RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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King Louis XVI225 - King Louis XVI
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King of France (born 1754) from 1774 to 1792. In the wake of the French revolution, Louis and his queen, Marie Antoinette, were overthrown, imprison
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodor Kollek226 - Theodor Kollek
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Israeli politician (1911–2007) who served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993. Thirty-one items, consisting mainly of one-page TLSs, signed “Teddy
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr227 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Strides Toward Freedom. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 230 pages. Lengthily s...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr228 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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TLS signed “Martin L. King, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, April 7, 1964. Letter to Ken Browne. In par
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Robert Koch229 - Robert Koch
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ALS in German, signed “R. Koch,” one page, 4.25 x 7, August 7, 1899. Letter to a young fellow, apparently Giovanni Galli, who regularly compiled mosqu
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Lev Landau230 - Lev Landau
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Russian physicist (1908–1968) who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research into ‘superfluidity.’ Uncommon 5 x 6.5 cardstock head-and-shoul
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Friedrich List231 - Friedrich List
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Leading 19th-century economist considered the original European unity theorist, best known for developing the ‘National System’ (1789–1846). ALS in Ge
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Rosa Luxemburg232 - Rosa Luxemburg
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ALS in German, signed “R. Luxemburg,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, October 8, 1913. Letter to a comrade who contacted her with publis
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Estimate : 90,000.00 - 100,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela233 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Limited first edition of 250 copies (this being No. 240). London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Hardcover with s
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi234 - Guglielmo Marconi
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TLS in Italian, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, Reale Accademia d’Italia letterhead, Rome, February 14, 1934. Untranslated letter to an Italian ambassador in T
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela235 - Nelson Mandela
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TLS signed “N. Mandela,” one page, 8.25 x 11.5, African National Congress letterhead, January 4, 1993. Letter to Rev. Ronald I. Schupp of Chicago. In
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan and William Wells236 - J. Pierpont Morgan and William Wells
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Merchants National Bank check, 8.25 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Wells, “Wm. Wells, Collector,” payable to Wilson S. Hungerford for
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Muir237 - John Muir
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Naturalist and author (1838–1914) who helped establish Yosemite National Park. ALS, one page, 8.25 x 11, no date, circa April/May 1909. Letter to W. G
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Napoleon238 - Napoleon
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Handwritten endorsement, signed “Nap,” written at the top of an LS from his adopted son Eugene Napoleon, one page, 8 x 12.5, dated April 1, 1811, and
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Muir239 - John Muir
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Partial autograph manuscript, in ink and pencil, one page, 8 x 12.25, part of a page from Muir’s working draft of The Mountains of California, numbere
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Napoleon240 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7 x 9, January 18, 1813. Letter to Clarke, Duke de Feltre, Minister of War. In part (translated): “The 1000 men i
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon241 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 7.25 x 9, April 10, 1809. Brief letter to his daughter. In full (translated): “My daughter, I am sending the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Florence Nightingale242 - Florence Nightingale
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Handwritten cover sheet for a report entitled “How people may live and not die in India,” one page, 6 x 6.75, London, October 1863, signed below the t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nicholas II243 - Nicholas II
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ALS in Russian, signed “Nicholas,” one page, 5 x 6.75, colorful crest-embossed letterhead, February 22, 1903. In full (translated): “It is not possibl
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Nicholas II244 - Nicholas II
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Rare original 4 x 6.5 cabinet half-length portrait of Nicholas in uniform, signed at the bottom in black ink, “Nicolaus, 1889.” Published by Levitsky
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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