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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Barack Obama167 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed on the title pa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carters, Bushes, and Ford169 - Carters, Bushes, and Ford
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Grouping of 15 books, all hardcovers with dust jackets, each signed by one or more members of a presidential family, including: a first edition of Eve
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Presidents and First Ladies170 - Presidents and First Ladies
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Collection of five items, primarily consisting of checks, including: a bank check made payable to Jimmy Carter, endorsed on the reverse, “J. E. Carter
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin171 - Benjamin Franklin
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Partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin Presid.,” one page, 14.75 x 9, May 12, 1786. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, Fra
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Edward Rutledge172 - Edward Rutledge
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American politician from South Carolina who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence (1749–1800). Two ink signatures, “E. Rutledge,”
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Francis Hopkinson173 - Francis Hopkinson
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Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “Fr. Hopkinson,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, measures 12.5 x 8 open, March 29, 1776. Letter to his sister,
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Charles Calvert174 - Charles Calvert
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The third baron of Baltimore (1637–1715) who inherited the colony in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecil Calvert; he served as the governor of Ma
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alexander Hamilton175 - Alexander Hamilton
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Uncommon ALS signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 6.25 x 8, May 4, 1798. Request letter written to Richard Varick, in full: “A friend of mine has a sudden
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Hamilton176 - Alexander Hamilton
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Extremely desirable crisp ink signature, “Free, A. Hamilton,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1.5 slip clipped from a free frank. In fine condition, with a ligh
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Todd Lincoln177 - Robert Todd Lincoln
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Attractive 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln, signed in ink, “Robert T. Lincoln.” Reverse bears a “Collection of American
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francis W. Pickens178 - Francis W. Pickens
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Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the USA (1805–1869). Early Civil War-dated ALS signed “F. W. Pickens,” one
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Edmund Randolph179 - 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. Third-person ALS signed “E.
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Daniel Webster180 - Daniel Webster
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Amusing ALS signed “Danl Webster,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. A letter to his cook, Monica McCarty, headed “Chowder,” i
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Susan B. Anthony181 - Susan B. Anthony
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National-American Woman Suffrage Association check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Anthony, payable to United Typewriter &...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Helen Keller182 - Helen Keller
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TLS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.5, July 1, 1923. Letter to Betsy, in part: “Your telegram on my birthday made me very happy. I am ama
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Helen Keller183 - Helen Keller
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AQS in pencil on an off-white 5.5. x 3.5 card, in full: “Every brave deed wrought for freedom is a star pointing to victory, Helen Keller.” In very fi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Helen Keller184 - Helen Keller
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, December 3 [1922]. Letter to Mora H. Henderson, in full: “You were indeed most kind to send me the book, ‘Answers to Questi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Helen Keller185 - Helen Keller
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ALS in pencil, one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.5, Denver’s The Brown Palace Hotel letterhead, February 14, 1914. Letter to Miss Hortop, in full: “It was
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr186 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Vintage ballpoint signature, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.,” on the reverse of a color 5.5 x 3.5 American Airlines postcard. A notation in the
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela187 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Collector’s Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed on the
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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