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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Harry S. Truman Signed Stamps134 - Harry S. Truman Signed Stamps
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Three off-white 3.5 x 2.5 cards bearing affixed foreign postage stamps honoring President Truman, each signed across the center in fountain pen, &qu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Signed First Day Cover135 - Harry S. Truman Signed First Day Cover
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Rare maximum FDC, 5.75 x 3.75, with a matte-finish image of the South Portico of the White House, postmarked June 12, 1950, signed in bold fountain pe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Signed Postcard and Stamp Block136 - Harry S. Truman Signed Postcard and Stamp Block
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Two items: a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of the Grand Coulee Dam, signed on the front in fountain pen, "Harry S. Truman," and on the reverse,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Signed First Day Cover137 - Harry S. Truman Signed First Day Cover
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FDC, 2.75 x 3.25, with a cachet honoring the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed in fountain pen by Harry S. Truman. Matted and framed wit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Signed Script138 - Harry S. Truman Signed Script
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Staple-bound softcover script for "The Harry S. Truman Series: 'The Quick or the Dead,'" 8.5 x 11, 25 pages, signed and inscribed ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Secret Service Report140 - Harry S. Truman Secret Service Report
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Fascinating 25-page packet of Treasury Department material related to the protection of President Harry S. Truman prior to his attendance at the weddi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed141 - Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 2, 1920. Letter to Ralph H. Whitney in New York City, in full: "Your ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Hancock Document Signed142 - John Hancock Document Signed
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Manuscript DS, one page, 12.5 x 7.75, November 1, 1791. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Asa Clap as "Quarter Master of the fifth...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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William Hooper Document Signed143 - William Hooper Document Signed
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ADS, one page, 7.25 x 12, September 5, 1770. Handwritten court document concerning the destruction of property of one John Osborn, including the death
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Francis Hopkinson Document Signed144 - Francis Hopkinson Document Signed
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Manuscript DS, signed “Fra's Hopkinson,” one page, 12 x 7.5, April 15, 1784. As judge of the Court of Admiralty, Francis Hopkinson o
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Thomas McKean Signed Circular Letter145 - Thomas McKean Signed Circular Letter
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Printed circular letter signed by Thomas McKean, John Barclay, James Hutchinson, Alexander J. Dallas, Hilary Baker, and Jared Ingersoll, one page, 8.2
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin Document Signed146 - Benjamin Franklin Document Signed
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Exceptional partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin, Presid't,” one page, 8 x 6.25, May 10, 1786. Pay order issued to Treasurer David
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry Document Signed147 - Patrick Henry Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, signed "P. Henry," one page, 13.75 x 18, December 2, 1785. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants Alexander Skinner a &q...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed148 - John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.5, September 18, 1832. Letter to his son, James K. Marshall, concerning the
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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John Jacob Astor Autograph Document Signed149 - John Jacob Astor Autograph Document Signed
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ADS, one page, 7 x 3, January 16, 1800. Handwritten receipt, in full: "Rec'd of Mr. Raunk one pound 6/ in full, New York, 16 January 1800, ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone Signed Photograph150 - Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone Signed Photograph
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Exceptional glossy 9.25 x 5.25 photo of 'The Four Vagabonds'—Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Harvey Firestone—aff...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Banks Document Signed151 - Joseph Banks Document Signed
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DS, signed “Jos: Banks,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, November 21, 1804. Official announcement from the Royal Society, in full: "These are
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Bard: John Bard Autograph Letter Signed152 - Samuel Bard: John Bard Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Jno. Bard,” three pages, 7.25 x 9, May 27, 1765. Letter to "Mr. Samuel Bard, Student in Physick at the University of Edi
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alexis Clairaut Autograph Document Signed153 - Alexis Clairaut Autograph Document Signed
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ADS in French, signed “Clairaut,” one page, 6.5 x 8, May 6, 1741. Document stating that he has examined, for the Academie, a "Memoir
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pierre Curie Autograph Letter Signed154 - Pierre Curie Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” one page, 5 x 8, Faculte de Sciences de Paris letterhead, April 7, 1905. Letter to the secretary o
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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