret Thatcher
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TLS as prime minister, signed “Yours sincerely, Margaret Thatcher,” two pages, 8.25 x 11.75, 10 Downing Street letterhead, May 14, 1981. Letter to Jon
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Margaret Thatcher350 - Margaret Thatcher
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Blue felt tip signature, "Margaret Thatcher,” on an unused 3.75 x 5 bookplate featuring an engraving of 10 Downing Street. In very fine conditi...
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John T. Thompson351 - John T. Thompson
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ALS signed "Jno. T. Thompson," one page, 4.75 x 7.75, Springfield Armory letterhead, October 29, 1903. Letter to Albert H. Cole, in full: ...
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Watergate352 - Watergate
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Group of the first seven volumes of the "Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972—Phase I: Watergate Investigation," softcovers, 6 x 9.25,...
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Watergate353 - Watergate
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Group of five items signed by figures associated with the Watergate scandal, including: a business card signed by Nixon friend and confidant Bebe Rebo
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Daniel Webster354 - Daniel Webster
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Free franked mailing envelope, 9 x 4, addressed in Webster's hand to "John K. Porter, Esq., Albany, N. Y.," and franked in the upper r...
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Eli Whitney, Jr355 - Eli Whitney, Jr
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Only son (1820–1894) of Eli Whitney who assumed control of his father's armory in 1841 and manufactured the famous 'Whitneyville Walker Colt...
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Simon Wiesenthal356 - Simon Wiesenthal
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Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer (1908–2005). Two different 4 x 6 lightweight cardstock photos of Wiesenthal, each signed in the lower bord
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James Wilson357 - James Wilson
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Revolutionary War-dated ink endorsement signature, "Wilson," on the reverse of a partly-printed legal document, one page, 13.5 x 4, Octobe...
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Wu Tingfang358 - Wu Tingfang
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Chinese diplomat and politician (1842–1922) who was briefly acting premier during the early years of the Republic of China. Ink signature, "Wu ...
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Charles Cornwallis359 - Charles Cornwallis
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Manuscript DS, signed as Governor-General of India, “Cornwallis,” one page, 9.5 x 14, October 9, 1786. Document issued to Chief Justice Elijah Impey a
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François Joseph Paul de Grasse360 - François Joseph Paul de Grasse
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French Admiral (1732-1788) who commanded the French fleet at the Battle of Chesapeake, blocking the escape route of Cornwallis which subsequently led
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Philemon Dickinson361 - Philemon Dickinson
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American lawyer and politician from New Jersey (1739–1809) who, as a brigadier general of the New Jersey militia, was one of the most effective militi
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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