RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With an opening section chronicling the history of science and technology, this month’s RR Auction Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 800 extraordinary lots. Among the highlights offered are an Einstein autograph letter, lunar surface–flown items, a historic letter signed by King Henry VIII, and a vast selection of animation artwork. 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 make history selling history in December 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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Nelson Mandela188 - Nelson Mandela
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Appealing glossy 8 x 10.5 photo of Mandela sparring with Jerry Moloi, a professional featherweight, at Moloi's boxing gym in Orlando, Soweto, si...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Hugo Black189 - Hugo Black
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ALS signed “H. B.,” one page, 4 x 5.5, Supreme Court of the United States Memorandum letterhead, October 14, 1947. Letter to Justice Frank Murphy abou
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Supreme Court190 - Supreme Court
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Impressive set of three engravings: an original 12.75 x 16.75 engraved portrait of Chief Justice E. B White, signed in the lower border in pencil by W
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Benjamin Cardozo191 - Benjamin Cardozo
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Vintage matte-finish 9 x 12.25 seated portrait of Justice Cardozo by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bushrod Washington192 - Bushrod Washington
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US Supreme Court associate justice (1762–1829) and the nephew of George Washington. Autograph check, 7.75 x 2.5, filled out entirely in Washington’s h
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Jay Gould193 - Jay Gould
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Financier (1836–1892) known for his stock market manipulation of railroad securities; he also tried to corner the gold market, leading to the ‘Black F
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Randolph Hearst194 - William Randolph Hearst
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Seven pages of poetry handwritten by Hearst, the first in pencil on five sheets and the other in ink on two sheets. The pencil poem, apparently an ode
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Joseph Pulitzer195 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Collection of three DSs by Pulitzer and his sons, 15.25 x 8, dated 1885–1915, all being stock certificates for The Press Publishing Company, retaining
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert Solow196 - Robert Solow
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Economist (born 1924) known for his work on the theory of economic growth who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1987. Handw
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Sigmund Freud197 - Sigmund Freud
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Signed book: Neue Folge der Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis]. Vienna: Internation...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Jan Tinbergen198 - Jan Tinbergen
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Dutch economist (1903–1994) known for the development and application of dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes, who was awarded the No
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Pope John Paul II199 - Pope John Paul II
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DS in Polish, signed “Karol card. Wojtyla,” one page, 8 x 11.5, January 29, 1977. An official decree, in part (translated): "Taking into the ac...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Pope John Paul II200 - Pope John Paul II
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TLS in Polish, signed “Karol card. Wojtyla,” one page, 6 x 4, personal letterhead, August 11, 1969. In full (translated): "Thank you very much ...
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Winston Churchill201 - Winston Churchill
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Coveted ink signature, “W. S. Churchill,” on an off-white 2.5 x 2 slip affixed to a light pink 4.75 x 3.75 album page bearing a clipped image and coll
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Disraeli202 - Benjamin Disraeli
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Grouping of fourteen ALSs signed “B. Disraeli” and “D,” fifty-nine pages in total, most approximately 4.5 x 7.25, dated between August 1868 and June 1
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Emperor Meiji203 - Emperor Meiji
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DS in Japanese, one page, 22.75 x 17.75, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Order of the Golden Kite upo
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi204 - Mohandas Gandhi
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Unique certificate of appreciation presented to “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,” unsigned, one page, 12.5 x 9.25, October 15, 1901. Certificate bestowed
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Mohandas Gandhi205 - Mohandas Gandhi
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Immensely desirable vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of Mohandas Gandhi walking alongside Madan Mohan Malaviya after the second session of India’s Round
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Syngman Rhee206 - Syngman Rhee
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, Kyung Mu Dai letterhead, September 8, 1955. Letter to C. D. Batchelder of the Daly News, in part: “I have received your d
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Ferdinand and Isabella207 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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LS in Spanish, signed by Ferdinand, “Yo el Rey,” and Isabella, “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 8.25 x 8.5, July 26, 1494. Letter sent to Juan Arias de Villar
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