RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science Fiction

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Loaded with over 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an amazing assortment of historic collectibles. This catalog begins with a featured section of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, exploring these popular genres across Hollywood and literature—from Forrest J. Ackerman’s Frankenstein posters to screen-used Star Trek props to first editions by Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein, and King. Other top highlights in this sale are: a letter sent by George Washington from West Point during the Revolution; an exceedingly rare Martha Washington autograph letter boasting a presidential free frank; a significant letter by Martin Luther King, Jr., on Jackie Robinson; a fully-signed Beatles Parlophone Records promo card; and letters by renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz. 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 2018.
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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Mother Teresa281 - Mother Teresa
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Printed prayer slip with a verse from Isaiah and an image of Mother Teresa holding a child, 6.25 x 3.25, signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint, “God
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Pope Gregory XVI282 - Pope Gregory XVI
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Born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (1765-1846), he served as pope from 1831 to 1846. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opposed democratic a
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Pope Leo XIII283 - Pope Leo XIII
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Born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810-1903), he was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903, succe
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Pope Pius X284 - Pope Pius X
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Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, Pius X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophi
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Brigham Young285 - Brigham Young
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LS, one page, 5 x 7.75, July 12, 1869. Letter sent from Salt Lake City to Beymer, Beauman, & Co. of the White Lead Works in Pittsburgh, in part:...
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David Ben-Gurion286 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS signed “D. Ben Gurion,” one page, lightly lined, 4.5 x 7.5, February 28, 1970. Letter to George P. Viegelmann, Jr., in full: "I share entir...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek287 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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TLS signed “Mayling Soong Chiang,” one black-bordered page, 8.25 x 10.75, July 4, 1975. Letter to George P. Viegelmann, in full: "I appreciate ...
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Winston Churchill288 - Winston Churchill
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ALS signed "Winston S. Churchill," one page, 4.5 x 7.25, embossed Colonial Office, National Scheme for Disabled Men letterhead, May 27, no...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill289 - Winston Churchill
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ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 5.75, no date but circa February–March 1920. Letter, likely to British Prime Minister David Lloyd Geo
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill290 - Winston Churchill
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Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 Rotary Photo postcard of Churchill from his early years in Parliament, neatly signed in the lower border in black ink
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Constant291 - Benjamin Constant
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Swiss-French political activist and writer on politics and religion (1767–1830). ALS in French, signed “C,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 8.5, May 10, 17
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Emperor Hirohito292 - Emperor Hirohito
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DS in Japanese, one page, 23.25 x 16.5, November 3, 1975. Untranslated document in which Emperor Hirohito confers the First Class, Order of the Sacred
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Che Guevara293 - Che Guevara
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DS, in Spanish, signed “Che,” one page, 14 x 11, February 7, 1961. A provisional certificate for a $6,000,000.00 bank bond from the Cuban National Ban
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Benito Mussolini294 - Benito Mussolini
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Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 9 half-length portrait of Mussolini looking at a newspaper by the Pandimiglio Studio of Rome, affixed to the original 9.75
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand295 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
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Highly skilled and influential diplomat (1754–1838) who served the French government from the reign of Louis XVI through that of Louis-Philippe. Manus
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky296 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS, one page, 8 x 4.5, March 15, 1937. Letter to "Comrade Schachtman," in full: "I am sending you a copy of my letter to LaFollette....
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Emiliano Zapata297 - Emiliano Zapata
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TLS in Spanish, one page both sides, 8.5 x 13.25, Liberation Army Headquarters letterhead, June 7, 1916. Circular issued by Zapata concerning rival re
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frederick the Great298 - Frederick the Great
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King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Marie Antoinette299 - Marie Antoinette
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.25, October 1, 1785. Document issued at Versailles, addressed to the tr
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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King James II300 - King James II
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The last Catholic monarch (1633–1701) to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, crowned in 1685. Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Jam
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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