RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s August Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 900 lots, headlined by a special World War II section that tells the story of a war that defined a generation. In addition to this historic offering, headlining items include an important letter by King Henry VIII related to a treaty negotiation, a 1919 letter from Einstein to his ex-wife and children, a remarkable pair of letters by John Lennon about his breakup with Cynthia, and a flag fragment from Horatio Nelson's HMS Victory. 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 August 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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Stalag Luft III Prisoner Sketch41 - Stalag Luft III Prisoner Sketch
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Pencil sketch on an off-white 6.5 x 7 sheet, done by Sgt. Bob Neary as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, the camp immortalized in the 1963 film Th
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
 
 
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World War II Red Cross Mug42 - World War II Red Cross Mug
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Black-and-white enamel mug attributed to the famous 'Great Escape' Stalag Luft III prison camp, measuring 3.25? tall and 3.75? in diameter, ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower43 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Print of Eisenhower's famous statement to the Allied Expeditionary Force on June 6, 1944, one page, 6 x 9.25, removed from the limited edition b...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower44 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 192/1426. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 559 pages. Sign
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Adolf Hitler45 - Adolf Hitler
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War-dated typed DS in German, signed "Adolf Hitler," five pages, 8.25 x 11.75, June 30, 1944. Untranslated promotion list for officers in ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Adolf Hitler46 - Adolf Hitler
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War-dated DS, in German, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, July 18, 1944. Document concerning the transfer "for health reasons" of General Boehme, l...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower47 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Remarkable ALS signed “Ike,” one page, 8 x 10.5, November 12, [1944]. Letter to his wife Mamie, in part: "My darling, Yesterday I arrived at my...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Montgomery of Alamein48 - Montgomery of Alamein
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Printed broadside circular document, signed at the top, "B. L. Montgomery, Field-Marshal,” one page, 8.5 x 11, September 17, 1944. Circular hea...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Claire L. Chennault49 - Claire L. Chennault
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War-dated ALS signed “CLC,” two pages, 8 x 10, October 29, 1944. Letter to his girlfriend Peggy, in part: "I am going to call 'Time Out'...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower50 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Small hand-made war souvenir in the design of a sword, measuring 6.5? long, with the blade engraved on one side with a stylized palm tree/swastika, th
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Heinrich Himmler51 - Heinrich Himmler
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Partly-printed DS in German, signed “H. Himmler,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 11.5, December 10, 1944. A "Recommendation for App...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ante Pavelic52 - Ante Pavelic
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Croatian fascist dictator (1889–1959) who led the Ustase movement and the Independent State of Croatia, established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia du
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vidkun Quisling and Karl Donitz53 - Vidkun Quisling and Karl Donitz
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Draft ALS in German, signed “Vidkun Quisling, Minister President,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. Letter addressed to "Great Admiral Doenitz, Ber...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Iwo Jima54 - Iwo Jima
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Vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 7.75 photo of three of the men who helped raise an American flag atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi, showing the soldie...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Iwo Jima55 - Iwo Jima
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Iconic vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 photo of the Iwo Jima flag raising affixed to an 11.5 x 16 mount, signed on the mount in ink, "John H. Brad...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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WWII 'Now All Together' Iwo Jima Poster56 - WWII 'Now All Together' Iwo Jima Poster
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Original color 26 x 37 American World War II poster showing C. C. Beall's artistic rendering of the classic image of the flag raising on Iwo Jim...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal57 - Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal
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Iconic 8.5 x 11 cardstock photo of the Iwo Jima flag raising, bearing two affixed postage stamps with a first day cancelation, signed by the photograp
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Montgomery of Alamein58 - Montgomery of Alamein
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen, “Montgomery of Alamein, F.M., 1971.” The “Instrument of Surrender o
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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World War II59 - World War II
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Large hand-colored and annotated map of western Germany, 22 x 29, dated June 4, 1945, from the collection of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes. The ma
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Enola Gay60 - Enola Gay
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Semi-glossy 8 x 9.25 cardstock photo of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, signed in blue felt tip, "Paul Tibbets, Pilot, B 29 Enola gay, 6 Aug...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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