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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State of Louisiana Constitutional Bond363 - State of Louisiana Constitutional Bond
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Fine $5 State of Louisiana Constitutional Bond issued April 10, 1880, 17.5 x 16.25, with 40 coupons intact. Carrying a rate of 4%, the bond boasts nic
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Louisiana Electric Light Company Mortgage Bond364 - Louisiana Electric Light Company Mortgage Bond
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Impressive $1000 bond of the Louisiana Electric Light Company issued December 1, 1892, 21.75 x 16.5, with 55 bond coupons attached to the right side.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad Bond365 - Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad Bond
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Bond certificate for the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad in the amount of £250 at 5%, one page, 14.75 x 10, December 31,
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Clare Boothe Luce Signed Photograph366 - Clare Boothe Luce Signed Photograph
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Appealing vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Luce at her desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For â€
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Henry Luce Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed367 - Henry Luce Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed
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Two items: a vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of the publishing mogul, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For the Schendel collection! ...
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Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company Mortgage Bond368 - Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company Mortgage Bond
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Antique State of Georgia $1000 second mortgage bond of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company, issued September 1, 1868, 18 x 25.5, complete with 25
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Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Stock Certificate369 - Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Stock Certificate
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Stock certificate for fifty shares in the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, one page, 12 x 8, October 15, 1913. Issued to Alfonso Marconi, the certi
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Maryland & New York Iron & Coal Company Bond370 - Maryland & New York Iron & Coal Company Bond
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Desirable £100 bond of the Maryland & New York Iron & Coal Company issued April 1, 1840, 13 x 15.5, with 12 coupons intact below....
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Massachusetts Society for Agriculture Certificate371 - Massachusetts Society for Agriculture Certificate
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DS, one page, 10.75 x 13.25, June 2, 1792. Certificate for the admission of Benjamin Beale into the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, s
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Joe McCarthy Signed Photograph372 - Joe McCarthy Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of the notorious Wisconsin senator, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Ed Winston, with sincere good wishe...
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Andrew W. Mellon Document Signed373 - Andrew W. Mellon Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, signed “A. W. Mellon,” one page, 16.75 x 16, August 17, 1925. As Secretary of
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Mexico (24) Letters and Documents374 - Mexico (24) Letters and Documents
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Collection of 24 Mexican letters and documents from the 19th century, highlighted by two letters signed by military leaders Juan Morales and Desiderio
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Thomas Mifflin and Alexander J. Dallas Document Signed375 - Thomas Mifflin and Alexander J. Dallas Document Signed
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Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Tho. Mifflin” and "A. J. Dallas," one page, 15.25 x 12.5, November
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Milford and Matamores Railroad Company Bond376 - Milford and Matamores Railroad Company Bond
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Large and impressive $1000 bond of the Milford and Matamores Railroad Company issued September 1, 1871, 18.75 x 30, complete with its 188 coupons belo
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Henri Milne-Edwards Autograph Letter Signed377 - Henri Milne-Edwards Autograph Letter Signed
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Milne Edwards,” one page, 5.25 x 8, Faculte des Sciences de
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Mining: Durango, Colorado Mineral Patent378 - Mining: Durango, Colorado Mineral Patent
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Mineral patent issued in the district of Durango, Colorado, 10.5 x 16, five pages, October 21, 1909, boasting the secretarial signature of President W
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Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Stock Certificate Signed by Founders Cable and Dwan379 - Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Stock Certificate Signed by Founders Cable and Dwan
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Stock certificate issued to Josephine J. Butchart for 45 shares of the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, one page, 10.5 x 8.25, June 17,...
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State of Mississippi 1833 Bond380 - State of Mississippi 1833 Bond
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State of Mississippi bond in the amount of $1000 issued March 1, 1833, 16.25 x 13.5, boldly signed in ink by Governor Abram Scott, "A. M. Scott...
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Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad Company 1854 Bond381 - Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad Company 1854 Bond
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Very rare unissued $1000 bond for the Mississippi and Atlantic Rail Road Company from 1854, 15.75 x 22.5, with 58 interest coupons intact below. The c
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State of Mississippi Loan Bond382 - State of Mississippi Loan Bond
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State of Mississippi loan bond for $2000, issued June 9, 1838, 14.5 x 16, with thirty coupons intact below. The certificate features multiple patrioti
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