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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Lee Harvey Oswald's Personally-Owned and -Worn Overcoat41 - Lee Harvey Oswald's Personally-Owned and -Worn Overcoat
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Lee Harvey Oswald's personally-owned and -worn blue single-breasted, heavy blue wool overcoat with three buttons down the front, with his name f...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald's Chess Set42 - Lee Harvey Oswald's Chess Set
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Vintage chess set given to Lee Harvey Oswald by his mother after the family had moved to New Orleans in 1954, consisting of 14 white plastic pieces—on
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby's Black Trousers43 - Jack Ruby's Black Trousers
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Jack Ruby's personally-owned and -worn black trousers, marked on an inside pocket in an unknown hand, "Jack Ruby." In fine condition, ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Assassination Ballistic Test Limousine Plexiglass44 - John F. Kennedy Assassination Ballistic Test Limousine Plexiglass
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Rectangular piece of clear plexiglass, 7.75 x 6 x 0.25, featuring a bullet hole in the right side, with notations reading, "Front Side. 1-1-85....
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy Pair of Handwritten Notes45 - Jacqueline Kennedy Pair of Handwritten Notes
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Two items: an unsigned handwritten note written at the top of a TLS addressed to "Mrs. Aristotle Onassis" by Commander Albert L. Casassa, ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy Hand-drawn Poster46 - Jacqueline Kennedy Hand-drawn Poster
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Hand-drawn poster by Jackie Kennedy honoring the retirement of White House Chief Usher J. B. West, accomplished in red, blue, and green watercolor on
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Post-Assassination Air Force One Manifest47 - John F. Kennedy Post-Assassination Air Force One Manifest
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Extraordinary official original passenger manifest for the Air Force One flight that carried John F. Kennedy's body home from Dallas to Andrews ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy: John G. W. Mahanna Manuscript48 - John F. Kennedy: John G. W. Mahanna Manuscript
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Remarkable archive of notes, outline, and unfinished draft for The Human Touch, an unpublished memoir by John G. W. Mahanna, a Western Massachusetts j
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dave Powers Handwritten Timeline of 196349 - Dave Powers Handwritten Timeline of 1963
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Special assistant and close friend to John F. Kennedy (1912–1998), who was responsible for recording the 'Powers film' that captured the las...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy's Nikon 35mm Camera50 - Jacqueline Kennedy's Nikon 35mm Camera
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Jacqueline Kennedy's personally-owned and -used Nikon F single-lens reflex, manual focus camera, serial no. 6796318, fitted with a Nikkor 35–135...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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