RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With 1,000 lots up for bidding, RR's December Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an extraordinary wealth of scientific autographs—Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Alfred Nobel, Nikola Tesla, James Watt, Henri Poincare, and Charles Darwin are among the key names. Other highlights include a rare Beatles-signed document from Hamburg, 1961; a handwritten letter by patriot philosopher Thomas Paine; a super scarce signature of Thomas Lynch, the rare Declaration signer; important Abraham Lincoln appointments; and a stunning oversized autographed portrait of Babe Ruth. 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 December 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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Raimondo Montecuccoli Letter Signed453 - Raimondo Montecuccoli Letter Signed
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Italian-born professional soldier (1609–1680) who served the Habsburg Monarchy and was associated with the development of
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Bud Anderson Signed Photograph and Card454 - Bud Anderson Signed Photograph and Card
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Two items: a lossy 10 x 8 photo of Anderson with his fighter plane, signed in black felt tip, "C. E. 'Bud' Anderson, WWII Triple Ace&qu...
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William Bainbridge Document Signed455 - William Bainbridge Document Signed
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Commodore in the United States Navy (1774–1833) best known for his victory over the HMS Java in the War of 1812. Partly-pr
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Alexandre de Beauharnais Autograph Letter Signed456 - Alexandre de Beauharnais Autograph Letter Signed
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French political figure and general (1760–1794) during the French Revolution, who was the first husband of JosÃ[x=
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Richard Bong Signature457 - Richard Bong Signature
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Fighter pilot (1920-1945) known as the highest-scoring air ace of the United States, having shot down at least 40 Japanese aircraft during World War I
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Lazare Carnot Letter Signed458 - Lazare Carnot Letter Signed
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One of the most important creators of the French Revolutionary Army (1753-1823); he voted for the death of Louis XVI and was appointed by Napoleon to
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Isaac Chauncey Autograph Letter Signed459 - Isaac Chauncey Autograph Letter Signed
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Commodore (1772–1840) in the United States Navy who served in the Quasi-War, The Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. ALS, fo
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Claire L. Chennault Typed Letter Signed460 - Claire L. Chennault Typed Letter Signed
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Air Force general (1893–1958) who commanded the famous Flying Tigers during World War II. TLS signed â€
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Civil War: Private Dalzell Autograph Manuscript Signed461 - Civil War: Private Dalzell Autograph Manuscript Signed
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Autograph manuscript signed "James M. Dalzell, 'Private Dalzell,'" two pages, 7.75 x 12.5, headed: "The Blue and the Gray.&qu...
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Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke Document Signed462 - Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke Document Signed
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French army officer of Irish descent (1765-1818) whose role in thwarting the British invasion of Walcheren in 1809 led to the emperor creating him Duc
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Charles Cornwallis Partial Handwritten Letter463 - Charles Cornwallis Partial Handwritten Letter
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Unsigned partial handwritten letter, one page, 7.5 x 9.75, August 13, [no year]. Partial handwritten letter as Governor-General of India, in part: &...
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Richard Dale Document Signed464 - Richard Dale Document Signed
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United States naval officer (1756–1826) who fought in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. Captured by the e
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James H. Doolittle Typed Letter Signed and Signed Photograph465 - James H. Doolittle Typed Letter Signed and Signed Photograph
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Two items: TLS signed "J. H. Doolittle," one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 3, 1969. In part: "I am happy to learn that...
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James H. Doolittle Signed Photograph466 - James H. Doolittle Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10.5 x 8.5 photo of a United States military aircraft resting on the tarmac, signed in blue ballpoint, "J. H. Doolittle." In very g...
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Enola Gay Signed Print467 - Enola Gay Signed Print
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Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled ‘Atomic Warfare Is Born,’ which shows t
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Enola Gay Signed Photograph468 - Enola Gay Signed Photograph
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Cardstock 8 x 9.5 photo of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, signed in blue felt tip by members of the Enola Gay crew: "Paul Tibbets, Pilot,&q...
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Enola Gay Signed Photograph469 - Enola Gay Signed Photograph
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Cardstock 10 x 8 photo of the Enola Gay crew in uniform, signed vertically in blue felt tip, "Thomas W. Ferebee," "Paul W. Tibbets,&q...
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Enola Gay: George Caron Signed Photograph and Booklet470 - Enola Gay: George Caron Signed Photograph and Booklet
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Two items: a cardstock 8 x 10 photo of Caron in uniform, signed in blue felt tip, "George R. Caron, Tail Gunner—Enola Gay&qu...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph471 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of US military officers observing the arrival of the Japanese delegation for the signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboa
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Souvenir Typescript472 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Souvenir Typescript
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Souvenir printed quote on a yellow 8 x 10 cardstock sheet, signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip by the Enola Gay pilot, "Paul W. Tibbets.&...
