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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Francis Martin Drexel194 - Francis Martin Drexel
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Philadelphia banker and artist (1792–1863) who founded the banking house of Drexel & Co. in 1837, which became one of the largest banks in the U...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James C. Fargo195 - James C. Fargo
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Brother of American Express founder William C. Fargo (1829–1915) who himself later served as president of that company for thirty years. ALS signed “J
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Fargo196 - William Fargo
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Businessman (1818–1881) who co-founded the famous express firm Wells, Fargo & Co., served as president of American Express, and later directed t...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jay Gould197 - Jay Gould
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Exceptional partly-printed DS, 24 pages, 8.5 x 11, December 15, 1885. A first mortgage bond to fund construction of the Memphis Branch of the St. Loui
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William Randolph Hearst198 - William Randolph Hearst
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Seven pages of poetry handwritten by Hearst, the first in pencil on five sheets and the other in ink on two sheets. The pencil poem, apparently an ode
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan199 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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DS, two pages, 8 x 13, January 17, 1894. Legal document from the City and County of New York Supreme Court concerning a "petition of the Truste...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Julius Rosenwald200 - Julius Rosenwald
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Clothier, manufacturer, and philanthropist (1862-1932) best known as a part-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Very desirable TLS, one page, 7 x 10.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Colonel Harland Sanders201 - Colonel Harland Sanders
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Ribbon-tie-and-white-suit-wearing fried chicken tycoon (1890-1980). Glossy 7 x 9 photo of Sanders in his trademark white suit, signed vertically in bl
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Leland Stanford202 - Leland Stanford
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American industrialist and politician (1824–1893) who cofounded the Central Pacific Railroad and later established Stanford University. Manuscript DS,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Scribner II203 - Charles Scribner II
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President of the publisher Charles Scribner's Sons and a trustee at Skidmore College (1854–1930). Partly-printed DS, signed “Charles Scribner, T...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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