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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Daniel Boone162 - Daniel Boone
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Rare ADS, one page, 6.5 x 8, November 23, 1784. Boone confirms receipt of a payment for surveying work in Fayette County, Kentucky. In part: "R...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Emmett Dalton163 - Emmett Dalton
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Outlaw and train robber (1871–1937) who was the youngest of the brothers that made up the legendary Dalton Gang of the Old West. He was sentenced to l
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Frank James164 - Frank James
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Outlaw and older brother of Jesse James (1843–1915) who at times went by the alias ‘Ben J. Woodson.’ Scarce ALS signed “Ben,” four pages, lightly-line
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Cole Younger165 - Cole Younger
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Old West outlaw (1844–1916) associated with Jesse James as a leader of the James-Younger Gang, who eventually turned from a life of crime to Wild West
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Fred Burke166 - Fred Burke
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Midwestern armed robber and contract killer during the Prohibition era (1893-1940) who is considered a prime suspect in the infamous St. Valentine&#...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Salem Witch Trials: Stephen Sewall167 - Salem Witch Trials: Stephen Sewall
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Clerk of court at the Salem witchcraft trials. Manuscript DS, signed “S. Sewall,” one page, 7.5 x 5.25, April 13, 1697. A full testimony from Daniell
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly168 - George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly
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Extremely rare People's State Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in pencil by Robert 'Hoss' Shannon, payable to his infamous son-in-law...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Louis Agassiz169 - Louis Agassiz
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Eminent and versatile Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist (1807–1873) who carried out much of his research as a longtime faculty member at Har
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Americana: Fire Fighters170 - Americana: Fire Fighters
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Exceptional circa 1880 sepia-tone 15.25 x 12.75 albumen print of the volunteer fire department of Worcester, Massachusetts, showing the 14-man crew in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Yasser Arafat171 - Yasser Arafat
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Color glossy 4.75 x 6.75 close-up photo of the Palestinian leader, housed in its original presentation folder (measures 12.75 x 8.25 open), signed on
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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