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Enola Gay Model Signed by Dutch Van Kirk and Morris Jeppson473 - Enola Gay Model Signed by Dutch Van Kirk and Morris Jeppson
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Desirable 1:84 scale model of the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, made by the Billijo Aviation Art Center. The model measures 14.25
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Robley D. Evans Autograph Letter Signed474 - Robley D. Evans Autograph Letter Signed
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Rear admiral (1846–1912) in the United States Navy, who served from the Civil War to the Spanishâ€
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Johann Ewald Autograph Letter Signed475 - Johann Ewald Autograph Letter Signed
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German military officer (1744–1813) who commanded the Jäger corps of the Hessian Leib Infantry Regiment a
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David G. Farragut Signed Print476 - David G. Farragut Signed Print
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American admiral (1801–1870) who was a flag officer of the Navy during the Civil War. Scarce oversized 11 x 15.75 print of
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William Fawcett Autograph Letter Signed477 - William Fawcett Autograph Letter Signed
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British Army officer (1727–1804) who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1781 to 1799. ALS signed â
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Flying Tigers (17) Multi-Signed Bookplate478 - Flying Tigers (17) Multi-Signed Bookplate
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Appealing unused 5.5 x 8.5 bookplate for the 1949 book Way of a Fighter: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault, signed in black ink and ballpoint by 17
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Mitsuo Fuchida Signed Cover479 - Mitsuo Fuchida Signed Cover
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One of Japan's most skilled fliers, Fuchida (1902–1976) commanded the air attack against Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,
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James M. Gavin Typed Letter Signed480 - James M. Gavin Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.75, Headquarters, Allied Forces Southern Europe letterhead, November 12, 1952. Letter to Chet Novak, president of the 82nd Airbo
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Armand Louis de Gontaut Autograph Letter Signed481 - Armand Louis de Gontaut Autograph Letter Signed
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French soldier and politician, duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, (1747–1793) remembered for his roles in the American War
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Charles ‘Chinese’ Gordon Autograph Letter Signed482 - Charles ‘Chinese’ Gordon Autograph Letter Signed
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British general (1833–1885) who, in 1860, crushed the Taiping Rebellion in China, earning the nickname 'Chinese.' ALS sign
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Thomas Masterman Hardy Hand-Addressed Mailing Panel483 - Thomas Masterman Hardy Hand-Addressed Mailing Panel
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British naval officer (1769-1839) who served as flag captain to Horatio Nelson and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Mailing envelope
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Lazare Hoche Letter Signed484 - Lazare Hoche Letter Signed
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French soldier (1768-1797) who rose to be general of the Revolutionary Army, remembered for his victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. LS in French
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O. O. Howard Signature485 - O. O. Howard Signature
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One-armed Union general (1830–1909) who participated at Gettysburg and commanded the Army of Tennessee during Sherman's Ma
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Thomas ap Catesby Jones Letter Signed486 - Thomas ap Catesby Jones Letter Signed
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Naval officer during the War of 1812 who later seized the port of Monterey during the Mexican-American War (1790–1858); he
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Francois Christophe de Kellermann Letter Signed487 - Francois Christophe de Kellermann Letter Signed
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French military commander, Freemason, and Marshal of France (1735–1820) who fought throughout the French Revolutionary War
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Charles-Malo de Lameth Autograph Letter Signed488 - Charles-Malo de Lameth Autograph Letter Signed
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French nobleman and soldier (1757–1832) who was wounded in the Battle of Yorktown during the American Revolution, served a
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Curtis LeMay and Hoyt Vandenberg Signatures489 - Curtis LeMay and Hoyt Vandenberg Signatures
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Two ink signatures of noted Air Force generals—"Curtis E. LeMay," on an off-white 5.5 x 2.75 card with typed collector&...
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James Longstreet Autograph Letter Signed490 - James Longstreet Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in pencil, one page, 4.75 x 7.5, September 20, 1866. Addressed from Coffeyville, Mississippi, a handwritten letter from Longstreet to New York Cit
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Charles Marshall Typed Letter Signed491 - Charles Marshall Typed Letter Signed
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Aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee during the Civil War (1830-1902) and author of General Order No. 9, Lee's famous farewell address. TLS, one page, ...
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Montgomery of Alamein Signature492 - Montgomery of Alamein Signature
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Neat ink signature, "Montgomery of Alamein, F.M., August 3, 1967,” on an off-white 5 x 2.5 sheet. In very fine condition.
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Karl Freiherr von Muffling Autograph Note Signed493 - Karl Freiherr von Muffling Autograph Note Signed
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Prussian field marshal and military theorist (1775–1851) who served as Blücher's liaison officer in Welli
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Alexander Murray Letter Signed494 - Alexander Murray Letter Signed
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Naval officer (1755–1821) who served in the Continental Navy, the Continental Army, and the United States Navy, during the
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Napoleon: Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases Autograph Letter Signed495 - Napoleon: Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases Autograph Letter Signed
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French atlas-maker and author (1766–1842) who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his exile to Saint Helena, acting as his s
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Pearl Harbor: Mitsuo Fuchida and Minoru Genda (2) Signed Items496 - Pearl Harbor: Mitsuo Fuchida and Minoru Genda (2) Signed Items
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Two items: a FDC with a cachet honoring the gift of a Japanese Peace Bell to the United Nations, signed in English and Japanese in fountain pen, &qu...
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John J. Pershing Signed Book497 - John J. Pershing Signed Book
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Signed book: My Experiences in the World War. First edition. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 400 pages. Signed and inscri
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John J. Pershing Signed Photograph498 - John J. Pershing Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 10.75 US Army Signal Corps photo of John J. Pershing in his uniform, signed in the lower border in black ink. Framed and i
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David D. Porter Letter Signed499 - David D. Porter Letter Signed
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Admiral (1813-1891) who helped improve the Navy as the superintendent of the US Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War. LS
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Colin Powell Signed Photograph500 - Colin Powell Signed Photograph
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Color 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Colin Powell in uniform as a four-star general, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Revolution-era Newspapers (5)501 - Revolution-era Newspapers (5)
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Five newspapers dating from the colonial period into the American Revolution, including: The Providence Gazette, Rhode Island, December 3, 1768; The S
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John Rodgers Letter Signed502 - John Rodgers Letter Signed
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Commodore in the US Navy (1772–1838) who served in the Quasi-War with France, both Barbary Wars in North Africa, and the W
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