RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Arifact Auction

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Highlighted by a rare Edgar Allan Poe signature, an autograph letter by Monet about the infamous ‘Olympia,’ an Albert Einstein letter on the study of relativity, and a special assortment of JFK material, our November monthly sale offers over 900 unique items.

RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in November 2016.
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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Harry S. Truman109 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 17, 1956. Letter to former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, in part: “Thank you ver
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman110 - Harry S. Truman
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President Harry S. Truman’s personally-owned 10K gold St. Christopher’s medal charm presented to him on his 65th birthday. The front depicts the patro
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Estimate : 6,600.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman111 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 3, 1937. Letter to his future secretary of the treasury, Col. John W. Sny
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower112 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Superb collection of three TLSs, each signed “D. E.,” totaling four pages, dated from 1956 to 1967. All are to advertising executive Sigurd Larmon. Fi
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon113 - Richard Nixon
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Uncommon ALS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 8, 1991. Thank-you letter for a birthday gift, in part: “Again I am in y
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Ronald Reagan and George Bush114 - Ronald Reagan and George Bush
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Wonderful color textured semi-glossy 18.75 x 14.75 official White House photo of President Reagan and his cabinet, mounted to a same-size piece of foa
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Ronald Reagan115 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 6.25, January 16, 1968. Draft letter to Bertha Glasscock, in full: “I've just had word from Al Crandall and so...
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Ronald Reagan116 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Dutch,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 4, [postmarked 1978]. Letter to Lydia Hupfer McArthur, in part: “Well the holi
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George Bush117 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, The Vice President letterhead, May 31, 1983. Letter to actress/singer Pearl Bailey Bellson, in full: “I just wanted you to know
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George Bush118 - George Bush
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Collection of President George Bush’s personally-owned and -used golf equipment, including a golf bag, putter, shoes, and golf balls, used while golfi
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Bill and Hillary Clinton119 - Bill and Hillary Clinton
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Unusual combination of a TLS and check: an intriguing TLS signed “Bill Clinton,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 2, 2001. Letter
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Presidents and First Ladies120 - Presidents and First Ladies
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Color glossy 12 x 8.5 photo of the former presidents and their wives in attendance at memorial services for Ronald Reagan, signed in felt tip by Geral
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren121 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 4.25 x 7, Long’s Hotel letterhead, June 17, 1855. Written from London, a courtesy letter to Robert Spence, in ful
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Martin Van Buren122 - Martin Van Buren
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Hand-addressed free frank panel, 5.25 x 3.25, addressed by Van Buren to “Theodore Miller, Esq, Hudson,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, M. Van
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William Henry Harrison123 - William Henry Harrison
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Two invitations for different inaugural balls held in Harrison’s honor: an impressively engraved 7.75 x 8.5 invitation featuring images of Harrison an
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John Tyler124 - John Tyler
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Free franked mailing envelope, 5.75 x 3.25, addressed in Tyler’s hand to “D. H. London Esq., Richmond, Virginia,” and franked in the upper right, “J.
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James K. Polk125 - James K. Polk
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Exceedingly rare printed invitation for a “Polk and Dallas Ball,” one page, 5 x 8, to be held at the Oak Tree Hotel in Raymond, Mississippi, on Decemb
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Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore126 - Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
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Election ticket from Virginia for the presidential election on November 7, 1848, one page, 3.75 x .675, headed, “The People’s Ticket,” listing Zachary
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Millard Fillmore127 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: Universal History, Vol. XVII. London: T. Osbourne, 1848. Rebound hardcover, 5.25 x 8.5, 628 pages. Signed on the title page in black ink,
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Millard Fillmore128 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, 4 x 6.5, August 1, 1853. In full: “I cheerfully comply with your request for my autograph.” In fine condition, with a light block of to
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James Buchanan129 - James Buchanan
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Free franked mailing envelope, 5.25 x 3, postmarked September 24, 1862, addressed in Buchanan’s hand to “Miss Maria B. Weaver, care of C. R. Weaver Es
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James Buchanan130 - James Buchanan
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Two items related to different inaugural balls held in Buchanan’s honor: a colorful “Ladies’ Ticket” for the “Grand Inauguration Ball to be given by t
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Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson131 - Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
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Three items: a printed document headed “Result of the Canvass of the State, Made by the Lincoln Clubs of New-Hampshire,” October 25, 1864, with the re
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Lincolnia132 - Lincolnia
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Seven items related to Lincoln, including: an LS by his son Robert Todd Lincoln; a signature of abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner; an ALS by Gettysb
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Andrew Johnson133 - Andrew Johnson
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Original 3.5 x 3 purple gallery ticket stub to the US Senate Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson on April 11, 1868. In fine condition. On this dat
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Rutherford B. Hayes134 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Executive Mansion card signed in black ink, “R. B. Hayes.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield135 - James A. Garfield
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Satirical booklet prepared for the 1880 presidential campaign between James A. Garfield and Winfield Scott Hancock, entitled ‘Presidential Pills; or,
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Presidential Memorials136 - Presidential Memorials
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Three items: a 9.75 x 6 engraving for the memorial service held for Garfield in Washington on February 27, 1882, bearing facsimile signatures of John
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Chester A. Arthur137 - Chester A. Arthur
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Attractive engraving of the White House, 4.75 x 3.5, signed in fountain pen by Arthur. In fine condition.
