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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Jacob Brown382 - Jacob Brown
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American army officer in the War of 1812 (1775–1828) who was later appointed Commanding General of the United States Army. LS signed “Jac: Brown,” one
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pair of European Flintlock Muff Pistols383 - Pair of European Flintlock Muff Pistols
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Handsome pair of European flintlock muff pistols, no serial numbers, .40 caliber, 3 3/8? part octagon barrels with flared muzzles. These are diminutiv
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Cased Pair of US Historical Society Thomas Jefferson Flintlocks384 - Cased Pair of US Historical Society Thomas Jefferson Flintlocks
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Cased pair of US Historical Society Thomas Jefferson Flintlocks, serial numbers 940A and 940B, .41 Caliber, 5? round brass barrels with excellent, bri
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Cased Webley Solid Frame Revolvers by Pape385 - Cased Webley Solid Frame Revolvers by Pape
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Cased pair of Webley Solid Frame Revolvers by Pape, serial numbers 639 and 827, .442 Webley, 6? barrels with very good bores that have some dark freck
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Civil War US Model 1840 Musician's Sword by Ames386 - Civil War US Model 1840 Musician's Sword by Ames
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Civil War–dated US Model 1840 Musician’s Sword by Ames, measuring 34 1/2? long with a 28 1/8? straight, single-edged blade having full-length single f
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Southerner Derringer Iron Frame by Brown387 - Southerner Derringer Iron Frame by Brown
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Superb and fairly early iron frame ‘Southerner’ single-shot derringer pistol by the Brown Manufacturing Co. of Newburyport, Massachusetts, serial numb
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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P. G. T. Beauregard388 - P. G. T. Beauregard
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War-dated ANS in pencil, signed “G. T. B.,” on the reverse of a Southern Telegraph Companies telegram, one page, 8 x 4.25, December 2, 1864. The teleg
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Louis-Alexandre Berthier389 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier
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One of Napoleon's favorite Marshals (1753-1815), serving as his Chief of Staff from the start of his first Italian campaign in 1796 until his fi...
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John A. Dix390 - John A. Dix
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, March 14, 1853. Letter to President Franklin Pierce, in full: "Genl. Jas. W. Nye of Syracuse is a candidate for the o...
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Desmond T. Doss391 - Desmond T. Doss
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United States Army corporal (1919–2006) who served as a combat medic with the 77th Infantry Division in World War II. He saved 75 men during the Battl
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets392 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Color glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of the Enola Gay on the runway, signed in blue felt tip, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot to Hiroshima, 6 Aug. 1945.” In fin
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Jessie Benton Fremont393 - Jessie Benton Fremont
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Wife of explorer and politician John C. Fremont (1824-1902), who was the daughter of the famed Senator Thomas Hart Benton, as well as an author of sev
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Douglas Haig394 - Douglas Haig
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Field marshal and commander-in-chief of the British expeditionary forces in France and Flanders during WWI (1861-1928). Third person ANS, one page, 4.
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Douglas MacArthur395 - Douglas MacArthur
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Signed book: Reminiscences. Special limited edition, numbered 389/1750. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 438 pa
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Chester Nimitz396 - Chester Nimitz
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Partly-printed DS, signed “C. W. Nimitz,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, October 8, 1947. A United States Navy citation awarded to Pullman Company "for...
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Fitz John Porter397 - Fitz John Porter
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Union major general (1822-1901) who fought at Antietam and Second Bull Run. Porter was court-martialed in 1863 for disobeying an order from Gen. Pope
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Ernie Pyle398 - Ernie Pyle
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Union Trust Company of the District of Columbia check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Pyle, "Ernest T. Pyle," payable to Rosamond G...
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Winfield Scott399 - Winfield Scott
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “Gen'l Scott,” one page, 7.75 x 4.5, no date but circa February 1863. In full: "A card. Gen'l...
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William T. Sherman400 - William T. Sherman
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ALS signed “W. T. Sherman,” one page, 5 x 8, 912 Garrison Avenue letterhead, December 8, 1885. Letter to the editor of Century Magazine, in full: &q...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Daniel E. Sickles401 - Daniel E. Sickles
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Controversial American politician and military officer (1819-1914) who lost his leg in a famous incident at the Battle of Gettysburg. Scarce original
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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