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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WWII War Bonds Posters164 - WWII War Bonds Posters
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Collection of four original color American WWII posters for wartime fundraising efforts, including: a 20 x 26 poster showing a worker holding up a war
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Washington173 - George Washington
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Third-person ADS in Washington’s hand, signed within the text, "George Washington," one page, 6.25 x 3, Philadelphia, June 2, 1773. Handwr...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Washington174 - George Washington
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Autograph endorsement signed, "Presented 24th of June 1799 and accepted by G:o Washington,” on the reverse of a manuscript document, one page, ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Washington175 - George Washington
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Three lines written in the hand of George Washington on a 9 x 1 slip clipped from a larger document. Washington writes: “James Keith. At a Court convd
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson176 - Thomas Jefferson
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Scarce third-person ANS as president, signed "Th: J," one page, 6.5 x 6.5, June 17, 1802. In full: "Th: J. incloses the within to Mr....
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Dolley Madison177 - Dolley Madison
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ALS signed “M,” one page, 7.75 x 5, July 17, 1845. Letter to her son John Payne Todd, expressing frustration that her slave Paul Jennings, whom she ha
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Dolley Madison178 - Dolley Madison
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AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 175 slip, in full: "'Mix short follies with wise councils,' D. P. Madison, May 10, 1839." Nicely matted ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Madison179 - James Madison
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Scarce unissued certificate for a lifetime membership in the American Colonization Society, 9 x 6.5, featuring an attractive engraved vignette with ...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe180 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Desirable partly-printed vellum DS, signed twice “James Madison" as president and once "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page,...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe181 - James Monroe
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War-dated DS as secretary of state, signed "Jas. Monroe," one page, 7.75 x 7.5, no date but circa 1812. Printed State Department circular ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe182 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 9.5, October 20, 1824. President Monroe grants John Hickman of Boon County, Missouri, a tract
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams183 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15, November 29, 1817. Sc
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams184 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.75 x 9, May 26, 1828. President Adams grants "Demas Deming Assignee o...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson185 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, three pages two sheets, 11.5 x 15, April 3, 1835. A patent issued to "Elisha Holton, a citizen of the St...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson186 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15.75, July 8, 1835. Four-language ship's papers issued to "Isaiah West, master or commander...
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson187 - Andrew Jackson
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ADS signed “Andrew Jackson, Major Genl Comd'g, D. of the South,” one page, 7.75 x 10, Choctaw Nation, June 14, 1815. Jackson lengthily endorses ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler188 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 11.25, September 13, 1841. President Tyler appoints James D. Doty as "Governor of the T...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James K. Polk189 - James K. Polk
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Signed book: Register of Debates in Congress, Part II of Vol. IX. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1833. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, approximately 640 pages. B
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk190 - James K. Polk
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ANS as president, signed "J. K. P.," on a 3.5 x 8.5 envelope addressed in another hand to "Hon. Jas. K. Polk Prest. U.S., Washington ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor191 - Zachary Taylor
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LS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 8 x 10, March 27, 1849. Letter to Elias C. Page, in full: "Your friendly letter of the 22'd ...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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