RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s August Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 900 lots, headlined by a special World War II section that tells the story of a war that defined a generation. In addition to this historic offering, headlining items include an important letter by King Henry VIII related to a treaty negotiation, a 1919 letter from Einstein to his ex-wife and children, a remarkable pair of letters by John Lennon about his breakup with Cynthia, and a flag fragment from Horatio Nelson's HMS Victory. 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 August 2017.
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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Millard Fillmore266 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: Works of Michael de Montaigne, Vol. III. Later printing. NY: H. W. Derby, 1861. Rebound hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 510 pages. Crisply signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford267 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Jerry Ford,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, personal Congress letterhead, February 5, 1972. Letter to Ed Hornburg on a variety of important national
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Gerald Ford268 - Gerald Ford
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Two items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of Ford sitting at his desk, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip, "To Ronald E. Wade, b...
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Gerald Ford269 - Gerald Ford
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Two limited first edition books, both signed “Gerald R. Ford,” including: a copy of Humor and the Presidency, numbered 76/150, signed on the colophon
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Gerald Ford270 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: A Time to Heal. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 454 pages. Signed and inscribed on th...
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Warren G. Harding271 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 14, March 13, 1922. President Harding appoints Shirley P. Cox as "Postmaster at Mobeetie, in the...
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Benjamin Harrison272 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher's Bank check, 7.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to Robert B. Keith for...
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Rutherford B. Hayes273 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed "R. B. Hayes," one page, 7.75 x 10, September 6, 1877. President Hayes directs the "Secretary ...
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Rutherford B. Hayes274 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS as governor of Ohio, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 13.75 x 17, April 15, 1868. Hayes appoints Curtis Hall "to be Justice of...
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Herbert Hoover275 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson. First edition, limited issue, numbered 385/500. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.25,
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Herbert Hoover276 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Challenge to Liberty. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Hardcover, 6 x 8, 212 pages. Signed on the first free e...
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Herbert Hoover277 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: Addresses Upon the American Road: 1955–1960. First edition. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8
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Herbert Hoover278 - Herbert Hoover
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Vintage sepia matte-finish 9 x 13 seated portrait of Hoover by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Frearas Hoag, with kind...
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson279 - 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. Johnson280 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Rare ANS as president on an official 4 x 2.25 card embossed with the presidential seal, no date. Note to Robert Perry in Bethesda Naval Hospital. In f
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Lyndon B. Johnson281 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Two items: a color glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Johnson, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Arnold Gates, with warm best wish
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Lyndon B. Johnson282 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Signed book: The Vantage Point. UK printing. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 630 pages. Signed on an ope
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John F. Kennedy283 - John F. Kennedy
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Unused original "Press Section, Balcony Only" ticket, number 1366, 2.5 x 6, to the 'Texas Welcome Dinner' presented in honor of Pr...
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John F. Kennedy284 - John F. Kennedy
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Incredible glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Kennedy with Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis and two other members of the Syracuse University football t
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William McKinley285 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, April 18, 1899. President McKinley appoints George H. McManus as "First Lieutenant of Artill...
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Richard Nixon286 - Richard Nixon
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Official White House envelope bearing a special ‘R. Nixon’ postmark from Berlin on February 27, 1969, 7.25 x 3.75, signed along the bottom in black fe
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Richard Nixon287 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, November 30, 1972. Letter to Jack Dreyfus, in full: "As I look back to the resu...
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Richard Nixon288 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, February 1, 1973. Letter to Daniel Patrick Moynihan at the Department of Sta
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Richard Nixon289 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: No More Vietnams. First edition. NY: Arbor House, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 240 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-
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Richard Nixon290 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: No More Vietnams. First edition. NY: Arbor House, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 240 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-
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Richard Nixon291 - Richard Nixon
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Mudge, Stern, Baldwin & Todd letterhead, September 13, 1963. Letter to Rocco Ameduri of the Bradley Avenue Republican a...
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Barack Obama292 - Barack Obama
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Felt tip signature, "Barack Obama,” on a white 9.5 x 6.5 envelope to which the address of the Senate was added, evidently as a sort of 'fre...
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Barack Obama293 - Barack Obama
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Dual-sided "Obama for Illinois" campaign sign from his 2004 Senate bid, 26.25 x 16, vertically signed and inscribed in the first letter of...
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Ronald Reagan294 - Ronald Reagan
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Program for the 86th Annual Dinner Meeting of the Illinois Manufacturer’s Association held on November 28, 1979, at the Chicago Marriott Hotel, 5.5 x
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Ronald Reagan295 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “RR,” one lightly-lined page, both sides, 8 x 10, dated in another hand June 7, 1967. In part: “Out of a clear sky I have first rec’d the f
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Eleanor Roosevelt296 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6 x 9.25, White House letterhead, December 12, 1939. Letter to her voice teacher, Mrs. von Hesse, in part: "I shall be delighted...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt297 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 10, 1936. Letter to David Bendann, in part: "I am delighted with those e...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt298 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 20, 1934. Letter to Governor C. D. Buck of Delaware, in full: "I have rec...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt299 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Navy Department, Assistant Secretary's Office letterhead, November 3, 1917. Letter to prominent Massachusetts lawyer an...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt300 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, January 28, 1916. Official memorandum from the 'Secretary of the Navy,' in part: "Forwarded herewith is noti...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt301 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, one page, 8 x 8.5, circa May–June 1934. Typed document headed "Tentative Draft of Direction from the President to the Secretar...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt302 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, July 9, 1923. Letter to William H. Kelley, in part: "I understand...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt303 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, June 18, 1930. Letter to Nelson C. Brown of Syracuse University’s New York S
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Franklin D. Roosevelt304 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, July 29, 1920. Letter to William M. Cameron, in full: "I greatly appreciat...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt305 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, January 12, 1931. Letter to Herbert H. Gunnison, in full: "I received...
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William H. Taft306 - William H. Taft
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Well-preserved partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.25 x 19.25, May 18, 1910. President Taft appoints Alfred Mort
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William H. Taft307 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 6.5, White House letterhead, May 8, 1909. Letter to the American minister to the Argentine Republ
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William H. Taft308 - 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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William H. Taft309 - William H. Taft
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Ink signature, "Wm. H. Taft, Oct. 30th 1927,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 10 x 9. In fi...
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William H. Taft310 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 16.5 x 12.5, January 13, 1910. President Taft appoints Samuel L. Thompson of Tennessee
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Harry S. Truman311 - Harry S. Truman
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Ink signature and inscription, as president, “To Hon. John W. Snyder, with best wishes, Harry S. Truman, The White House 1/21/47,” on an off-white 7.5
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Harry S. Truman312 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 15, 1955. Letter to Phil Kerby, editor of Frontier, in part: "Thank you very much for you...
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Harry S. Truman313 - 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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Harry S. Truman314 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9.75, personal letterhead, April 26, 1955. Letter to Gilbert J. Tilbry, in full: "Thank you a lot for yours of the 15th, enc...
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Harry S. Truman315 - Harry S. Truman
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Attractive color program cover featuring a painting by Nicola Veronica symbolizing America's right to vote, published by the International Photo...
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