RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring John F. Kennedy

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With a featured section honoring the birthday of President John F. Kennedy, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts nearly 750 diverse lots. Top JFK items include an original portrait study by Aaron Shikler, Jacqueline Kennedy's personally-worn maternity dress, windows from the Texas School Book Depository, and a rosary used by a priest at Parkland Hospital, as well as assorted autographs and other personal effects. Additional highlights in the sale are rare signatures of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for "The Times They Are-a-Changin'," a near-mint trio of the first Playboy issues, and a cigar box signed by Fidel Castro. 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 May 2019.
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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King William IV281 - King William IV
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “William R.,” one page, 13.5 x 9.5, December 1, 1830. King William appoints James Henry Leckie a "Lieutenant i...
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Henry Kissinger282 - Henry Kissinger
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Three items: a very early vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of the young Kissinger as a member of the Harvard faculty, signed and inscribed in fountain pen,
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Leonard Kleinrock283 - Leonard Kleinrock
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American computer scientist (born 1934) who made several important contributions to the field of computer networking, in particular to the theoretical
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Bernard Germain de Lacepede284 - Bernard Germain de Lacepede
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French naturalist (1756–1825) who contributed to the Comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Manuscript DS in French, signed “B. G. E. le cte. de ...
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Arthur Lee285 - Arthur Lee
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American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War (1740–1792) who helped negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778. Free franked addr
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Joseph Lister286 - Joseph Lister
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British surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day. Ink signature, &qu...
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz287 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Dutch physicist (1853–1928) who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. Crisp ink s
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John McCain288 - John McCain
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Signed book: Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir. First trade edition. NY: Random House, 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 396 pages. Signed o
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Medical Researchers289 - Medical Researchers
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Group of eight items signed by noted medical researchers, including: Jonas Salk (signature), James D. Watson (commemorative cover), Linus Pauling (SP)
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Golda Meir290 - Golda Meir
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Matte-finish 6.75 x 4.75 full-length photo of Golda Meir standing alongside several other politicians on what appears to be an airport tarmac, signed
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Reinhold Messner291 - Reinhold Messner
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Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author (born 1944) who made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest, the first ascent of Everest without supplementa
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Mother Teresa292 - Mother Teresa
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Glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Mother Teresa with her hands clasped in prayer, signed in blue ink, "God bless you, M. Teresa mc." Matted to an ...
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Mother Teresa293 - Mother Teresa
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TLS signed “God bless you, M Teresa m,” 5 x 7.75, Missionaries of Charity letterhead, March 11, 1984. Letter to Betty De Silva, in full: "Thank...
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Mother Teresa294 - Mother Teresa
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TLS signed “M Teresa mc,” one page on the reverse of a 6.25 x 3.5 prayer slip depicting Mother Teresa holding a child, no date. Letter to Rosemarie, i
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Fridtjof Nansen295 - Fridtjof Nansen
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Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate (1861–1930) who led the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888. Bo
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Napoleon III296 - Napoleon III
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President of the French Second Republic and ruler of the Second French Empire (1808–1873). Manuscript DS in French, signed “N,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5,
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Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia297 - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
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Heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire (1904–1918) who was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feo
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Paul I of Russia298 - Paul I of Russia
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Emperor of Russia (born 1754) from 1796 until his assassination in 1801. A champion of the poorer classes, his sweeping reforms alienated the Russian
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Pedro II of Brazil299 - Pedro II of Brazil
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Popular and much-admired emperor of Brazil who ruled for nearly sixty years (1825-1891). Manuscript DS in Portuguese, signed “Imperador ,” on
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Physicists300 - Physicists
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Group lot of five color photos of world-renowned physicists, glossy and semi-glossy, ranging in size from 5 x 7 to 10 x 8, each signed in ink or felt
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