RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an impressive selection of pop culture material, including a fully signed Led Zeppelin debut album, a Hofner 'Beatle' bass autographed by Paul McCartney, John F. Kennedy's rocking chair from the Carlyle Hotel, a "gold coin" interest note signed by legendary gangster Al Capone, an Apple award signed by Steve Jobs, a Charles Schulz comic strip, and the white suit of KFC founder Colonel Sanders. Other top items include a letter by Queen Elizabeth I, a Henry David Thoreau handwritten manuscript page, an important letter by Thomas Jefferson about the Bonaparte family, a rare check by Charles Darwin, and a handful of vintage Topps baseball card sets. 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 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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World War II202 - World War II
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Group lot of eight items signed by a notable World War II military leader, consisting mostly of signed photos and letters, with officers including: Ad
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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August Neidhardt von Gneisenau203 - August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
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Prussian field marshal (1760–1831) who was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation. ALS in German, one pag
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Napoleon204 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Np,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.25, February 5, 1813. Official military document concerning the reor
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon205 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, December 23, 1810. Letter to his stepson Eugene de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy, in full (translated):
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Marcantonio Colonna206 - Marcantonio Colonna
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Italian aristocrat and admiral (1535–1584) who served as a Viceroy of Sicily in the service of the Spanish Crown, and is best remembered for his part
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Bud Anderson207 - Bud Anderson
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Impressive banner honoring the 357th Fighter Group, an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, signed on bot
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Omar Bradley208 - Omar Bradley
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Four items signed by the great American general, including: a TLS on personal five-star letterhead, June 10, 1969, in part: "Mrs. Bradley and I...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James H. Doolittle209 - James H. Doolittle
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Airmail cover postmarked at Wheeling, West Virginia, on October 27, 1931, signed in fountain pen by James H. Doolittle, Postmaster Fred E. Cowl, aircr
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Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney210 - Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets and Bockscar pilot Charles Sweeney shaking hands just before Sweeney's flight to Nagas...
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Joseph Hiller211 - Joseph Hiller
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Veteran of the American Revolution, who in 1789 was appointed by George Washington as the second collector at the port of Salem. Partly-printed DS, si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul von Hindenburg212 - Paul von Hindenburg
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ALS in German, signed “v. Hindenburg,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, April 6, 1925. Untranslated letter written from Hannover. In fine condition. Accompanied
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O. O. Howard213 - O. O. Howard
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Union general (1830–1909) who participated at Gettysburg and commanded the Army of Tennessee during Sherman’s March to the Sea. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 1
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Matthew F. Maury214 - Matthew F. Maury
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Pioneering naval officer, meteorologist, and oceanographer (1806–1873) who published the first textbook of modern oceanography. LS signed “M. F. Maury
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Billy Mitchell215 - Billy Mitchell
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American World War I ace (1879–1936) regarded as the father of the US Air Force, whose zealous ambition and vocal criticism of the War and Navy Depart
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fitz John Porter216 - Fitz John Porter
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Union major general (1822-1901) who fought at Antietam and Second Bull Run. ALS signed “F. J. Porter,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Commissioner&#...
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Colin Powell217 - Colin Powell
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Two items: a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Powell in uniform, signed in the lower border in black felt tip; and a TLS, one page, 7 x 8.5, four-st
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Hyman G. Rickover218 - Hyman G. Rickover
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TLS signed “H. G. Rickover,” one page, 8 x 10.5, USS San Francisco letterhead, February 9, 1981. Letter to the Hon. William H. Natcher, who represente
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Richard Varick219 - Richard Varick
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American soldier and statesman (1753–1831) who was aide-de-camp to Benedict Arnold prior to the latter's defection to the British. Varick later ...
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Jonathan M. Wainwright220 - Jonathan M. Wainwright
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TLS signed “J. M. Wainwright,” one page, 8 x 10.5, War Department letterhead, February 4, 1928. Letter to the Hon. Henry E. Barbour, who was represent
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Whiskey Rebellion221 - Whiskey Rebellion
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Issue No. 515 of the Virginia Gazette and Petersburg Intelligencer from October 10, 1794, four pages on two adjoining sheets, measures 21.5 x 17.5 ope
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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