RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Our first auction of 2021 is led by leaders: icons of the Civil Rights movement, political powerhouses, and social activists that brought about positive change. Highlights include remarkable letters by Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X; multiple Abraham Lincoln documents; a significant signature from Barack Obama; and several Nelson Mandela autographs. Other top lots include an important F. Scott Fitzgerald letter about This Side of Paradise, a first edition of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, a rare Al Capone Document, a fully signed example of Nirvana's breakthrough 'Nevermind' album, and an exceedingly rare check signed twice by Nikola Tesla. 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 January 2021.
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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Nelson Mandela Signed Ballot25 - Nelson Mandela Signed Ballot
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Uncommon color 6.75 x 12 ballot for the 1994 Republic of South Africa general elections, signed in the upper border in black felt tip, "N. Mand...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Nelson and Winnie Mandela Signed Photograph26 - Nelson and Winnie Mandela Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 10 x 7.25 photo of Nelson and Winnie Mandela standing side-by-side with raised fists, not long after the former's release from pris...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Thurgood Marshall 'Negro Discrimination' Legal Complaint27 - Thurgood Marshall 'Negro Discrimination' Legal Complaint
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Important Civil Rights legal complaint submitted by Thurgood Marshall and Robert Lee Carter, 19 mimeographed pages, 8.5 x 14, New York, [1955]. Compla
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Poster28 - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Poster
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Iconic original 14 x 22 poster for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) featuring an image taken by photographer Danny Lyon, with &q...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Emmett Till (2) Magazines29 - Emmett Till (2) Magazines
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Two original magazines covering the tragic story of the Emmett Till lynching: an issue of Look from January 24, 1956, 10.5 x 13.25, 104 pages, with a
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Raoul Wallenberg Document Signed31 - Raoul Wallenberg Document Signed
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DS in German and Hungarian, quickly signed by Wallenberg with an ink scribble (as he commonly did on documents of this type), one page, 8.25 x 13.25,
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed34 - Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 11.5, February 23, 1820. Letter to General John Coffee, in part: "I have recd a letter from Mr. James Jackson advising me ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed35 - Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed
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Lengthy ALS, twelve pages, 5.25 x 8.25, September 8 and 11, 1858. Written from Geneva, Switzerland, a letter to his former private White House secreta
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Document Signed36 - Abraham Lincoln Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, April 8, 1861. President Lincoln directs the Secretary of State to "affix the Seal of the Uni...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Document Signed37 - Abraham Lincoln Document Signed
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Civil War-dated partly printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 12, January 22, 1862. President Lincoln appoints Robert H. Pruyn of New York to be...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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