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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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202H. L. HuntRR Auction
Texas oil tycoon (1889–1974) who traded his poker winnings for oil rights and secured title to much of the East Texas Oil Field, one of the world...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
203Internet PioneersRR Auction
Group of six business cards, each 3.5 x 2, signed on the front or back in ink of felt tip by the respective Internet pioneer, including: Vint Cerf, on
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
204Internet PioneersRR Auction
Group of six items signed by internet pioneers, including: inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee (signature), ARPANET developer Leonard Klein
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
205Israeli FiguresRR Auction
Group lot of 14 covers, ranging in size from 6.75 x 4 to 9 x 4, each signed in ink or ballpoint by one or more notable Israeli artists, politicians, o
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
206Sophia Jex-BlakeRR Auction
English physician, teacher, and feminist (1840–1912) remembered as the first practicing female doctor in Scotland. ALS signed “S. Jex-Blake,” two page
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
207Noble Wimberly JonesRR Auction
American physician and patriot (c. 1723–1805) from Savannah, Georgia, who was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War and later served as
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
208Helen KellerRR Auction
TLS, one page both sides, 7 x 10.5, December 31, 1923. Written from Forest Hills, a letter to Betsy, in part: "We had a very happy Christmas. M...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
209Robert F. KennedyRR Auction
TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Office of the Attorney General letterhead, March 25, 1963. Letter to the Hon. John A. May of South Carolina, in full: "...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
210Kennedy AssassinationRR Auction
Collection of eight glossy photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip by a member of the Secret Service team present at the assassinatio
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
211King HusseinRR Auction
Color satin-finish 7 x 9.5 photo of the young King Hussein, signed in ink. In fine condition, with trimmed edges, and surface creases above the signat
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
212Fiorello LaGuardiaRR Auction
American politician (1882–1947) who was mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945. TLS signed “F. LaGuardia,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
213Arthur LeeRR Auction
American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War (1740–1792) who helped negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778. Partly-printed DS
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
214Nelson MandelaRR Auction
Off-white 8.5 x 4.25 mailing envelope with reverse flap bearing an embossed silver seal of the "Office of the President," signed on the fr...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
215Guglielmo MarconiRR Auction
TLS signed “G. Marconi,” one page, 8 x 10, Marconi House letterhead, February 2, 1931. Letter to Mary F. Shaffner, in full: "Please accept my s...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
216Maria Theresa of SpainRR Auction
Queen of France (1638-1683) and the wife of King Louis XIV. Untranslated partly-printed vellum DS in French, signed “Marie Terese,” one page, 11 x 8.2
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
217Mayo BrothersRR Auction
Two vintage matte-finish photos of the Mayo brothers: a 6.5 x 9.5 portrait of Charles Horace Mayo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "With ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
218John W. McCormackRR Auction
Boston politician (1891–1980) who served in Congress from 1928 to 1971, and as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1962 to 1971. ALS signed “
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
219John W. McCormackRR Auction
Boston politician (1891–1980) who served in Congress from 1928 to 1971, and as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1962 to 1971. ALS signed “
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
220James McHenryRR Auction
Signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland and the namesake of Fort McHenry (1753–1816) who also served as a delegate to the Continental C
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
221Thomas McKeanRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1734–1817) who later served as president of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsy
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00