RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale is highlighted by a featured literature section, offering a remarkable array of autographs from literary legends—from American icons like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, and Henry David Thoreau, to world-renowned authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Boris Pasternak, Victor Hugo, Vladimir Nabokov, and Maxim Gorky, it is a robust selection of exemplary material. Political leaders are also well-represented, with outstanding items including signatures of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, autograph letters by Vladimir Lenin, a letter signed by Sun Yat-sen, and a superb George Washington document associated with the Revolutionary War. Rounding out the catalog are items from the realms of music, Hollywood, sports, art, space, and aviation. 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 March 2019.
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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Andrew Carnegie182 - Andrew Carnegie
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Ink signature, "Your friend, Andrew Carnegie,” on an off-white 8 x 2.75 slip clipped from the close of a letter penned on Royal Poinciana lette...
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Vint Cerf183 - Vint Cerf
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American Internet pioneer (born 1943) and one of 'the fathers of the Internet,' who developed TCP/IP technology and the first commercial ema...
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Dalai Lama184 - Dalai Lama
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Color 4 x 5.75 cardstock photo of the Dalai Lama in his robes, signed in blue ballpoint. In fine condition.
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Dalai Lama185 - Dalai Lama
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Issue of Life Magazine from May 4, 1959, covering the Dalai Lama's escape from Tibet, 154 pages, 10.5 x 14, signed on the front cover in black f...
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Thomas E. Dewey186 - Thomas E. Dewey
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American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician (1902–1971) who served as governor of New York from 1943 to 1954, and famously challenged FDR in the 1944
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Porfirio Diaz187 - Porfirio Diaz
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Partly-printed DS in Spanish, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 11.5 x 17, September 22, 1906. Untranslated document in Spanish concerning a silver
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DNA: Watson and Crick188 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Two books: a first edition of DNA: The Secret of Life, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2003, signed on the title page in b
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DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins189 - DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
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Three items signed by the discoverers of DNA: a glossy 4 x 6 photo of James Watson, signed in black ballpoint, "James D. Watson"; a felt t...
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DNA: James D. Watson190 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of James Watson drawing a double helix on a classroom chalkboard, signed in thin black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by
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Frederick Douglass191 - Frederick Douglass
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Former slave (1818–1895) who lent his eloquent, powerful voice to the abolitionist movement, casting a vast influence on both President Abraham Lincol
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother192 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Royal Christmas and New Year card from 1967 with an embossed seal on the front, measuring 15.5 x 9.25 open, with the inside featuring a photo of the Q
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Everest: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay193 - Everest: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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Commemorative cover with a cachet and inlaid medallion honoring the 25th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, 8 x 4.5, signed in black ba
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Albert Gallatin194 - Albert Gallatin
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Politician and financial genius (1761–1849) responsible for the formation of what is now known as the Ways and Means Committee. LS as Secretary of the
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg195 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Three items signed in black ballpoint or felt tip by Ruth Bader Ginsburg: a program for a prize dinner at the Fordham University School of Law on Octo
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Mikhail Gorbachev196 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Two satin-finished photos: one color 8 x 6 photo of Gorbachev with his finger in the air, signed in black felt tip; and one color 8 x 10 photo of a Ti
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Jay Gould197 - Jay Gould
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Financier (1836-1892) known for his stock market manipulation of railroad securities; he also tried to corner the gold market, leading to the 'B...
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Hannibal Hamlin198 - Hannibal Hamlin
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ALS signed “H. Hamlin,” one page, 5 x 8, February 22, 1874. Letter to an autograph collector, in part: "I have long since disposed of the last ...
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Edward Augustus Holyoke199 - Edward Augustus Holyoke
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American educator and physician (1728–1829) who contributed pioneering work in the advancement of smallpox vaccinations. Three items signed by Holyoke
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J. Edgar Hoover200 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Color satin-finish 6.75 x 8 half-length portrait of Hoover by Autrey of Hollywood, affixed to the original mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in
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Charles Evans Hughes201 - Charles Evans Hughes
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Five items signed in ink or fountain pen by Charles Evans Hughes, each signed "Charles E. Hughes," which includes: an off-white 4.5 x 2.75...
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