RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Among the premier items in this monthly sale are an autograph letter by Albert Einstein on his Unified Field Theory, a scarce signed suite of Salvador Dali’s Divine Comedy woodcuts, and an incredible signed photo of Ty Cobb’s notorious ‘spiking of Baker.’ RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in October 2016.
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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James Smith202 - James Smith
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1719–1806). Manuscript DS, one page, 7.25 x 6.5, May 6, 1788. Legal document, in full: “B
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Oliver Wolcott203 - Oliver Wolcott
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Scarce hand-addressed and free-franked envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed in Wolcott’s own hand to his wife, “Mrs. Laura Wolcott, Litchfield, Connecticut,”
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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George Wythe204 - George Wythe
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Scholar, jurist, opponent of slavery (1726–1806) who was the first of the seven Virginia signatories of the Declaration of Independence. Manuscript DS
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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David G. Burnet205 - David G. Burnet
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American politician (1788–1870) who served as interim president of the Republic of Texas in 1836. ALS, one page, 7.5 x 5.25, December 6, 1866. Letter
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Aaron Burr206 - Aaron Burr
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ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 8 x 9.25, 1803. Letter to Jonathan Russell, in full: “I called just now at your house to consult you on a Case of Cons
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry Clay207 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, October 31, 1850. Letter to E. H. Derby, in full: “I received your favor, with a copy of your Review of t
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Henry Clay208 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.5, April 25, 1829. Letter regarding a legal matter, in part: “John Fowler, one of the parties conc
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry209 - Patrick Henry
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 14.5 x 12, July 27, 1786. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants Charles Young “a certain Tract
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Edmund Randolph210 - Edmund Randolph
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American politician (1753–1813) who served as both attorney general and secretary of state in George Washington’s cabinet. Partly-printed DS, signed “
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Helen Keller211 - Helen Keller
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Uncommon and highly desirable AQS in pencil on a 5.5 x 8.25 sheet of Hotel Utah letterhead, in full: “Faith is a fire of enthusiasm darkness cannot qu
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr212 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Receipt for King’s American Express credit card, 4.75 x 3.25, dated October 12, 1963, for a charge of $87.38 at the Hyatt House Hotel in Los Angeles,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Gerritt Smith213 - Gerritt Smith
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Leading United States social reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist (1797–1874) who was a candidate for President of the United States
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr214 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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TLS signed “Martin,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, July 19, 1963. Letter to Dr. Hamilton T. Boswell of the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William O. Douglas215 - William O. Douglas
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ALS signed “Bill,” one page on both sides of a 4.25 x 3.5 Supreme Court card, May 22, 1947. Letter to Barnet Nover of the Washington Post, in full: “T
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Oliver Ellsworth216 - Oliver Ellsworth
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.75, July 4, 1796. Letter to John Lowell Newbury, Jr., written while serving as chief justice of the Supreme Court.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Harvey Firestone217 - Harvey Firestone
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Signed souvenir book from the ‘Firestone’ Homestead Outing, dated July 11, 1914. Columbiana, Ohio: Privately printed. Leatherbound softcover, 8.25 x 1
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Ford218 - Henry Ford
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, December 29, 1939. Letter to Miss Margaret Lee Voorhees of Dearborn, Michigan, in full: “Thank you for
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan219 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Handsome DS, one page both sides, 9.5 x 13.5, June 30, 1886. A one-hundred year bond issued by the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company for $1000, sig
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo220 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8.25, January 2, 1865. Handsomely engraved certificate for one share of cap
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harvey Cushing221 - Harvey Cushing
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TLS, one page, 6.75 x 8.5, personal Yale University letterhead, August 6, 1935. Letter to pioneering autograph dealer Forest H. Sweet, in part: “I fin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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