RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Featuring nearly 1,100 lots, RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a wealth of important historical material. Highlights are a four-page handwritten letter by Ludwig van Beethoven about a proposed composition, a significant pair of letters by the Wright Brothers about patents and contracts, a super rare book autographed by Stephen Hawking, a pristine Abbey Road Studios promo card signed by the Beatles in 1963, and a great signed photo of Bruce Lee as Kato. 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 April 2022.
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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California: Sacramento County Hospital Bond243 - California: Sacramento County Hospital Bond
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Handsome $500 County Hospital Bond of Sacramento, California, 14 x 14.75, with eleven coupons intact below. Payable in "United State Gold Coin&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean Jacques Régis de Cambaceres Autograph Letter Signed244 - Jean Jacques Régis de Cambaceres Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Cambaceres,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, August 27, 1806. Untranslated handwritt
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Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago Railway Company Bond245 - Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago Railway Company Bond
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Desirable $5000 bond for the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago Railway Company issued May 19, 1905, 15 x 10, with original receipt affi
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Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad Company Mortgage Bond246 - Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad Company Mortgage Bond
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$1000 antique bond of the Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad Company (green variety) issued March 1, 1873, 17 x 15.75, with 24 coupons intact
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Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago Railway Company Bond247 - Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago Railway Company Bond
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Large $1000 bond of the Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago Railway Company issued March 1, 1855, 15.5 x 28, with 51 coupons intact below. The impressive bon
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Civil War (5) Items248 - Civil War (5) Items
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Five Civil War-related items highlighted by a stock certificate issued to H. J. Morgan & Co. for 250 shares of the Cleveland & Toledo Rail-R...
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Civil War Mayors (3) Signed Checks249 - Civil War Mayors (3) Signed Checks
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Three Civil War-dated checks issued to The County Treasurer of New York at the Broadway Bank, each 8.25 x 3.75, dating to 1862, 1863, and 1864, indivi
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Thomas Clarkson Autograph Letter Signed250 - Thomas Clarkson Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.5 x 8.5, August 14, 1789. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, written from the "Hotel de l'Europe." In part...
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Georges Clemenceau Signed Photograph251 - Georges Clemenceau Signed Photograph
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Scarce matte-finish 11.5 x 9 photo of Clemenceau in his office by Henri Manuel, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "A Ro...
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DeWitt Clinton Document Signed252 - DeWitt Clinton Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.5 x 10, June 3, 1820. As governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton appoints Abel Spalding as "Lieutenant in Lieut. C...
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert Document Signed253 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert Document Signed
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Vellum manuscript DS in French, signed "Colbert," one page, 18 x 12.25, April 20, 1671. Untranslated document issued by Louis XIV, signed ...
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Schuyler Colfax (2) Autograph Letters Signed254 - Schuyler Colfax (2) Autograph Letters Signed
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Two ALSs from 17th American Vice President Schuyler Colfax, three total pages, 5 x 8 and 5.25 x 8.5, one dated to June 2, 1875, the other to October 9
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Peter Colt and Jedediah Huntington Document Signed255 - Peter Colt and Jedediah Huntington Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Colt" and "J. Huntington,” one page, 6.25 x 7.25, February 8, 1790
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Columbia Motors Company Stock Certificate256 - Columbia Motors Company Stock Certificate
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Stock certificate for 100 shares in the Columbia Motors Co., one page, 11.25 x 8, circa 1920s. Signed by the company's president and secretary, ...
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Columbus & Maysville Railway Company Mortgage Bond257 - Columbus & Maysville Railway Company Mortgage Bond
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 16.5 x 21, [1870s]. First mortgage bond of the Columbus & Maysville Railway Company "Southern Division" i...
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Confederate States of America Loan Bond258 - Confederate States of America Loan Bond
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Attractive Civil War-dated $1000 Confederate States of America loan bond issued December 13, 1862, 13.75 x 17, complete with 28 interest coupons intac
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Connecticut Promissory Note Signed by John Lawrence259 - Connecticut Promissory Note Signed by John Lawrence
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Lawrence,” one page, 7.5 x 3.75, January 23, 1784. Promissory note
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Connecticut Uncut Treasury Office Pay Order Sheet Signed by Peter Colt260 - Connecticut Uncut Treasury Office Pay Order Sheet Signed by Peter Colt
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Uncut sheet of six pay orders received by Connecticut’s Treasury Office, one page, 7.25 x 12.75, January 14, 1791. The pay
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Peter Cooper Document Signed261 - Peter Cooper Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.75 x 6.75, March 1846. New York Public School certificate, in part: "This Premium was presented to Maria Nunns a...
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Cuba Railroad Company Stock Certificate262 - Cuba Railroad Company Stock Certificate
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Partly-printed DS, signed “W. C. Van Horne,” one page, 11 x 7.5, May 29, 1909. Stock certificate
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