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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Maria Callas Signed Photograph566 - Maria Callas Signed Photograph
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Lovely semi-glossy 3.75 x 5.75 promotional photo of the renowned soprano, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "Maria Callas, 1975.&qu...
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Enrico Caruso Signature567 - Enrico Caruso Signature
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Enrico Caruso, London, 1907,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 card. In very fine condition.
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Regine Crespin Signed Photograph and Brooch568 - Regine Crespin Signed Photograph and Brooch
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Glossy 6.5 x 9.25 promo photo of Regine Crespin, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. Ornately matted and framed with an appealing brooch att
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Jascha Heifetz Typed Letter Signed569 - Jascha Heifetz Typed Letter Signed
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TLS from Jascha Heifetz, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 7, 1938. Letter to Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., seeking to amend a contract from November 10, 1937, that ori
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Zoltan Kodaly Signed Sheet Music570 - Zoltan Kodaly Signed Sheet Music
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Prominent Hungarian composer, educator, ethnomusicologist, linguist, author, and philosopher (1882-1967). Hungarian sheet music booklet for 'Chi...
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Franz Lehar Signed Photograph571 - Franz Lehar Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition.
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Felix Mendelssohn Hand-Addressed Mailing Envelope572 - Felix Mendelssohn Hand-Addressed Mailing Envelope
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Unsigned mailing envelope, 4.25 x 3.25, addressed in the hand of Felix Mendelssohn to his publisher Friedrich Kistner of the firm H. A. Probst. Triple
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Carl Nielsen Autograph Letter Signed573 - Carl Nielsen Autograph Letter Signed
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Important Danish composer (1865–1931) best known for his six grandly scaled symphonies, a number of which bear such evocative subt...
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Rosa Raisa Signed Photograph and Brooch574 - Rosa Raisa Signed Photograph and Brooch
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Celebrated dramatic operatic soprano (1893–1963) who was the creator of the title role of Puccini's last opera, Turandot, at L...
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Gioachino Rossini Signature575 - Gioachino Rossini Signature
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Important Italian composer (1792-1868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as The Barber of Sev
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Anton Rubinstein Autograph Musical Quotation Signed576 - Anton Rubinstein Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
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AMQS on an off-white 4.75 x 3.25 slip, signed below in ink, "Ant. Rubinstein, St. Petersbourg, 14 Aout, 1890." Rubinstein pens a chord whi...
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Camille Saint-Sav´ns Autograph Letter Signed577 - Camille Saint-Sav´ns Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “C. St. S.,” one page both sides, 9.75 x 7.75, June 30, 1898. Lengthy untranslated handwri...
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Richard Strauss Signature578 - Richard Strauss Signature
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "D. Richard Strauss, Montreaux 23. 5. 48.,” on an off-white 4.75 x 3 card. In fine condition,...
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Arthur Sullivan Autograph Letter Signed579 - Arthur Sullivan Autograph Letter Signed
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British composer (1842–1900) best known for his collaborations on more than a dozen classic comic operas with librettist W. S. Gil...
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Jacques Thibaud Signed Photograph580 - Jacques Thibaud Signed Photograph
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French violinist (1880–1953) who was part of a trio along with pianist Alfred Cortot and cellist Pablo Casals. Handsome vintage gl...
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Giuseppe Verdi Annotated Calling Card581 - Giuseppe Verdi Annotated Calling Card
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Scarce 3.5 x 2 personal calling card belonging to Giuseppe Verdi, whose name is printed in the center and who, in black ink, has added a few handwritt
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Albert Ammons Signed Photograph582 - Albert Ammons Signed Photograph
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American pianist (1907-1949 who was a prominent player of boogie-woogie, a blues style popular from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s. Vintage matte-fin
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Winifred Atwell Signed Photograph583 - Winifred Atwell Signed Photograph
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Vintage 3.5 x 5 cardstock photo of the boogie-woogie pianist, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Joan, Sincerely, Winifred Atwell.R...
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Irving Berlin (2) Typed Letters Signed584 - Irving Berlin (2) Typed Letters Signed
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Two TLSs signed “Irving,” both one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, addressed to Leonard Hoffman. The ear...
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Irving Berlin and Aaron Copland (2) Signatures585 - Irving Berlin and Aaron Copland (2) Signatures
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Two items: a fountain pen signature, “Irving Berlin,” on a beige 4.25 x 6 album page; and a felt tip signature w...
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