Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Presidents

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RR Auction's February Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts over 850 rare and remarkable items, and celebrates Presidents' Day with a special section featuring incredible presidential autographs, artifacts, and memorabilia. Among these are a letter signed by Gen. George Washington four days prior to the Treaty of Paris, a handwritten letter by Mary Todd Lincoln implicating Andrew Johnson in her husband's assassination, and important letters and documents signed by John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson. Other highlights in the sale include a scarce Franz Kafka autograph letter, an ultra-rare 1765 Stamp Act blue-gray stamp, and several early and important Disney production drawings by by acclaimed character animator Preston Blair. 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 February 2023.
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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European Writers (10) Cartes-de-Visite504 - European Writers (10) Cartes-de-Visite
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Group of 10 carte-de-visite portraits of noted European authors, including a combination of real photographs and images of artworks portraying the wri
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Female Authors (6) Carte-de-Visite Photographs505 - Female Authors (6) Carte-de-Visite Photographs
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Group of six 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photos of female authors of the 19th century, with most being real photographs. Subjects include: Louisa May Alco
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Edna Ferber Typed Letter Signed506 - Edna Ferber Typed Letter Signed
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Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (1885-1968) of such classics as Show Boat, So Big, and Cimarron. TLS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 3.
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Robert Frost Signed Book507 - Robert Frost Signed Book
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Signed book: A Masque of Reason. First edition, limited issue, numbered 752/800. NY: Henry Holt, 1945. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10.25, 30 pages
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Zane Grey Signed Book, Signed Check, and Typed Manuscript508 - Zane Grey Signed Book, Signed Check, and Typed Manuscript
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Interesting archive of Zane Grey materials, including a signed first edition book, a signed check, a typed manuscript for his short story "The ...
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Bret Harte (3) Signed Items509 - Bret Harte (3) Signed Items
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American author (1836-1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story 'The Outcasts of Pok...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Signature510 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Signature
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Crisp ink signature, "Yours very truly, O. W. Holmes, Beverly Farms, Mass., Oct. 7th, 1884,” on an off-white 5 x 2.25 slip. I...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Autograph Letter Signed511 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 4.5 x 7, February 3, 1883. Handwritten letter to writer and editor Charles ...
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Robert Howard Signature512 - Robert Howard Signature
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English playwright and politician (1626-1698) who co-wrote The Indian Queen with John Dryden. Scarce ink signature, "Ro: Howard,‚Ä&#...
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William Dean Howells Autograph Poem Signed513 - William Dean Howells Autograph Poem Signed
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American author and editor (1837–1920), nicknamed 'The Dean of American Letters,' best known as the editor of the influent...
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Langston Hughes Signed Booklet514 - Langston Hughes Signed Booklet
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Signed booklet: Freedom's Plow. NY: Musette Publishers, 1943. Paperback, 5.25 x 7.75, 14 pages. Signed and inscribed on the inside of the front ...
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Helen Hunt Jackson Document Signed515 - Helen Hunt Jackson Document Signed
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American poet and writer (1830–1885) who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United Stat...
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Sarah Orne Jewett Autograph Letter Signed516 - Sarah Orne Jewett Autograph Letter Signed
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American writer (1849-1909) known for her local color works set in New England. ALS signed “S. O. Jewett,” one p...
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Robert Underwood Johnson (2) Typed Letters Signed517 - Robert Underwood Johnson (2) Typed Letters Signed
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American writer, poet, and diplomat (1853–1937) who helped to develop international copyright laws and is remembered for his cultu...
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Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed518 - Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.25, Burwash letterhead, August 4, 1926. Letter to Major G. Benson-Scott, headed "Private." In full: "Many thank...
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Alphonse de Lamartine Autograph Letter Signed519 - Alphonse de Lamartine Autograph Letter Signed
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French writer (1790–1869) best known for his autobiographical poem 'The Lake,' who also worked as a diplomat and politicia...
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W. Somerset Maugham Autograph Letter Signed520 - W. Somerset Maugham Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7, Ormonde House letterhead, September 25. [no year]. Handwritten letter to Miss Breelman, in full: "Thank you for writing...
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Joaquin Miller (3) Autograph Letters Signed521 - Joaquin Miller (3) Autograph Letters Signed
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Pen name of the colorful American poet, essayist, and fabulist Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (1841-1913), nicknamed the 'Poet of the Sierr...
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Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books522 - Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books
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Two books signed on the title page in black felt tip by Toni Morrison—a later printing of Paradise, hardcover with dust jacket, pu...
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Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books523 - Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books
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Two first edition books by Toni Morrison—Beloved and Paradise—both hardcovers with dust jackets, both signed on ...
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Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books524 - Toni Morrison (2) Signed Books
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Two books by Toni Morrison: a first trade edition of Jazz, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992, signed on the title page
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New England Authors: Emerson, Holmes, and Bryant (3) Carte-de-Visite Photographs525 - New England Authors: Emerson, Holmes, and Bryant (3) Carte-de-Visite Photographs
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Three 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photographs of 19th-century New England authors, including: a bust portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Warren of Cambridg
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John Boyle O'Reilly Autograph Letter Signed526 - John Boyle O'Reilly Autograph Letter Signed
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Irish poet, journalist, author, and activist (1844-1890) who was transported to Western Australia for his association with the Irish Republican Brothe
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Dorothy Parker Autograph Letter Signed527 - Dorothy Parker Autograph Letter Signed
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Writer and critic (1893–1967) best known for her often cruelly witty and cynical tone. ALS from Dorothy Parker, penned neatly on h...
