Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's December Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts more than 900 lots, highlighted by a multitude of important historical letters and a robust selection of material from popular culture. Highlights of the sale include a signed Abraham Lincoln carte-de-visite, checks from George Washington and Donald Trump, a Charles Dickens autograph quote from A Christmas Carol, rare artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor, unique mixed-media artwork by Bob Dylan, a Christmas card from Al Capone, and rare oversized 'outtake' prints from the Beatles' famous Abbey Road shoot. 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 December 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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Woodrow Wilson61 - Woodrow Wilson
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Uncommon World War I-dated TMS, three pages, 7.5 x 10, The White House, October 13, 1917, signed at the conclusion by President Wilson. Declaration ur
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson62 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 12, 1918. Letter to the Hon. Jouett Shouse of Kansas, in part: "Your let...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding63 - Warren G. Harding
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TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 10, 1921. Letter to famed Mouth Rushmore sculptor Gutzon
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding64 - Warren G. Harding
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 30, 1921. Letter to pastor and magazine editor Dr. John Wesley Hill, in ful
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding65 - Warren G. Harding
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Typewritten manuscript DS, one page, 6.25 x 8, no date but circa 1921. In full: "If we are to put America on the right track, and bring about t...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge66 - Calvin Coolidge
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Extremely rare presidential paycheck from the Treasurer of the United States, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in type as payable to "Calvin Coolidge Pre...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge67 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 4, 1924. Letter to W. J. Cameron, editor of Ford's Dearborn Independent,...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover68 - Herbert Hoover
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Hand-corrected telegram draft, two pages, 8 x 13, April 7, 1919. A draft of the response by the 'Big Four' (American President Woodrow Wilso...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover69 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary letterhead, June 24, 1922. Letter to George Horace Lorimer of the Saturday Ev
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt70 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Two TLSs as president, each one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, dated 1937 and 1942, both to the Hon. H. P. Fulmer, chairman of the House Comm
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman71 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 13, 1951. Letter to former Democratic congressman Maury Maverick. In part: &quo...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman72 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 18, 1946. Letter to Mr. A. D. G. Cohn, the Grand Chancellor of the Nu Beta Epsilon
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower73 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Hand-edited typed draft, headed "Speech for United Nations Day," two pages, 8.5 x 14, dated in pencil in another hand, "for October 2...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower74 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 1, 1960. Letter to Congressman Seymor Halpern of New York, in part: "...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower75 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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World War II–dated ALS signed “Ike,” two pages, 7.75 x 10.5, April 9, [1945]. Letter to "My darling," his wife Mamie, in part: "Luciu...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower76 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 617/1426. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with acetate jacket and s
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower77 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, War Department, Chief of Staff letterhead, January 21, 1946. Letter to Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, General Secretary of the Federa
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower78 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, White House letterhead, December 1, 1954. Letter to Ralph Bonnell, in full: "I write you this letter i...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy79 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Handwritten letter, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 10.5. Del Monte Lodge letterhead, November 9, 1959. Jacqueline Kennedy attacks a Time Magazine article
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy80 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed on the first free end page ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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