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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Cardinals251 - Cardinals
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FDC with an affixed metal cachet depicting the Virgin Mary holding Jesus, signed in various inks by eight Catholic Cardinals, including: Joseph Bernar
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Jean-Antoine Chaptal252 - Jean-Antoine Chaptal
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Versatile French chemist and statesman (1756–1832) who introduced the process of adding sugar to wine, called 'Chaptalization.' LS in French...
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Jean-Nicolas Corvisart253 - Jean-Nicolas Corvisart
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French physician (1755–1821) who gained a reputation as an expert in cardiology and was Napoleon’s personal physician. Untranslated ALS in French, sig
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Dalai Lama254 - Dalai Lama
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo of the Dalai Lama in his robes, signed in the lower border in ink. In very good to fine condition, with scattered
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Louis de Broglie255 - Louis de Broglie
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French physicist (1892–1987) known for his theory that matter has the properties of both particles and waves, who was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize in
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Charles de Gaulle256 - Charles de Gaulle
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Brief untranslated ANS in French, signed “C. G.,” on a personal 3.75 x 2.75 card imprinted with "General de Gaulle" letterhead, no date bu...
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John DeLorean257 - John DeLorean
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John Z. DeLorean Corporation, Research & Engineering Division business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by DeLorean, "John Z....
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Porfirio Diaz258 - Porfirio Diaz
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Partly-printed DS, in Spanish, one page, 9.25 x 14.25, December 1, 1892. Untranslated letter from President Diaz to Ulises Heureaux, the president of
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Benjamin Disraeli259 - Benjamin Disraeli
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ALS signed “B. Disraeli,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered 2 Whitehall Gardens letterhead, February 25, 1874. Letter to Sir
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John E. Douglas260 - John E. Douglas
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Special agent and unit chief in the FBI (born 1945) who was one of the first criminal profilers and has written books on criminal psychology; Douglas
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