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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King Henry VIII208 - King Henry VIII
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LS signed “Henry R,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 12, July 7, [1513]. Letter to army commander George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, encouraging him to
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria209 - Queen Victoria
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “the poor Queen,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Osborne letterhead, February
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Queen Victoria210 - Queen Victoria
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Manuscript DS, signed “Victoria R. I.,” seven pages on four sheets, 7.75 x 12.5, April 15, 1878. Special Statute of the Order of the Star of India to
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Queen Alexandra211 - Queen Alexandra
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Queen Consort to Edward VII of England (1844–1925) and mother of George V. Wonderful vintage matte-finish 6 x 8 full-length Alice Hughes portrait of Q
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King George V212 - King George V
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Very early 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of a young George V in a seated pose and wearing a naval uniform, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Novemb
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King George V and Mary of Teck213 - King George V and Mary of Teck
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Brilliant pairing of vintage sepia matte-finish full-length portraits of King George V and Mary of Teck, each approximately 6.75 x 10.75, individually
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Queen Liliuokalani214 - Queen Liliuokalani
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Last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands (1838–1917) who actively pursued the preservation of the islands for their native residents. Vintage ink
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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King Edward VIII215 - King Edward VIII
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World War I-dated ALS signed “Edward,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 8, General Headquarters, British Forces in Italy letterhead, July 4, 1918. Letter to
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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King Edward VIII216 - King Edward VIII
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TLS signed “Edward R. I.,” one black-bordered page, 7.25 x 9.25, Buckingham Palace letterhead, no date but circa 1936. Letter to Lieutenant J. R. Durh
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King George VI217 - King George VI
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Large and distinguished matte-finish 8 x 11 portrait affixed to its original 9 x 13 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen with his given name, “A
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth218 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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Scarce vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 10 full-length Dorothy Wilding portrait of King George, Queen Elizabeth, and their children Margaret and Elizabeth,
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth219 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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Royal Christmas and New year card from 1939, measures 11.5 x 8.25 open, featuring a wonderful Marcus Adams family portrait of King George and Queen El
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth220 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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Circa 1947 royal Christmas card with an embossed golden crown on the front, measures 13.75 x 5.75 open, bearing a wonderful family portrait of King Ge
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Queen Mary of Teck221 - Queen Mary of Teck
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Wife of King-Emperor George V and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (1867–1953). Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6 full-length portrait
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Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret222 - Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret
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Circa 1946 Royal Christmas card by Raphael Tuck & Sons, measures 15.25 x 6.25 open, featuring a superb Dorothy Wilding seated portrait of the si...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II223 - Queen Elizabeth II
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Strikingly beautiful vintage matte-finish 7 x 6.25 seated portrait of the 22-year-old Elizabeth by Dorothy Wilding, affixed to the original 8.75 x 10.
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip224 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Vintage matte-finish 6 x 8 portrait of the royal couple, affixed to the original 8.25 x 12 studio mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabe
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip225 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Wonderful royal Christmas card from 1957, measures 15.5 x 9.25, featuring a color family photo of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with their childre
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Queen Elizabeth II226 - Queen Elizabeth II
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ANS signed “from Granny,” one page, 4.75 x 3.75, Buckingham Palace stationery, no date. In full: “William, I hope you enjoy opening this each day.” In
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor227 - Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Attractive matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, affixed to the original 6 x 8 studio mount, signed in fountain pen by bo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Princess Grace and Prince Rainier228 - Princess Grace and Prince Rainier
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Wonderful glossy 8.5 x 13 photo of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, neatly signed in fountain pen, “Grace de Monaco” and “Rainier, Prince de Monaco.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother229 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Drummonds Bank check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by the Queen Mother, “Elizabeth R.,” payable to Lady Katharine Seymour for £200, December ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Prince Charles230 - Prince Charles
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Christmas and New year card from 1977, measures 9.5 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles wearing a Native American headdress, face
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Prince Charles231 - Prince Charles
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Color semi-glossy 9.5 x 7.75 group portrait of Charles and his staff, affixed to its original 12 x 10 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Charle
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Prince Charles232 - Prince Charles
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Royal Christmas card from 1992, measuring 16 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles posing with his sons William and Henry, signed and
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles233 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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Royal Christmas card from 1985, measuring 10.25 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of the family with Prince William and Prince Harry on ho
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Princess Diana234 - Princess Diana
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ALS signed “Diana,” four pages on two sheets, 6 x 7.75, Kensington Palace letterhead, January 3, 1990. Letter to Nicky Tinsley, in full: “I can’t begi
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Princess Diana235 - Princess Diana
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ALS signed “Diana X,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, Kensington Palace stationery, December 21, 1996. Letter to Simon Barnes, in full: “I was enormous
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Titanic236 - Titanic
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Remarkable original mounted matte-finish 6.75 x 4.75 photograph of the infamous iceberg that the Titanic struck on the night of April 14, 1912, affixe
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Titanic: C. E. Henry Stengel238 - Titanic: C. E. Henry Stengel
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ALS signed “C. E. Henry Stengel,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Stengel & Rothschild Tanners & Manufacturers letterhead, May 3, 1912. Letter to Charl...
