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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Abraham Lincoln141 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rare ADS, signed “Stuart & Lincoln, p. q.,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, November 1839. Sangamon County legal document penned entirely in Li...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln142 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 18.5, July 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Robert Lennox as "First...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln143 - Abraham Lincoln
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Quill pen, 5.5? long, made by Abraham Lincoln’s cousin and tutor, Dennis F. Hanks. Pen is tied with green ribbon to a 4.5 x 2 card, with a handwritten
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln144 - Abraham Lincoln
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Very rare large broadside of a circular letter issued in North Carolina following Lincoln's announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, one p...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln145 - Abraham Lincoln
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Desirable 5 x 7 commemorative albumen print memorializing Abraham Lincoln as "The Martyr of Freedom," published in 1865 by Charles Magnus ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln146 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original printed proclamation, 5.5 x 8.75, three pages on two adjoining sheets, dated April 12, 1865. Three proclamations made by President Abraham Li
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson147 - Andrew Johnson
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Manuscript DS as president, one page, 7 x 8.5, July 13, 1865. In full: "John B. Messick, a Prisoner of War at Fort McHenry will be released upo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson148 - Andrew Johnson
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Ink signature as president, "Andrew Johnson, June 25th 1867,” on an off-white 4.5 x 4 sheet. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant149 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Brig. Gen. Com.,” one page, 7.5 x 7, September 17, 1861. Letter to Colonel Leonard Fulton Ross at Fort Jeffer
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant150 - U. S. Grant
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Uncommon manuscript DS as president, one page, 7.5 x 10, November 4, 1870. President Grant appoints Jonathan F. Hartley as "Acting Secretary of...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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