RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Presidents and Animation

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With well over 1,000 lots spanning a dozen genres, RR Auction's July Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by special Animation Art section, plus an assortment of Founding Fathers to honor America's Independence Day. Among the top lots are a handwritten letter by Karl Marx, an amazing Lewis Carroll letter about "Alice," an early Winston Churchill portrait, a marvelous double-signed Beatles program, rare letters by artists like Claude Monet and Gilbert Stuart, and fully signed Apollo 11 insurance covers. The animation feature boasts original production artwork from classics like Snow White, Fantasia, Pinocchio, Lady and the Tramp, Bambi, and Dumbo, in addition to several Walt Disney autographs. Founders include important letters by Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, a Force print of the Declaration of Independence, a John Hancock document from 1776, and a collection of signers of the US Constitution. Join us as we make history selling history in July 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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed "Go: Washington," one page, 7.5 x 10.5, September 14, 1775. A highly unusual letter, written from "...
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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ALS as president signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 8 x 9.75, December 22, 1796. Letter to Rufus King, the United States Minister to the United Kingdo
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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Revolutionary War-dated LS as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.75 x 12.75, September 23, 1782. Letter
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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[George Washington]4 - [George Washington]
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Exceptional pairing of documents relating to the formal opening of the United States Congress in 1791. The first is a printed broadside, one page, 8 x
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abigail Adams5 - Abigail Adams
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Remarkable collection consisting of Abigail Adams's personally-owned sewing needle case and two swatches of the dress Adams is seen wearing in h...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John Adams6 - John Adams
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LS as president signed “J. Adams,” one page, 8 x 9.75, January 22, 1798. Written from Philadelphia, a letter to his cousin, Dr. Cotton Tufts, in full:
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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John Adams7 - John Adams
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Very desirable free-franked mailing envelope, 4.75 x 3.25, addressed and dated in another hand, "Quincy, Oct'r 9th, 1809, Free," with ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson8 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 10, August 16, 1804. Letter to John Smith, the chief clerk of the Department of War, written fr
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson9 - Thomas Jefferson
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Desirable full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded with a center panel of 4.75 x 3.25, boldly addressed in Jefferson's hand to "The ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison10 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Th: Jefferson" as president and "James Madison" as secretary of state, one page, 14.75 x 11.25, May 12,...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Dolley Madison11 - Dolley Madison
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ALS signed “D. P. Madison,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, January 18, 1848. Letter addressed to writer, historian, and poet Elizabeth F. Ellet, in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Madison12 - James Madison
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ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 27, 1813. Letter to Senior Officer of the United States Army and former Secretary of War Henry Dear
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe13 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state,” one page, 10.5 x 15.75, Decem...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe14 - James Monroe
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ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 5, 1822. Letter to Attorney General William Wirt, in part: "The papers which accompany this, invo...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams15 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, September 8, 1828. Letter to Dr. Edward Augustus Holyoke of the Essex Historical Society, in full: "I had f...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson16 - Andrew Jackson
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ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 12.5, February 9, 1830. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham, in full: "The inclosed was han...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren17 - Martin Van Buren
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Scarce LS as secretary of state, signed “M. Van Buren,” five total pages, 8 x 12.5, March 31, 1829. Letter to Don Francisco Dionisio Vives, Governor a
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren18 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS as president signed “M. Van Buren,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, June 8, 1840. Letter to Benjamin Franklin Butler, the former United States A
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren19 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 5.25 x 8, June 19, 1858. Letter written from his estate of Lindenwald in Kinderhook, New York, in part: "I...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison20 - William Henry Harrison
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ALS signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 26, 1825. Letter to William Sly, in full: "I duly received your letter of the 30th...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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