RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts Featuring Royalty

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RR Auction’s January Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is sure to impress, boasting over 850 items in a wide variety of genres. We open with a special ‘Royalty’ section, which spans over five hundred years of majestic material—from Spain’s Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of the 1490s to Britain’s tragic Princess Diana of the 1990s. Our presidential section is similarly robust, highlighted by a Revolutionary War-dated letter by George Washington, a Congressional resolution to honor Ben Franklin signed by Thomas Jefferson, and a page from Theodore Roosevelt’s manuscript for The Winning of the West. Other great autographs in this sale include the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, the economist Adam Smith, the abolitionist John Brown, the surrealist Rene Magritte, and many more. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in January 2018.
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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Calvin Coolidge203 - Calvin Coolidge
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Northampton National Bank check, 8 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Coolidge, "Calvin Coolidge," payable to Sears Roebuck ...
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Calvin Coolidge204 - Calvin Coolidge
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Ink signature, "Calvin Coolidge,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip. Impressively matted and framed with a plaque and four images to an overall size o...
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Calvin Coolidge205 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS as president, one page, White House letterhead, November 26, 1924. Letter to James M. Beck of the Department of Justice, in full: "Pursuant...
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Calvin Coolidge206 - Calvin Coolidge
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Menu booklet for a testimonial dinner in honor of Frank B. Hall at the Hotel Vendome in Boston on February 18, 1921, 4.5 x 7.25, four pages, signed on
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Dwight D. Eisenhower207 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6 x 8.25, White House letterhead, November 10, 1956. Letter to Frank O. H. Williams, chairman of the alumni board at Yale
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Dwight D. Eisenhower208 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 559 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-
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Millard Fillmore209 - Millard Fillmore
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Free-franked address panel, 4.5 x 2.5, addressed in Fillmore's hand to "Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, Staunton, Virginia," and franked in the ...
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Gerald Ford210 - Gerald Ford
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Color satin-finish 6 x 9 head-and-shoulders portrait of President Ford affixed to a white 6.5 x 10.5 mount, signed on the mount in black felt tip, &...
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Gerald Ford211 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: Three volume set of Public Papers of the President: Gerald R. Ford, 1976–77. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1979. Each
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Gerald Ford212 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: Report of the Warren Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. First edition. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Hardcover w
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Gerald Ford213 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Gerald R. Ford,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, Congress of the United States letterhead, September 14, 1973. Letter to Iain Garry, in full: &qu...
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Gerald Ford214 - Gerald Ford
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TLS as president signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 6, 1974. Letter to New York Supreme Court Justice Abraha
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Warren G. Harding215 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 13, March 9, 1922. President Harding appoints Edna A. Gorton as "Postmaster at Lexington, in the...
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Benjamin Harrison216 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 21.75 x 15.75, January 11, 1892. President Harrison appoints Ivory G. Kimbal
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Benjamin Harrison217 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpe's Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to M. H. Wooden for $15, Oc...
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Herbert Hoover218 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 15, 1929. Letter to Pennsylvanian Congressman James M. Beck, in full: "I hav...
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Herbert Hoover219 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Challenge to Liberty. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8, 212 pages. Signed...
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Herbert Hoover220 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: The Great Depression, 1929–1941. First edition. NY: The MacMillan Company, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacke
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Herbert Hoover221 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure, 1874–1920. Seventh printing. NY: The MacMillan Company, 1952. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 49
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Herbert Hoover222 - Herbert Hoover
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White House card signed in fountain pen, "Herbert Hoover." Matted and framed with a commemorative medallion and a vintage matte-finish por...
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson223 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Two books: a softcover copy of The Choices We Face, signed on the opening page in blue ballpoint, "LBJ"; and a second printing of A White ...
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Lyndon B. Johnson224 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Ink signature and inscription, "To Ashley T. Cale, With best wishes, Lyndon B. Johnson,” on an off-white 4.25 x 3 card. Double-matted and frame...
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Abraham Lincoln225 - Abraham Lincoln
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Small mourning badge featuring a .75 x 1 photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln, applied to a black crepe bow and affixed to a larger 3 x 5 coin pou
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Abraham Lincoln226 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original circa 1865 silk mourning ribbon memorializing Abraham Lincoln, 2.75 x 5.75, with text at the top reading, "A Nation's Loss," ...
