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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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Hillary Clinton209 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Living History. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 562 pages. Signed...
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Hillary Clinton210 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Hard Choices. Limited autographed collector’s edition, numbered 190/1000. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2014. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6...
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Hillary Clinton211 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Hard Choices. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2014. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 635 pages. Signed on the first free...
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Hillary Clinton212 - Hillary Clinton
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TLS as first lady, signed “Hillary,” one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 5, 1996. Letter to New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, i
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Hillary Clinton213 - Hillary Clinton
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TLS signed “Hillary,” one page, 8.5 x 11, United States Senate letterhead, November 6, 2003. Letter to Steve A. Robertson of the National Legislative
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Hillary Clinton214 - Hillary Clinton
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Desirable color semi-glossy 8 x 10 campaign photo of Hillary Clinton, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Jonathan—Thanks for
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Hillary Clinton215 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: It Takes a Village. Tenth anniversary edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.5, ...
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George W. Bush216 - George W. Bush
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Signed book: 41: A Portrait of My Father. First deluxe edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2014. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 9, 294 pages. Signed on the f
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Barack Obama217 - Barack Obama
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Historical retrospective magazine entitled Obama: The Dream Fulfilled, depicting the sitting president with Martin Luther King, Jr. on the front cover
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Barack Obama218 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed on the title pa
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First Ladies219 - First Ladies
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Grouping of seven items, each signed by a first lady, including: Edith Bolling Wilson (ALS), Lady Bird Johnson (FDC), Grace Coolidge (envelope), Franc
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First Ladies220 - First Ladies
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FDC with a cachet honoring Eleanor Roosevelt, signed in blue or black felt tip, “Hillary Rodham Clinton,” “Barbara Bush,” “Laura Bush,” “Betty Ford,”
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Five Presidents221 - Five Presidents
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Felt tip signatures of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush on individual off-white slips, impressively double-mat
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Presidential Ephemera222 - Presidential Ephemera
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Five pieces of presidential ephemera: an 1860 Union electoral ticket from Virginia for John Bell and Edward Everett; two different 1864 Democratic tic
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Presidents223 - Presidents
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Collection of seven hardcover books, each signed by a president, including: Herbert Hoover (ins; The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson), Gerald Ford (A Time to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Presidents224 - Presidents
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Three items: a TLS by Lyndon B. Johnson, signed “LBJ,” one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, September 8, 1970, in full: “‘The Drifter’ is beautifu
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Presidents and First Ladies225 - Presidents and First Ladies
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Group of seven items, comprised of letters and signatures, each signed by a former president or first lady, including: William Taft (TLS), Harry S. Tr
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Presidents and First Ladies226 - Presidents and First Ladies
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Collection of eleven hardcover books with dust jackets, each signed inside by a president or first lady, with signers including: Gerald Ford; Jimmy Ca
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Benjamin Franklin227 - Benjamin Franklin
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Vellum manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.75 x 13.5, June 11, 1787. Land grant issued by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwea
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock228 - John Hancock
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Large ink signature, “John Hancock,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 clipped slip affixed to a larger card. Framed and in fine condition. A superb, bold examp
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Hancock229 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS filled out in Hancock’s hand but unsigned, one page, 9 x 4.5, April 28, 1762. A bill of landing filled out by Hancock, incorporating
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Huntington230 - Samuel Huntington
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1796) and seventh president of the Continental Congress. Manuscript DS, signed “Sam’l
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Caesar Rodney231 - Caesar Rodney
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ADS, signed “Caesar Rodney, Surv:g Trustee,” one page, 10 x 1.5, May 11, 1771. Receipt for a mortgage payment, in part: “Recd of John Hardin the Sum o
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George Ross232 - George Ross
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1730–1779). ALS signed “Geo: Ross,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, July 14, 1770. Letter to a gent
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William Williams and Oliver Wolcott234 - William Williams and Oliver Wolcott
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Manuscript DS, signed “W. Williams” and “O. Wolcott” one page, 7.5 x 12, June 1790. Document headed “Debenture of the Supreme Court of Errors in their
