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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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed FDC364 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed FDC
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FDC with a cachet honoring the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, postmarked on August 14, 1995, bearing an affixed 'Atomic bombs end ...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets (3) Signed Covers365 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets (3) Signed Covers
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Group lot of three commemorative covers with typed captions or ‘Victory over Japan Day’ cachets, two postmarked ...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets (3) Signed Items366 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets (3) Signed Items
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Three items signed in blue ink or felt tip by Paul Tibbets: a glossy 10 x 8 cardstock photo of Tibbets waving from the cockpit of the Enola Gay; a one
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John Glover Signature367 - John Glover Signature
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American fisherman, merchant, and military leader from Marblehead, Massachusetts (1732-1797) who served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army
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Frederick Haldimand Document Signed368 - Frederick Haldimand Document Signed
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Military officer (1718–1791) best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and t...
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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Autograph Letter Signed369 - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Autograph Letter Signed
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British admiral (1724–1816) who fought in the Revolutionary War and later served as Mediterranean Commander-in-Chief in the early ...
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Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condv© Document Signed370 - Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condv© Document Signed
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Eminent French general known as the Great Condé (1621–1686) particularly celebrated for his triumphs in the Thirty Yea...
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Douglas MacArthur Typed Letter Signed371 - Douglas MacArthur Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, War Department letterhead, April 2, 1935. Letter to Colonel Tenney Ross, in part: "Upon the occasion of your retiremen...
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George C. Marshall Signed Photograph372 - George C. Marshall Signed Photograph
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World War II-dated 10.5 x 9 magazine page removed from the March 8, 1942, issue of The New York Times Magazine, which depicts Marshall in his four-sta
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George C. Marshall Typed Letter Signed373 - George C. Marshall Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “G. C. Marshall, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Headquarters, General of the Armies letterhead, December 1...
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Nelson A. Miles Signed Oversized Photograph374 - Nelson A. Miles Signed Oversized Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 10.25 Rice Studio portrait photo of General Miles in military uniform with his Medal of Honor, affixed to the original mou
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vâdouard Mortier, Duke of Trv©vise Letter Signed375 - vâdouard Mortier, Duke of Trv©vise Letter Signed
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French military commander (1768–1835) and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon I, who served during both the French Revolutionary ...
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Michel Ney Autograph Document Signed376 - Michel Ney Autograph Document Signed
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French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815) who was one of the original 18 Marshals
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James Pond Typed Letter Signed377 - James Pond Typed Letter Signed
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Abolitionist and Union Army officer (1838–1903) who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Baxter Spring...
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John Popkin Autograph Letter Signed378 - John Popkin Autograph Letter Signed
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Continental Army officer (1743-1827) who saw action at Bunker Hill and White Plains, and wintered with George Washington at Valley Forge; he was later
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Colin Powell Signed Book379 - Colin Powell Signed Book
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Signed book: My American Journey. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 643 pages. Signed in black felt tip b
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Eddie Rickenbacker Signed Photograph380 - Eddie Rickenbacker Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Rickenbacker by the Moss Studio of New York, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "With my best wishes...
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William Robertson Autograph Letter Signed381 - William Robertson Autograph Letter Signed
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British Army officer (1860–1933) who is the only soldier in the history of the British Army to have risen from an enlisted rank to...
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Jean-de-Dieu Soult Letter Signed382 - Jean-de-Dieu Soult Letter Signed
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Marshal of the Empire (1769–1851) who was one of only six officers in French history to receive the distinction of Marshal General...
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Carl Spaatz Typed Letter Signed383 - Carl Spaatz Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Headquarters, Army Air Forces letterhead, February 28, 1946. Letter to noted autograph collector Theodore R. Stillwell, in pa
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