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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Stamp Act: 1765 Blue-Gray Paper Stamp174 - Stamp Act: 1765 Blue-Gray Paper Stamp
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Exceedingly rare blue-gray paper stamp from the Stamp Act of 1765, one of about a dozen known. The embossed stamp on blue-gray paper reads "Ame...
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Estimate : 16,000.00 - 18,000.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi Signature175 - Mohandas Gandhi Signature
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Clean ink signature, "M K Gandhi, 18:5:31,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 sheet. Archivally matted and framed with a portrait o...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Signature176 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Signature
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Amazing large ballpoint signature, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King Jr.,” on an off-white 9.5 x 11.5 book page. ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela Signed Book177 - Nelson Mandela Signed Book
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Collector’s Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 558 p...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela Signed Program178 - Nelson Mandela Signed Program
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Program for the presidential inauguration at Pretoria, South Africa, on May 10, 1994, eight pages, 8.5 x 11.25, signed on the front cover in black fel
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Raoul Wallenberg Document Signed179 - Raoul Wallenberg Document Signed
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DS in Hungarian, signed “R. Wallenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, September 28, 1944. Document associated with the...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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P. T. Barnum Signed 'National Dog Show' Diploma180 - P. T. Barnum Signed 'National Dog Show' Diploma
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Marvelous partly-printed DS, one page, 14 x 11, May 1862. A ‘National Dog Show’ diploma from Barnum's Americ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John D. Rockefeller Typed Letter Signed181 - John D. Rockefeller Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.5, Forest Hill letterhead, August 27, 1912. Letter to Charles H. Brown at the ‘Waumbek’ ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Brass Apothecary/Gold Scale by Henry Troemner182 - Brass Apothecary/Gold Scale by Henry Troemner
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Brass Apothecary/Gold Scale, Henry Troemner, Philadelphia. Cherry and brass, in glass case, circa 1890-1910. Measures approximately 17.5" wide ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harvey Cushing (2) Typed Letters Signed183 - Harvey Cushing (2) Typed Letters Signed
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Surgeon (1869–1939) who pioneered many modern neurosurgical techniques and investigated the functions of the pituitary gland. Two ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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