RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Dwight D. Eisenhower101 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 904/1426. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 55
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower102 - 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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Dwight D. Eisenhower103 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, May 4, 1954. Letter to Harold Helm, in part: “An organization in which I am most deeply
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower104 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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ANS as president signed “D. E.,” on a 4 x 2.25 gilt-edged card featuring an embossed presidential seal, December 1959. Note to Mary and George Allen,
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Dwight D. Eisenhower105 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Fountain pen signature, “Dwight D. Eisenhower,” on an off-white 4.75 x 3 War Department card. In very good condition.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower106 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, April 21, 1953. Official letter to King Faisal II of Iraq. In part: “Desiring to give evidence of my appreciati
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John F. Kennedy107 - John F. Kennedy
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 13.75 photo of Kennedy shaking hands with Joe Venneri at a function, with both gentlemen wearing name tags, signed and inscr
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John F. Kennedy108 - John F. Kennedy
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Unsigned handwritten notes on the reverse of the last page of a typescript, four pages, 8 x 10.5, stamp-dated February 14, 1956. Mimeographed statemen
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John F. Kennedy109 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 6.25 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, June 7, 1957. Letter to Margaret Coit at Farleigh Dickinson University, in ful
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John F. Kennedy110 - John F. Kennedy
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ANS, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, September 8, 1958. Postcard from “Dwight” to “Mrs. Valentine Miller,” from aboard the S. S. America, written in
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John F. Kennedy111 - John F. Kennedy
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Complete issue of the Dallas Morning News from November 22, 1963, fifty-four pages, 15.5 x 23, with a headline reading, “Storm of Political Controvers
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John F. Kennedy112 - John F. Kennedy
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Collection of five unsigned glossy photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, showing John F. Kennedy at campaign events while riding on his Southern Pacific ‘Campaig
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Jacqueline Kennedy113 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.75, black-bordered JFK mourning stationery letterhead, March 24, 1965. Letter to Charles Ficklin, the White House m
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Jacqueline Kennedy114 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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White House card signed as first lady in blue ballpoint, “Jacqueline Kennedy.” In fine condition, with surface loss on reverse from removed tape. Acco
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Lyndon B. Johnson115 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 23, 1968. Letter to Admiral Ulysses S. G. Sharp, Jr., the commander of the US P
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Lyndon B. Johnson116 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of President Johnson awarding the Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Chester Clifton at a White House ceremony, si
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson117 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Color semi-glossy 7.25 x 9.25 photo of President Johnson and the First Lady posing with their daughters, Lynda Byrd and Luci Baines, on the White Hous
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Richard Nixon118 - Richard Nixon
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Unfolded TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 7, 1970. Letter to Senator George Murphy. In part: “Toni
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Richard Nixon119 - Richard Nixon
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Remarkable pair of TLSs as president to Vice President Spiro Agnew concerning the end of segregation in schools. The first is one page, 8 x 10.5, Whit
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Richard Nixon120 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.5 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 20, 1974. Letter to Indiana Congressman Roger H. Zion, in full: “
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Richard Nixon121 - Richard Nixon
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Color satin-finish 7.25 x 9.25 half-length photo of President Nixon, affixed to its original mount, signed and inscribed as president on the mount in
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Richard Nixon122 - Richard Nixon
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DS, signed “R. M. Nixon,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, May 31, 1978. Personal financial statement submitted to Key Biscayne Bank, filled out in type
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Richard Nixon123 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “Dick,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 11, 1967. Letter to James S. Copley, chairman of Copley Newspapers, in full, ...
