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Warhol’s American West—John Wayne, Kachina Dolls, Sitting Bull—in bold Pop color. A rare Banksy “Yellow Rain” joins the lineup @RRAuction Remarkable Rarities. Closing March 26 #AndyWarhol #Banksy #ArtAuction #PopArt #RRauction

Sold! King James VI’s 1615 warrant freeing Sir Walter Raleigh from the Tower just sold for $81,251 @RRAuction. A royal signature… and a fatal second act. #WalterRaleigh #KingJamesVI #History #Consign #RemarkableResults #RRAuction

Closing tonight: Fine Autographs & Artifacts. Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page” opens with a sax line you recognize instantly—Alto Reed. The Alto Reed Collection, 25+ lots from his touring life, up for bid @RRAuction #BobSeger #AltoReed #RockHistory

The Hindenburg didn’t leave much behind. This survived. A five-foot propeller blade tip—recovered from the wreckage and reportedly carried away by a U.S. Navy serviceman under a blanket labeled “ironing board.” Among the Remarkable Rarities at @RRAuction #Hindenburg #AviationHistory #Zeppelin #RRauction

Johann Strauss II, Vienna’s “Waltz King,” revising in real time. This 32-page handwritten score from Prinz Methusalem shows Strauss revising the Act I duet—notes scratched out and rewritten. Up for bid @RRAuction 3/18 #JohannStrauss #ClassicalMusic #MusicHistory #Operetta #AutographScore

Before New York was New York… it was New Netherland. This 1664 land grant signed by Peter Stuyvesant at Fort Amsterdam confirms property on Long Island—just months before the English seized the colony. Now up for bid @RRAuction #PeterStuyvesant #NewAmsterdam #NYCHistory #LongIslandHistory #ColonialAmerica

17,000 plants. That’s how many Thomas Edison tested while searching for a domestic rubber source. This 1929 lab notebook—130 handwritten pages—records the experiments behind it. The winner: goldenrod. Up for bid @RRAuction #ThomasEdison #ScienceHistory #Innovation #Goldenrod

Five signed Elvis photos from 1955–56 — when he was still playing the Louisiana Hayride. Inscribed to a fan during his early rise. Includes 20 candid shots and a letter from his mother, Gladys. Up for bid @RRAuction #ElvisPresley #RockAndRoll #MusicHistory

Switzerland quietly deployed 265 Enigma-K cipher machines during WWII while surrounded by Axis territory. Fewer than 20 are believed to survive today. This fully operational Swiss-K once guarded military and diplomatic secrets. Up for bid @RRAuction #WWII #Enigma #Cryptography #History

During Casablanca era, Humphrey Bogart played chess by mail. This 1943 postcard records the moves he mailed to a Brooklyn opponent: “18 — R Q1 … 19 R R3 — Q×K Kt P” Up for bid @RRAuction #Casablanca #Bogart #Chess

George S. Patton, fresh ashore in Sicily — and still under fire. This signed photo @RRauction shows the general at Gela during the Allied invasion in July 1943. On the reverse, Patton notes the “wet marks on my breeches where I had just come ashore.” #Patton #WWII #MilitaryHistory #RRAuction

Banksy’s Nola (“Umbrella Girl”) flips the script: the rain isn’t falling on her—it’s falling from the umbrella. Featured in Remarkable Rarities @RRAuction. 🔗 rrauction.com #Banksy #StreetArt #UrbanArt #RRAuction

In 1615, King James VI signs a warrant allowing Sir Walter Raleigh to leave the Tower of London… so he can go chase El Dorado. Spoiler: no gold. Worse spoiler: execution in 1618. #RRAuction #KingJamesVI #WalterRaleigh #ElDorado #HistoricDocuments #RareAutographs #HistoryInInk

Romantic drama. Modernist fire. Forty-four original signed photographs from the composers who rewrote the soundtrack of the 19th & 20th centuries — from Tchaikovsky and Verdi to Stravinsky and Shostakovich. Johann Strauss II even adds three bars from Die Fledermaus. 🔗 rrauction.com #RRAuction #Autographs #ClassicalMusic #MusicHistory #Tchaikovsky #Stravinsky #Verdi #Wagner #Signed

Tune in Sunday night ! RR Auction’s Bobby Livingston appears on History’s Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe on the History Channel. Sunday at 9/8c #HistoryChannel #HistorysGreatestPicks #Collectibles #RRAuction

Family of beloved Bob Seger sideman sends musical treasures to auction @RRAuction freep.com/story/entertai… via @freep