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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Catherine the Great142 - Catherine the Great
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The most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from July 9, 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67. Vellum DS in Cy
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill143 - Winston Churchill
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ALS signed "Winston S. Churchill," one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, November 12, no year. Letter to his cousin, Ivor Viscount Wimborn...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Charles de Gaulle144 - Charles de Gaulle
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TLS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 19, 1951. Letter to Madame Louise Weiss, in full (translated):
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Oliver Cromwell145 - Oliver Cromwell
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English soldier and statesman (1599–1658) who led Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War, waged war against Scotland and Ireland and, in 1653,
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Li Zongren146 - Li Zongren
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Vice President of the Republic of China (1890–1969) who was a prominent Guangxi warlord and KMT military commander during the Northern Expedition, Sec
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Lin Sen147 - Lin Sen
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Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China (1868–1943) who had a prominent role in combating the Japanese invasion of Taiwan. Remark
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and World Leaders148 - Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and World Leaders
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Autograph book filled with 32 signatures from historical figures dating between September 1962 and September 1989, 5.5 x 3.5, highlighted by the immen
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Estimate : 250,000.00 - 300,000.00
 
 
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Sun Yat-sen149 - Sun Yat-sen
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Chinese revolutionary, born Sun Wen (1866-1925), who helped to overthrow the centuries-old Qing Dynasty in 1911 to become the first president of the R
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Estimate : 60,000.00 - 80,000.00
 
 
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Benito Mussolini150 - Benito Mussolini
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Untranslated World War II–dated ALS in Italian, signed “Mussolini,” one page, 7.75 x 10, Il Capo del Governo letterhead, July 3, 1944. In fine conditi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky151 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS in German, signed “Ihr L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, November 2, 1933. Letter to Lilly and Ludwig Lore, in part (translated): "I am ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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King Charles I152 - King Charles I
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King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625 until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. Following the Protector
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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King Charles II153 - King Charles II
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British monarch (1630–1685) who ushered in the Restoration of 1660 and ruled until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “Charles R.,” one page, 8.75 x 13.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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King Edward VIII154 - King Edward VIII
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Edward RI,” one page, 16 x 12, October 2, 1936. King Edward appoints Kenneth Alan Hannan–Stanley "to be an Officer i...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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King Henry VII155 - King Henry VII
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King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing of the crown on August 22, 1485, until his death on April 21, 1509, and the first monarch of the
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles156 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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TLS signed “Charles" and "Yours most sincerely, and Diana,” one page, 8 x 13, Buckingham Palace letterhead, October 7, 1981. Letter to Cap...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles157 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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Christmas card from 1983 embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measurin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip158 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Royal Christmas and New Year card from 1956 with an embossed seal on the front, measuring 13.75 x 9.75 open, with the inside featuring a photo of the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Richard Burton159 - Richard Burton
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English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, and diplomat (1821–1890) known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his e
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Howard Carter160 - Howard Carter
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British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's 'Valley of the Kings' proved to...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Titanic: Edward Smith161 - Titanic: Edward Smith
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Scarce DS, signed "E. J. Smith," one page, 8 x 6, October 30, 1896. A certificate of discharge issued to T. Riley a fireman aboard the S.S...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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