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William McKinley227 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.25 x 15, January 14, 1898. President McKinley appoints Ivory G. Kimball as "Judge of the Police Co...
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Richard Nixon228 - Richard Nixon
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Two items: a DS, one page, 11 x 8.5, January 20, 1973, an award presented on behalf o the United States Armed Forces to AIC T. J. Budnik for his parti
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Richard Nixon229 - Richard Nixon
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Greeting card celebrating the 80th birthday of President Nixon, dated January 9, 1993, measuring 7 x 5, bearing a color image of the former president
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Richard Nixon230 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “RN,” one page, 6.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, February 22, 1994. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Keyes, in part: "To be reminded that ...
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Richard Nixon231 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 10, 1983. Letter to Jack Dreyfus, in part: "This is one of 1,000 copies of...
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Edith Roosevelt232 - Edith Roosevelt
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ALS signed “Edith Kermit Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt),” one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.25, Sagamore Hill letterhead, May 18, 1924. Letter to Sha
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Eleanor Roosevelt233 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Rare original 5.25 x 4 negative showing Eleanor Roosevelt in later age, conversing with a gentleman during a radio program for an apparent Slavic-spea
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Franklin D. Roosevelt234 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Fountain pen signature, "Franklin D. Roosevelt," on an off-white State of New York, Executive Mansion, Albany card. Double-matted and fram...
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William H. Taft235 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5 x 8, War Department letterhead, June 25, 1908. Letter to Charlie A. Ricks of Detroit, in full: "I beg to ...
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William H. Taft236 - William H. Taft
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Bold ink signature, "Wm. H. Taft,” on an off-white 3 x 1.25 slip. Suede-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 14 x 18. In fin...
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William H. Taft237 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 21 x 16, March 24, 1911. President Taft appoints John D. Barrette as "Lieutenan...
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William H. Taft238 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS, signed "Wm. H. Taft," one page, 7.25 x 3, no date. An Internal Revenue Distillery Warehouse Stamp, No. R8184342, 1878 s...
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Harry S. Truman239 - Harry S. Truman
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.75 x 15.75, March 9, 1950. President Truman appoints Delmas C. Hill of Kansas as "United States Di...
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Harry S. Truman240 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, December 17, 1958. Letter to Hall of Fame basketball coach Phog Allen, in part: &quo...
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Harry S. Truman241 - Harry S. Truman
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Color glossy 6 x 4.5 photo displayed in an 8 x 7 mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in blue ballpoint, "Harry S. Truman" and "To Ge...
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Harry S. Truman242 - Harry S. Truman
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Ink signature, "Harry S. Truman, 3–7–67," on an off-white 7.5 x 11 book page from a 1945 Presidential Proclamation. In very good condition...
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Harry S. Truman244 - Harry S. Truman
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Oversized matte-finish 13 x 10 photo of Truman holding hands in a large group of people, signed in fountain pen, "Kindest regards, Harry S. Tru...
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Harry S. Truman245 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Report of the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. First edition. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing O
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Harry S. Truman246 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, 7.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, May 12, 1964. Letter to Jack Burke of the University of Wisconsin News Service, in full: "Thank you for y...
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Donald Trump247 - Donald Trump
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Amusing color glossy 8 x 9.75 photo of Trump sitting in a golden Oval Office with framed pictures of himself in the background, signed in black felt t
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Donald Trump248 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: The Art of the Comeback. First edition. NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 244 pages. Signed on the first fre
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Donald Trump and Mike Pence249 - Donald Trump and Mike Pence
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Iconic red "Make America Great Again!" trucker snapback cap with American flag brim, a style popularized during the presidential campaign ...
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Martin Van Buren250 - Martin Van Buren
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Ink signature, "With my kind regards, M. Van Buren, Lindenwald, Nov. 9-59,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 slip. Impressively double-matted and fram...
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Woodrow Wilson251 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, May 12, 1916. President Wilson appoints Jose Penteado Bill as "First Lieutenant i...
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Benjamin Franklin252 - Benjamin Franklin
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Manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin Presid't,” one page, 7.25 x 8.5, June 26, 1787. Official bankruptcy document headed, "In the matter of J...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Elbridge Gerry253 - Elbridge Gerry
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Partly-printed DS, signed “E. Gerry,” one page, 13.75 x 7.75, September 4, 1811. As Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachuset
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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