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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Thomas Jefferson82 - Thomas Jefferson
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Choice full free frank, measuring 5 x 3.5 folded, addressed by Jefferson to “David Gelston esq., New York,” and crisply franked in the lower left, “fr
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe83 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15, December ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe84 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12 x 8.25, April 6, 1821. President Monroe grants David Lyons and Lewis Rogers, "assignees of ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Monroe85 - James Monroe
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ALS as president, one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, March 23, 1819. Letter to Thomas Swann, in full: “I forgot to mention to you the case of Mr. Swart ye
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe86 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.75 x 9.25, August 9, 1824. President Monroe grants William Bulger "late a private in Hook&#...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams87 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.75 x 9.25, April 1, 1825. President Adams grants James M. White a parcel of
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams88 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.75 x 9.75, May 1, 1826. President Adams grants Irvine O. Hockaday of Callawa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson89 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 9.5, April 10, 1829. President Jackson grants Peter Groves of Wabash County, Indiana, a tract
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren90 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 13.5 x 17.5, February 20, 1864. President Van Buren appoints John M. King as...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren91 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.25, May 21, 1853. Letter to Mr. Ingersoll, in part: “I will be ready for you on Monday at a quar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren92 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 12.75 x 16.75, March 2, 1838. President Van Buren appoints Albert E. Church as
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Tyler93 - John Tyler
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Civil War-dated free franked mailing envelope, 4.25 x 2.5, franked in the upper right, “J. Tyler,” addressed in another hand to “Miss Rebecca Jones,”
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James K. Polk94 - James K. Polk
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 12.5, July 18, 1846. President Polk appoints Daniel Vaughan as "Naval Officer for the District o...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor96 - Zachary Taylor
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Bold ink signature, "Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, Z. Taylor,” on an off-white 4 x 2.25 slip. In fine condition, with light stai...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk97 - James K. Polk
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Partly-printed DS as governor of Tennessee, one page, 12.5 x 15.25, July 14, 1840. Governor Polk grants Robert C. Johnson "a certain Tract or P...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore98 - Millard Fillmore
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DS, one page, 14 x 14, September 15, 1848. Hudson & Berkshire Rail-Road Co. bond in the amount of $1000, issued under the provisions of an act b...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Buchanan99 - James Buchanan
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Neatly penned ALS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8, August 21, 1857. Letter to H. B. Swarr, in part: "I have written Adam Kendes a kind letter w...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln100 - Abraham Lincoln
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ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, November 1, 1859. Written from Springfield, Illinois, a letter to Kersey H. Fell, in full: "I k...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson101 - Andrew Johnson
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ANS, one page, 5.5 x 9, no date. Note to Sam Carter, in full: "I wish you to send me some pure whiskey. I have some which is not fit to drink y...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson102 - Andrew Johnson
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Manuscript DS as president, one page, 8 x 13, May 16, 1866. Document addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives, in full: "I transmit...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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