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Richard Nixon124 - Richard Nixon
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White House card bearing a printed facsimile inscription and signature, signed in blue ink, “Richard Nixon.” In fine condition, with ink smudges above
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Richard and Pat Nixon125 - Richard and Pat Nixon
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Two unsigned items: a printed invitation from “The President and Mrs. Nixon” for a reception held at La Casa Pacifica on August 27, 1972; and a 4.25 x
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Watergate126 - Watergate
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Comprehensive assemblage of approximately 175 items signed by the enormous cast of the Watergate scandal. The archive is highlighted by 34 items signe
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon127 - Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon
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Program for a ‘Tribute to Barry,’ a Republican National Committee Resolution dinner honoring Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, held in Chicago on April
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Ronald Reagan128 - Ronald Reagan
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TLS as president signed “Ron,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, September 7, 1982. Letter to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. In full:
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Ronald Reagan129 - Ronald Reagan
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DS, ten pages, 8.5 x 11, September 17, 1952. Minutes of a meeting of the Motion Picture Industry Council, notably discussing the Red Scare. In part: “
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Ronald Reagan130 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Dutch,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, October 15, 1989. Letter to Lydia Hupfer “Hup” McArthur, in part: “Here is
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Ronald Reagan131 - Ronald Reagan
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Typescript, ten pages, 8.5 x 11, October 1, 1963, signed and inscribed on the cover sheet in ballpoint, “To Robert Hudson, with very best wishes, Rona
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Bill Clinton132 - Bill Clinton
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Early ALS signed “Bill,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Office of the Attorney General, Little Rock letterhead, September 10, [1978]. Letter to “Bobby.” In fu
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Barack Obama133 - Barack Obama
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Choice official Rawlings Major League (Selig) baseball signed in black felt tip on the sweet spot by Obama. Accompanied by its plastic PSA/DNA authent
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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George Washington135 - George Washington
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Impressive engraved portrait of George Washington by T. Kelly after the famous painting by Gilbert Stuart, 19.5 x 27.5, published by the Franklin Prin
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James Madison136 - James Madison
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Two identical engraved portraits of Madison seated in a chair, published by Johnson, Fry & Co. of New York from the original painting by Chappel...
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Andrew Jackson137 - Andrew Jackson
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Three unsigned items: a 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Jackson by Hoyt/Brady’s National Gallery; a 5 x 6.5 engraving of Jackson’s inaugural address print
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Martin Van Buren138 - Martin Van Buren
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Interesting pair of unsigned items: a partly-printed invitation filled out in another hand, 4.75 x 7.5, inviting a couple to a dinner with the preside
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William Henry Harrison139 - William Henry Harrison
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Commemorative silk mourning ribbon with black trim honoring the late president Harrison, 3.25 x 7.5, featuring a portrait of the president, grave site
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William Henry Harrison140 - William Henry Harrison
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Three items: a black transferware deep plate depicting Harrison’s log cabin, measuring 10? in diameter, marked “Columbian Star” on the bottom and date
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James K. Polk141 - James K. Polk
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Unsigned booklet containing the “Message of the President of the United States” from December 1845, fifteen pages, 6 x 9.5, concerning the annexation
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Millard Fillmore142 - Millard Fillmore
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Two unsigned items: a 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Fillmore in a full-length pose by J. Gurney & Son of New York; and a 2.5 x 7.25 silk c...
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Franklin Pierce143 - Franklin Pierce
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Two different campaign tokens from the 1852 presidential election, each about 1? in diameter, designated as FP 1852-3 and 1852-5 in DeWitt/Sullivan. I
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James Buchanan144 - James Buchanan
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Impressive engraved invitation to Buchanan’s “Grand National Inauguration Ball,” on March 4, 1857, one cardstock page, 7 x 10.5, issued to Miss Lucy D
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Abraham Lincoln145 - Abraham Lincoln
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Four unsigned items: a printed funeral notice, 4.5 x 7, issued by Homer Everett, mayor of Fremont; a 3.5 x 5 black-bordered mourning card; and two 2.5
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Abraham Lincoln146 - Abraham Lincoln
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Group of five unsigned photos measuring from 2.5 x 4 to 6.5 x 4.5, with subjects including Lincoln’s assassination, Lincoln and family, Lincoln on hor
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Abraham Lincoln147 - Abraham Lincoln
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Massachusetts ticket for the 1864 presidential election, headed “Union National Ticket,” 4 x 15.5, listing Abraham Lincoln for president and Andrew Jo
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Abraham Lincoln148 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rhode Island ticket for the 1864 presidential election, headed “National Union Electoral Ticket,” 3 x 4.25, listing Abraham Lincoln for president and
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Andrew Johnson149 - Andrew Johnson
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Two unsigned items related to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson: a blue ticket for admission to the gallery of the US Senate on May 9, 1868, with stub
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U. S. Grant150 - U. S. Grant
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Three unsigned photos: a 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite of Grant and Schuyler Colfax; a 6.5 x 4.25 cabinet photo of Grant seated on his porch in which an Afr
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U. S. Grant151 - U. S. Grant
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Ornate silvered brass ‘Club Badge’ pin, 1.25 x 1.75, featuring a ferrotype portrait of Grant in uniform in the center, encircled by Union Army Corps i
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