RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

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RR Auction’s November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings over 800 incredible lots to auction, featuring a compelling selection of John F. Kennedy items in honor of the 55th anniversary of his death. Highlights include JFK’s iconic presidential bomber jacket, his rocking chair from the Carlyle, and a wealth of important handwritten notes, signed photographs, and letter, including one from Jackie reflecting on her tragic flight home from Dallas on Air Force One. An amazing map annotated by Fidel Castro to show the Bay of Pigs invasion represents one of the greatest foreign policy challenges of Kennedy’s presidency. In addition to these are a diverse selection of outstanding items from throughout history: a letter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an autograph document by George Washington using slaves as collateral, a Beatles signed photograph, a compelling archive of Greta Garbo’s letters, and a comprehensive assortment of Napoleonic Marshals round out these fine offerings.
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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P. T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb259 - P. T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb
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Desirable group of three items, comprising an ALS by P. T. Barnum and two signatures by his famous little performer General Tom Thumb: ALS signed &q...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Randolph Hearst260 - William Randolph Hearst
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ALS signed “W. R. Hearst,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, 1921. Letter to David Town, one of his newspaper publishing assistants, written amidst the newsprint
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Joachim Lafarge261 - Joachim Lafarge
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French banker (1748–1839) who developed the Caisse d'Epargnes et de Bienfais, better known as Caisse Lafarge, who developed a pioneering investm...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison262 - Thomas Edison
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ANS signed “E,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, May 11, 1926. Note written at the top of a letter sent to him by F. S. Blinne. Edison writes, in full:
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin263 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “C. Darwin,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, "Thursday 8th" [August 8, 1850]. Letter to Nathaniel Thomas Wether...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Robert Fulton264 - Robert Fulton
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American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur (1765–1815) best known for designing the first commercially successful steamboat. His other endeavors in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein266 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 3.5 x 5.5, October 1, 1924. Letter to "Herrn und Frau Winteler," his sister Maja and her husband...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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William Robert Grove269 - William Robert Grove
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Welsh judge and physical scientist (1811–1896) who anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell techno
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Frederick Gowland Hopkins270 - Frederick Gowland Hopkins
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English biochemist (1861–1947) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitami
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi272 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Italian physicist and inventor (1874–1937) who devoted his life to experiments in wireless communication, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909. Bol
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse274 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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Uncommon 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Morse with medals adorning his chest, boldly signed in black ink, "Saml. F. B. Morse." Revers...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse275 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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ALS signed “Sam'l F. B. Morse,” one page, 5 x 8.25, May 4, 1869. Crisply penned letter to J. B. Calder in Providence, Rhode Island, in full: &qu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Walther Nernst276 - Walther Nernst
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German physicist (1864–1941) known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in the third law of thermodynamics, for wh
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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William Ramsay278 - William Ramsay
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Scottish chemist (1852–1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ALS signed “W. Ramsay,” one page, 5 x 8, Univer
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Johannes Stark279 - Johannes Stark
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German physicist (1874–1957) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919. ALS in German, signed “J. Stark,” one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, Sep
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Eli Whitney280 - Eli Whitney
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Important American inventor (1765–1825) remembered for developing the cotton gin. Rare ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 10.25, March 3, 1802. Letter to J
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Moses Mendelssohn281 - Moses Mendelssohn
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Prominent German Jewish philosopher (1729–1826) and grandfather of composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. ALS in German, signed "Moses," on...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Karl Jaspers282 - Karl Jaspers
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German psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969) who attempted to develop an innovative philosophical system. Two ALSs, each one page both sides, 5.5 x
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Pope Francis283 - Pope Francis
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Pope Francis's white zucchetto skullcap, measuring 7? in diameter, featuring a light suede white lining and white moire fabric exterior. In fine...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Brigham Young284 - Brigham Young
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LS as governor of the Utah Territory, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 2, 1854. Letter to Governor Noah Martin of New Hampshire, in full: "The mai...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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