RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With over 750 outstanding lots, RR Auction’s October Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction opens with a remarkable featured section—‘Innovators of Man and Machine,’ boasting three centuries' worth of the world’s greatest minds: Bernoulli, Watt, Pasteur, Westinghouse, Edison, Einstein, Boeing, and Ferrari are among the autographs offered. The rest of the catalog provides a well-balanced assortment of items from presidents, Declaration of Independence signers, activists, businessmen, world leaders, royalty, military figures, artists, authors, musicians, entertainers, and athletes. A small sampling of top items in the sale: an Albert Einstein handwritten manuscript related to his work on a unified field theory; a 50-letter archive of letters from photographer Alfred Stieglitz to New Yorker critic Lewis Mumford; a Freud letter on the Oedipus complex; a musical quote from Verdi’s ‘La traviata’; a fully signed Beatles promo card; and a game-used baseball from the 1917 Tim Murnane Day benefit game played at Fenway Park. 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 October 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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Samuel Huntington174 - Samuel Huntington
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Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Sam'l Huntington President,” one page, 10.5 x 7, July 20, 1780. As president of Contin...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Lewis Morris175 - Lewis Morris
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Landowner and developer from New York who signed the Declaration of Independence and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1726–1798). Man
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Matthew Thornton176 - Matthew Thornton
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1714–1803). Sought-after ADS, signed "Mathew Thornton Justice of Peace," one...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Elias Boudinot177 - Elias Boudinot
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American lawyer and statesman (1740-1821) who served as President of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 and later became a US Representative f
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Hutchinson178 - Thomas Hutchinson
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Manuscript document pertaining to the future loyalist governor of Massachusetts Thomas Hutchinson, two pages, 7.75 x 12.5, January 7, 1753. The docume
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Langdon179 - John Langdon
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New Hampshire’s second governor (1741–1819), signer of the Constitution, and president pro tempore of the US Senate under George Washington. Revolutio
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Todd Lincoln180 - Robert Todd Lincoln
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Son of President Abraham Lincoln (1843–1926) who served as secretary of war in the Garfield and Arthur administrations. ALS signed “Robert T. Lincoln,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Clara Barton181 - Clara Barton
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Teacher and humanitarian (1821–1912) best known for founding the relief organization the American Red Cross. Bold purple ink signature, "Very s...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Malcolm X182 - Malcolm X
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Rare ALS signed "Malcolm X," one page on a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting New York City, postmarked October 22, 1958. Letter to Gloria...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Malcolm X and Alex Haley183 - Malcolm X and Alex Haley
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Hand-corrected typed manuscript page from the notes that would become The Autobiography of Malcolm X, one page, 8.25 x 13.75, featuring numerous black
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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