RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. 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 March 2017
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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Queen Victoria227 - Queen Victoria
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Appealing partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13.5 x 9.25, September 22, 1837. Queen Victoria appoints John Squair as "Sur...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria228 - Queen Victoria
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13.5 x 9.25, March 1, 1855. Queen Victoria appoints Charles Steel "to be a Lieutenant in Our ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Titanic229 - Titanic
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Original first-generation matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 lightweight photo of Titanic Emergency Lifeboat 2, the first to reach the Carpathia, being hoiste
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Titanic230 - Titanic
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Original first-generation glossy 5.5 x 4 photo of Titanic Emergency Lifeboats 6 and 4. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Titanic: John Gill231 - Titanic: John Gill
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Collection of three letters related to the loss of John Gill in the Titanic disaster, consisting of a letter from his widow Sarah Gill's attorne...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Titanic: Daniel Keane232 - Titanic: Daniel Keane
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ALS by the mother of Titanic victim Daniel Keane, signed “Honoria Keane,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, December 28, 1915. Letter to &q...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Wilde233 - Henry Wilde
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The chief officer of the RMS Titanic (born 1872) whose body was never recovered following the liner's sinking on April 15, 1912. ALS signed “Har...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Daniel Boone234 - Daniel Boone
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Extremely rare ADS, signed “Daniel Boone DS,” one page, 8 x 6.25, June 12, 1787. Land survey for Henry Burds of Madison County, Kentucky, in full (gra
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody235 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Exceptional 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Cody and his daughter Irma in a horse-drawn carriage, affixed to the original 14.75 x 12.25 photographer’s mount, signe
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody236 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 photo of Cody with a suitable smirk on his face and a twinkle in his eye, signed and inscribed in black ink, “W. F. Cody,
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Butch Cassidy237 - Butch Cassidy
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Rare archive of three documents relating to the reputed killing of Butch Cassidy and ‘Wild Bunch’ desperado Joe Walker, each written on Seventh Judici
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Davy Crockett238 - Davy Crockett
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Incredible scrapbook compiled circa 1830s by Elvira Loraine Foster Smith, approximately 80 pages, 8.5 x 13.5, containing 49 clipped signatures affixed
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Geronimo239 - Geronimo
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Highly sought-after pencil signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.75 slip affixed within a leatherbound scrapbook containing about thirty affi
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Native American240 - Native American
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LS signed “John Heckewelder,” two pages, 6.5 x 7.75, December 9, 1797. Letter addressed to "Mr. William Holmes, (an Indian), Philadelphia."...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Cosey: Benjamin Franklin241 - Joseph Cosey: Benjamin Franklin
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American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of a clock engraving signed twice by Benjamin Franklin,
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Cosey: Abraham Lincoln242 - Joseph Cosey: Abraham Lincoln
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American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of an ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 8.5 x 5, Septe
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Alexander II243 - Alexander II
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Emperor of Russia until his assassination in 1881 (born 1818), who also served as the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland; became known as Al
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Arctic Explorers244 - Arctic Explorers
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Five ink signatures of arctic explorers on individual slips, including: Adolphus Greely, Frederick A. Cook, George W. Melville, Robert A. Bartlett, an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Jacob Astor245 - John Jacob Astor
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Businessman who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multimillionaire in the United States (1763–1848). Partly-printed DS,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Clement Attlee246 - Clement Attlee
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British politician (1883–1967) who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1951. Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 bust-length photo of Atlee in a suit and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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