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J. B. Priestley Signed Sketch528 - J. B. Priestley Signed Sketch
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English writer, social commentator, and broadcaster (1894-1984) who is remembered for the novel The Good Companions, and whose left-wing beliefs influ
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Opie Read Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter Signed529 - Opie Read Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter Signed
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American journalist and humorist (1852–1939) credited with bringing the phrase 'There's a sucker born every minute' in...
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Thomas Mayne Reid Autograph Letter Signed530 - Thomas Mayne Reid Autograph Letter Signed
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Prolific Irish-American novelist (1818–1883) remembered for his adventure novels; Vladimir Nabokov recalled Reid's 'The He...
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James Whitcomb Riley Autograph Letter Signed531 - James Whitcomb Riley Autograph Letter Signed
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American author and poet (1849-1916) best known for writing in 'Hoosier' dialect and for his children's poems. ALS signed ‚Ä&...
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John Ruskin Autograph Letter Signed532 - John Ruskin Autograph Letter Signed
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Influential English art critic and writer (1819-1900) remembered as a champion of the work of J.M.W. Turner. ALS signed “J. Ruskin,
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Dr. Seuss Signed Book533 - Dr. Seuss Signed Book
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Signed book: The King's Stilts. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.5 x 12. Signed and inscribed opposite the ...
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George Bernard Shaw Autograph Letter Signed534 - George Bernard Shaw Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” penned on one of his personal 'Mr. Bernard Shaw's Secretary' envelopes...
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Bram Stoker and Henry Irving Letter Signed535 - Bram Stoker and Henry Irving Letter Signed
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LS signed “H. Irving,” written in the hand of his secretary, Dracula author Bram Stoker, one page, 5 x 8, blinds...
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Oscar Wilde: James Russell Lowell Autograph Letter Signed536 - Oscar Wilde: James Russell Lowell Autograph Letter Signed
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American writer and diplomat (1819-1891) who, after a long and successful career as a poet, satirist, and essayist, served as ambassador to the Kingdo
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Tennessee Williams Signature537 - Tennessee Williams Signature
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Blue ink signature, "Tennessee Williams,” on an unfolded 4.5 x 1.5 matchbook (sans matches). In fine condition.
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Edvard Grieg Autograph Letter Signed538 - Edvard Grieg Autograph Letter Signed
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Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843-1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the &#...
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Louis Armstrong Signed Photograph539 - Louis Armstrong Signed Photograph
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Vintage pearl-finish 10 x 8 Gibson Studio of Chicago photo of Armstrong seated and polishing his trumpet with a handkerchief, signed and inscribed in
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Ray Charles Signed Photograph540 - Ray Charles Signed Photograph
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Exceedingly rare vintage glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Charles in his trademark sunglasses, signed in blue ballpoint, "Ray Charles." In ...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Coltrane Signed Album541 - John Coltrane Signed Album
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Someday My Prince Will Come album signed neatly on the back cover in black ballpoint by John Coltrane. In very good to fine condition, with some light
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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George Gershwin Signature542 - George Gershwin Signature
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Fountain pen signature, "George Gershwin,” on an off-white 3.25 x .75 slip, which is mounted and framed with a color portrait...
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George and Ira Gershwin (2) Signed FDCs543 - George and Ira Gershwin (2) Signed FDCs
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Two FDCs with color American flag cachets, both postmarked on February 28, 1973, and bearing 8-cent George Gershwin stamps, individually signed and in
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Ira Gershwin Original Artwork544 - Ira Gershwin Original Artwork
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Scarce original drawing by lyricist Ira Gershwin of the Amedeo Modigliani oil painting ‘Dr. Deveraigne,’ which h...
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Billie Holiday Document Signed545 - Billie Holiday Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 4, 1954. Typed on Associated Booking Corp. letterhead, Holiday confirms an advance payment: "This is to acknowle...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie Handwritten Lyrics and Original Sketch546 - Woody Guthrie Handwritten Lyrics and Original Sketch
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Amazing autograph lyrics for an apparently unpublished song by Woody Guthrie, one page, 8.5 x 11, titled at the top, "Brown Christmas,‚&#...
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Beatles Signatures (February 1964)547 - Beatles Signatures (February 1964)
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Vintage ballpoint signatures of the Beatles—“Paul McCartney,” “George Harris...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Beatles Signatures (1963)548 - Beatles Signatures (1963)
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Vintage ballpoint signatures of the Beatles—John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr—on ind...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon Signed Photograph549 - Beatles: John Lennon Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 snapshot photo of John Lennon and his young son Julian, which was taken in his Weybridge, Surrey home in 1966, signed in red
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney and George Martin Signed Album550 - Beatles: Paul McCartney and George Martin Signed Album
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UK vinyl pressing of the 1983 Paul McCartney album Pipes of Peace, which has been signed on the front cover in black felt tip by McCartney and on the
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Bob Dylan (4) Signed 'Train Tracks' Giclee Prints551 - Bob Dylan (4) Signed 'Train Tracks' Giclee Prints
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Exquisite portfolio suite of four limited edition giclee prints from the 2010 release of Bob Dylan's 'Drawn Blank' series, all numbered ...
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Fleetwood Mac Signed 45 RPM Record552 - Fleetwood Mac Signed 45 RPM Record
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CBS Records 45 RPM record for the Fleetwood Mac single ‘Albatross / Jigsaw Puzzle Blues,’ signed and inscribed o...
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Buddy Holly Signature (1958)553 - Buddy Holly Signature (1958)
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Vintage ballpoint signature and inscription, "To Maureen, Buddy Holly,” on an off-white 6 x 3.5 mailing envelope. In very goo...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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