RR Auction: Remarkable Rarities

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RR Auction's first-ever Summer Remarkable Rarities event brings 50 unique historical autographs and artifacts to the bidding block in a sensational live auction! Bid in person, by phone, or online on this diverse, curated selection of the most elite items we have encountered all year. Among them are an Apple-1 computer, an Apollo 11 lunar soil experiment, a first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, a gun recovered from the scene of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, a sketch by Pablo Picasso, a Babe Ruth autograph, and President Ronald Reagan's 'Trust but Verify' putter. Join us LIVE as we make history selling history in June 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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John Hancock Document Signed3001 - John Hancock Document Signed
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Manuscript DS, three pages, 7.75 x 12.5, March 6, 1783. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock names a member to the Scarborough Court of Common Pleas,
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin Document Signed3002 - Benjamin Franklin Document Signed
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Manuscript DS, signed "Signed by the Order of the House, B. Franklin, Speaker," six pages, 7.5 x 12.5, September 22, 1764. A supplement to...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Hamilton Document Signed3003 - Alexander Hamilton Document Signed
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Manuscript DS, signed “Alexandr Hamilton, Secy of the Treasy,” three pages on two adjoining shee
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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George Washington Autograph Letter Signed3004 - George Washington Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 9, July 9, 1787. Important handwritten letter to H
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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John Adams Autograph Letter Signed to John Hancock3005 - John Adams Autograph Letter Signed to John Hancock
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Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “John Adams,” one page, 7.25 x 9.
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed as President3006 - Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed as President
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Significant Civil War-dated ALS as president signed "A. Lincoln," one page, 8 x 10, Executive Mansion letterhead, September 23, 1864. Hand...
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Assassination: Rosebud from Jackie's Bouquet and Jay Watson's Press Pass3007 - John F. Kennedy Assassination: Rosebud from Jackie's Bouquet and Jay Watson's Press Pass
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Historic dried rosebud from the bouquet of red roses carried by Jacqueline Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, at the time of the assassination of
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt Hand-Edited Typed Letter3008 - Theodore Roosevelt Hand-Edited Typed Letter
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Extraordinary typed draft of a letter with extensive handwritten corrections by Theodore Roosevelt, totaling over 700 words in his hand, six pages, 7
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Photograph as President3009 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Photograph as President
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Oversized vintage matte-finish 11 x 15 photo of President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated and talking with Patrick Cardinal Hayes, the Archbishop of New
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President3010 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9.75, White House letterhead, October 1, 1943. Letter to Arthur B. Spingarn, president of the New York chapter of the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman and Thomas Dewey Signed Front Page of the Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper3011 - Harry S. Truman and Thomas Dewey Signed Front Page of the Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper
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Incredibly rare front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune of November 3, 1948, 16.5 x 23.25, featuring the iconic banner headline "Dewey Defeats ...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan 'Geneva Summit' Golf Putter Used on Air Force One3012 - Ronald Reagan 'Geneva Summit' Golf Putter Used on Air Force One
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Spalding TPM 6 'Trust, but Verify Open' golf putter used by President Ronald Reagan aboard Air Force One en route to his fabled Cold War-era...
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill Signed Menu and Used Cigar Band3013 - Winston Churchill Signed Menu and Used Cigar Band
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Historic British Airways menu for a mid-Atlantic dinner on the Boeing Clipper flying boat RMA 'Berwick' on January 16, 1942, 4.25 x 6.75, si...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Keep Calm and Carry On Original Poster (c. 1939)3014 - Keep Calm and Carry On Original Poster (c. 1939)
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Iconic and extremely rare original 19.75 x 29.5 poster published in 1939 by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Information, boasting the crown and...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Pearl Harbor: Lawrence A. Williams Archive3015 - Pearl Harbor: Lawrence A. Williams Archive
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Spectacular lot of documents and recovered personal effects belonging to Ens. Lawrence A. Williams, who was killed aboard the USS Arizona during the a
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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George S. Patton Signed Oversized Photograph3016 - George S. Patton Signed Oversized Photograph
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Vintage oversized matte-finish 9.75 x 12.75 portrait of General George S. Patton posing outdoors in his four-star uniform, signed and inscribed in the
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George S. Patton Typed Letter Signed and Third Army Patch3017 - George S. Patton Typed Letter Signed and Third Army Patch
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An embroidered 2.5˝ patch of the Third United States Army insignia, presented by General George S. Patton to admirer Faith Senglaub,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alfred Eisenstaedt 'V-J Day in Times Square' Limited Edition Photograph3018 - Alfred Eisenstaedt 'V-J Day in Times Square' Limited Edition Photograph
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Marvelous limited edition 13.5 x 19 silver gelatin print of Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photograph entitled 'V-J Day in Times Square,' n...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 17,000.00
 
 
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Daniel Boone Autograph Document Signed3019 - Daniel Boone Autograph Document Signed
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Remarkable ADS entirely in Boone's hand, signed as deputy surveyor, "Daniel Boone DS," one page, 8.25 x 6.25, June 12, 1787. A neatly ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer Autograph Letter Signed3020 - George A. Custer Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “G. A. Custer (Cadet U.S.M.A.),” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, September 20, 1857. A handwritt
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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