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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Menachem Begin247 - Menachem Begin
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Two items: a TLS, signed "M. Begin," one page, 6.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, July 16, 1989, in part: "My opinion—I think the over...
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Theodor Billroth248 - Theodor Billroth
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Austrian surgeon and amateur musician (1829–1894) who is regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery; as a musician, he was a close fr
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Otto von Bismarck249 - Otto von Bismarck
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Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815-1898). Superb matte-finish 5 x 7 full-length seated photo of von Bismarck in milita
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Joseph Bonanno250 - Joseph Bonanno
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Check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Bonanno, payable to American Airline for $172, February 23, 1978. Bonanno adds a series of account numbers a
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David G. Burnet251 - 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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Business252 - Business
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Collection of thirteen items signed by various businessmen, including: George B. Cortelyou (signature), Rufus C. Dawes (signature), John Willys (signa
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Fidel Castro254 - Fidel Castro
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Program for a concert at the Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis, 8.75 x 8.75, two pages, signed on the front cover in green ballpoint by Castro.
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek255 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Ink signature, "Mayling Soong Chiang,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card. Matted and framed with a photo of Chiang standing beside her husband du...
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek256 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Signed book: Selected Speeches, 1958–1959. Taipei, Taiwan: The Office of the President, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 187 pages. Nicel
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Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria257 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
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Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (1858-1889) who died in a suicide pact with his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera. Scarce 4 x 5.
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Dalton Gang258 - Dalton Gang
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Vintage matte-finish 5.25 x 3.5 postcard photograph depicting the four deceased members of the Dalton Gang after a fatally botched bank robbery, postm
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Merlin de Douai259 - Merlin de Douai
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Politician and lawyer (1754-1838) of the French Revolution. Untranslated LS in French, signed "Merlin," one page, 7.5 x 9.5, November 19, ...
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Duke of Wellington260 - Duke of Wellington
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British soldier and statesman (1769-1852) born Arthur Wesley who earned immortality for his stunning defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo; he went on to twi
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother261 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Christmas card from 1984 featuring an embossed royal crown on the front, measuring 15 x 8.75 open, with a photo of the Queen Mother and her four adult
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Oliver Ellsworth262 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Revolutionary War–dated ADS, signed “Oliv. Ellsworth,” one page, 7.5 x 4.5, January 15, 1777. Pay order issued to Treasurer John Lawrence, in part: ...
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Maria Fitzherbert264 - Maria Fitzherbert
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Companion of the future King George IV of the United Kingdom (1756–1837) with whom she secretly contracted a marriage that was invalid under English c
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Francisco Franco265 - Francisco Franco
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Leader of Spain (born 1892) from 1939 until his death in 1975, who came to power after overthrowing the elected government during the Spanish Civil Wa
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Jay Gould266 - Jay Gould
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Ink notations on an off-white 5 x 8 sheet of Reed, Po'Keepsie letterhead, written entirely in the hand of Gould, who signs in the third person a...
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Edmund Hillary267 - Edmund Hillary
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Satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of the front page of The Illustrated London News from June 27, 1953, depicting Hillary posing next to Tenzing Norgay, signe
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J. Edgar Hoover268 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 8.5 portrait of Hoover, affixed to its original 9 x 11.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “To Beve
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