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Samuel Adams, Sr235 - Samuel Adams, Sr
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American brewer and local Boston politician (1689–1748), known for being the father of Samuel Adams. Manuscript DS, signed “Samuel Adams,” three pages
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Henry Clay236 - Henry Clay
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Manuscript DS, signed “Henry Clay p.p.,” eleven pages on seven sheets, 8 x 12, July 9, 1823. In part: “Henry Clay complains of the President Director
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Albert Gallatin237 - Albert Gallatin
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Politician and financial genius (1761–1849) responsible for the formation of what is now known as the Ways and Means Committee. ADS, signed “Albert Ga
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Patrick Henry238 - Patrick Henry
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Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 14.5 x 18, August 20, 1785. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants John Sulsen a “certain Tract or parc
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Peyton Randolph239 - Peyton Randolph
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Virginia politician, planter, and the first president of the Continental Congress (1721–1775). DS, one page, 7.25 x 3, June 7, 1770. In full: “Then Re
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Frederick Douglass240 - Frederick Douglass
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ALS signed “Fred’k Douglass,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8.25, Young Men’s Association Library letterhead, February 7, 1868. In part: “I am obliged
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Helen Keller241 - Helen Keller
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ANS in pencil, signed “Helen,” on the reverse of a 4.5 x 3.5 Christmas greeting card, no date. In full: “We are thinking of you, dear friend, and our
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Helen Keller242 - Helen Keller
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TLS, two pages, 6 x 9.25, Hotel Tulsa letterhead, March 17, 1922. Letter to Miss Hortop, in part: “The lovely verse you sent brought a glow to my hear
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John Brown243 - John Brown
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, October 28, 1848. Letter to Willis A. Hodges, an African-American abolitionist in Franklin County, New York. In full (spelli
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr244 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, November 23, 1965. Permission to broadcast contract in which King consents to the recording of a lecture at the University of
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Malcolm X245 - Malcolm X
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Rare ALS, one page on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, postmarked Tampa, Florida, September 24, 1958. B
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Estimate : 7,200.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela246 - Nelson Mandela
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Wonderful color semi-glossy 11.25 x 16.25 portrait of the revered South African president, signed and inscribed in silver ink, “To Priscilla Jana, Bes
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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What Would You Do Differently?247 - What Would You Do Differently?
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Unusual collection of over 60 custom-printed cartoons and letters filled out by celebrities and notable figures from a wide variety of fields, all res
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Burger Court248 - Burger Court
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Color satin-finish 13.5 x 10 photo of the justices of the Supreme Court, affixed to its original 17.5 x 13.5 mount, signed on the mount in ink by John
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Isaac Doolittle249 - Isaac Doolittle
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American clockmaker, printer, and supplier of gunpowder to the Continental Army (1722–1800). Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “Isaac
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Simon Guggenheim250 - Simon Guggenheim
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American businessman, politician, and member of the esteemed Guggenheim family (1867–1941) who served as the senator of Colorado from 1907 to 1913. TL
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J. Pierpont Morgan251 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Uncommon twice-signed partly-printed DS, one page both sides, 13.5 x 9.5, August 20, 1863. A declaration of dividends made payable between August 10 a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Cornelius Vanderbilt252 - Cornelius Vanderbilt
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American tycoon, businessman, and philanthropist (1794–1877) who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. Partly-printed DS, signed three times, “
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John D. Rockefeller253 - John D. Rockefeller
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 7.5, February 1, 1889. Stock certificate issued to Rockefeller for five hundred shares in the Northwest Equipment
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Wanamaker254 - John Wanamaker
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Department store magnate (1838–1922) who also served as Postmaster General from 1889 to 1893. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Bellefo
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo255 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8.25, October 7, 1865. Handsomely engraved certificate for two shares of ca
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frank W. Woolworth256 - Frank W. Woolworth
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Retail pioneer (1852–1919) who founded the iconic chain of five-and-ten-cent stores that bear his name. Unusual fine disbound book for a meeting of th
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin257 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “C. Darwin,” one page, 5 x 8, Down letterhead, May 25, no year but likely 1863. Letter to an unnamed gentleman, believed to be William Henr
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison258 - Thomas Edison
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 15 x 8, August 19, 1899. Stock certificate issued to Edison for one hundred shares of capital
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein259 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 4, 1929. Letter to Nicholas Murray Butler, in part (translated): "I turn to yo...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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