Last call on RR Auction’s latest lot sale!

Collectors who did not have a chance to browse RR Auction’s latest online catalogue should pick up the pace and get to at least view the remarkable items they have available in this one of a kind Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction. The event started on June 26 and is scheduled to conclude on July 12 and it includes some of the most outstanding and valuable collectibles, including Founding Fathers related items.

One of the main items in the collection are two Revolutionary War amputation kits that belonged to Dr. John Warren. The first kit is covered in ray or shark skin, it measures 19.5X7.75X3 inches and includes various tools such as: tissue forceps, bullet forceps with scissor handles, a petit – style tourniquet, grooved director, bow framed metacarpal saw and even an extra blade for a large amputation saw. The second kit is made out of mahogany, it measures 18.75X7X2 inches and it includes a curved amputation knife, tissue forceps, surgical scissors, a capital amputation saw that comes with a special instrument that allows the user to adjust the blade. 

The truly remarkable detail about both of these items is that they come with various documents and other materials that can attest their provenance. Among these documents, there is even a transcript of a February 19, 1850 entry in John Collins Warren’s day book that reads: “Sent to Dr. H. J. Bigelow as a present an ancient tourniquet belonging to my father which went through the Revolutionary War. And also an amputating case which had gone through the war most of the important instruments remaining, but some having lost and replaced.” The two items were estimated at over $50,000.

One other incredible item in this lot sale is a manuscript signed by B. Franklin. The one page manuscript is dated on April 16, 1787 and it is basically a pay order to Treasurer David Rittenhouse. The document reads: “Pay to The Honourable Arthur St. Clair Esquire or order the sum of one hundred and thirty five Pounds in full for his attendance in Congress until the fifteenth day of March last—according to the Comptroller General's Report." Moreover, it carries B. Frankiln’s signature as president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being countersigned by Comptroller General John Nicholson in the left margin. Collectors should know that this remarkable item was estimated at $15,000 but it is expected to be sold for a lot more.

Anyone interested in these items or in the other collectibles featured in this auction is more than welcome to browse RR Auction’s online catalogue. Additional details can also be found on their website and on their social media, namely on Twitter and Facebook.