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Ernest Shackleton239 - Ernest Shackleton
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Renowned polar explorer (1874–1922) who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and one of the principal figures of the period known as the He
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson240 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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Canadian explorer and ethnologist (1879–1962) best known for his expeditions to the Arctic and for his studies of the native peoples there. Two ALSs,
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J. Edgar Hoover241 - J. Edgar Hoover
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Division of Investigation letterhead, 1934. Letter to North Carolina Senator Robert Rice Reynolds, in full: “I have your lett
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Joseph Petrosino242 - Joseph Petrosino
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New York City police officer (1860–1909) who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime; he was assassinated by the Black Hand during a ‘top s
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1852 Union Lithograph243 - 1852 Union Lithograph
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Remarkable color 28.5 x 22 lithograph of a T. H. Matteson painting of Daniel Webster standing with his hand placed on the Constitution and surrounded
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19th-Century America244 - 19th-Century America
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Pamphlet entitled “British Influence on the Affairs of the United States, Proved and Explained,” 23 pages, 5 x 8, printed in Boston by Young and Minns
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Menachem Begin245 - Menachem Begin
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Booklet in Hebrew for the 1976 Memorial of author Ze'ev Jabotinsky, measures 7.75 x 6 open, signed and inscribed inside and upside down in black...
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Business246 - Business
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Collection of sixteen items signed by notable business figures, consisting predominately of magazine covers from Time, some inscribed, including: Stev
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Neville Chamberlain247 - Neville Chamberlain
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TLS, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Prime Minister letterhead, October 7, 1939. Letter to W. G. Howard Gritten, in full: “Thank you for your letter of October 6
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Francois Coty248 - Francois Coty
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French perfumer and businessman (1874–1934) who founded the beauty product manufacturer Coty, Inc., in 1904. DS, three pages, 8.5 x 14, April 7, 1925.
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Mikhail Gorbachev249 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Limited edition cover of Time magazine from June 13, 1988, showing Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev on the front cover, numbered 9/175, signed in b
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King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie250 - King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie
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Three different Christmas cards: two 9.5 x 7.5 cards contain a pair of photos affixed inside each, one with a portrait of the king and queen with thei
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King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie251 - King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie
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King and Queen of Greece from 1864 to 1973. Color semi-glossy 6 x 7.75 portrait of the royal couple, affixed to the original 8 x 10 studio mount, sign
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King Juan Carlos I252 - King Juan Carlos I
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King of Spain (born 1938) who ascended the throne in 1975, two days after the death of Francisco Franco, and oversaw the troubled nation’s transition
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King William III253 - King William III
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Sovereign Prince of Orange (1650–1702) who served as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 until his death. Ink signature, “William R,” on
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Nobel Prize Winners: Economics254 - Nobel Prize Winners: Economics
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Collection of thirteen signatures of recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on individual off-white 8 x 5 cards, some inscribed,
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Prince Henry and Princess Alice255 - Prince Henry and Princess Alice
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Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Royal Christmas card from 1953, 6.5 x 4.5, featuring an affixed family portrait of Prince Henry and Princess Alice wit
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Prince Henry and Princess Alice256 - Prince Henry and Princess Alice
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 4.75 full-length portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, affixed to its original studio mount, signed on the mount
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Princess Alice257 - Princess Alice
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Duchess of Gloucester (1901–2004). Vintage matte-finish 6 x 8 half-length portrait by Dorothy Wilding, affixed to its original 7.5 x 10 mount, signed
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Princess Anne258 - Princess Anne
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Appealing royal Christmas card, measures 16.5 x 6.5 open, bearing an affixed satin-finish photo of Princess Anne leaping with a horse during an equest
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