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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Emperor Hirohito214 - Emperor Hirohito
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Rare manuscript DS in Japanese, one page, 12 x 8.75, September 28, 1965. Unusual document in which the emperor appoints Judge Masamichi Yoshimura as t
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon215 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS rapidly signed "Napol," one page, 23.25 x 17.75, August 24, 1811. Document conferring the title of "Baron of Our Em...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon216 - Napoleon
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Vellum manuscript DS in French, signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 17.5 x 13.25, August 26, 1798. Official military document, in part (translated): "...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Chaim Weizmann217 - Chaim Weizmann
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Jewish chemist and statesman (1874–1952) who helped secure the Balfour Declaration of 1917, served as President of the World Zionist Organization, and
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth218 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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Royal Christmas and New Year card from 1944, with an embossed golden crown on the front, measures 11.5 x 7 open, bearing a photo of King George and Qu
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse219 - Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
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Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (as Louis X) and later the first Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1753–1830). LS in German, signed “Ludwig George Carl,”
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt220 - Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 to 1790. LS in German, signed “Ludwig George Carl,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 13.5, June 9, 1778. Letter to h
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt221 - Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1739 to 1768 who was known as the 'Hunting Landgrave' because of his passion for hunting (1691–1768). LS i...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Princess Diana222 - Princess Diana
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Magnificent ink signature, "Diana, Brazil 1991,” on an off-white 6.25 x 1.75 sheet removed from the lower portion of a photographic mount. Matt...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Princess Diana223 - Princess Diana
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ALS signed “Diana x,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4, Kensington Palace letterhead, December 16, 1996. Letter to "Dearest Dudley," in full:...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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