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Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison138 - Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison
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Desirable tandem of presidential signatures, both signed in ink on a beige 6.25 x 8 sheet, “Grover Cleveland, October 6th 1886” and “Benj. Harrison, A
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Grover Cleveland139 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, personal firm letterhead, December 16, 1889. Letter to Darwin C. Parcy, in full: “I am utterly unable to assist you as req
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Grover Cleveland140 - Grover Cleveland
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Executive Mansion card signed in black ink by Cleveland. In fine condition, with old mounting traces on the reverse. Accompanied by an unsigned Pierce
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Grover and Frances Cleveland141 - Grover and Frances Cleveland
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AQSs from both Grover and Frances Cleveland on an off-white 7 x 4.5 sheet of Edgemere stationery. Grover, as president-elect, quotes The Merry Wives o
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Benjamin Harrison142 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpe’s Bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison,” payable to Bryant’s History for $17, November 3, ...
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Benjamin Harrison143 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 14, April 2, 1891. President Harrison appoints Howard L. Black as “Postmaster at Duquesne, in the Count
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Benjamin Harrison144 - Benjamin Harrison
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Collection of three Republican tickets for the 1888 and 1892 presidential elections, including: one from Illinois for 1888, listing candidates for pre
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William McKinley145 - William McKinley
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Bold ink signature, “W. McKinley,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 card. Matted and framed with a postal card and a block of 7-cent stamps to an overall si
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William McKinley146 - William McKinley
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ALS in pencil as president, 4.75 x 7.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, November 30, 1900. Letter to the first lady, addressed at the top in his own ha
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William McKinley147 - William McKinley
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Executive Mansion card signed in black ink by McKinley. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition.
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Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft148 - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
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Collection of inaugural materials, including: a Roosevelt–Fairbanks souvenir inaugural program and Washington sight-seeing guide for March 4, 1905, fi
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Theodore Roosevelt149 - Theodore Roosevelt
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White House card signed in black ink by Roosevelt. In fine condition, with light soiling and irregular toning to the front, and old mounting traces on
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William H. Taft150 - William H. Taft
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White House card signed and inscribed in black ink, “For Mr. Wm. H. Miller, President of the 1st Nat. Bk of Media, Pa, with best wishes from, Wm. H. T
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William H. Taft151 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, February 10, 1914. Letter to Julius Dreher, in full: “I have yours of February 7th
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William H. Taft152 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 9, 1920. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus J. Karger concerning negotiat
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William H. Taft153 - William H. Taft
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White House card signed in fountain pen, “Wm. H. Taft.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light soiling, adhesive remnant along top edge,
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Woodrow Wilson154 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: George Washington. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 333 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink, ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson155 - Woodrow Wilson
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White House card signed in black ink by Wilson. In very good to fine condition, with soiling and surface impressions on the front, and old mounting tr
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Warren G. Harding156 - Warren G. Harding
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Neat ink signature, “Sincerely yours, Warren G. Harding,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelop
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Warren G. Harding157 - Warren G. Harding
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White House card signed in black ink by Harding. In fine condition, with light soiling and a paperclip impression to the front, and an area of light s
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Calvin Coolidge158 - Calvin Coolidge
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Signed book: Have Faith in Massachusetts. Second edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 275 pages. Sign
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