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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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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