RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a document signed by Columbus sponsors Ferdinand and Isabella, an autograph letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, an original Force print of the Declaration of Independence, and a signed handwritten letter by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Artifacts offered include Ernest Hemingway’s baseball cap and a Beretta Carcano M1891 Cavalry Carbine commissioned by Prince Amadeo of Savoy. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in August 2016.
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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Abraham Lincoln21 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, February 8, 1864. President Lincoln directs “the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the Unite
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln22 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 18.5, July 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints William Borrowe as “First Lieu
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln23 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partial handwritten document by Lincoln, unsigned, one page, 8 x 10, no date. First page of a legal brief in the case of “Caleb Jackson vs. Orson Staf
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Mary Todd Lincoln24 - Mary Todd Lincoln
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ALS signed “Mary Lincoln,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, no date but circa October 1861. Letter to Messrs. Hindhaugh & Co. In full...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson25 - Andrew Johnson
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, August 21, 1851. Written from Greeneville, Tennessee, a letter to A. J. Glossbrenner, the Sergean
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant27 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War-dated ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 21, 1862. Letter to General James McPherson, in full: “It is now reported that Kirby Smith is cro
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant28 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 10.5 x 15.5, April 9, 1875. President Grant authorizes James M. Leary to take “Charles Claremont charged wit
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant29 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 21.25 x 16.5, June 11, 1877. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “J. G. Baker, Jr., master or commander of the Bark Rei
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant30 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14 x 18, June 27, 1870. President Grant appoints William C. Forbush as “First Lieutenant in the Fifth Regime
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes31 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 2, 1878. President Hayes authorizes the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of
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Rutherford B. Hayes32 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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ALS signed “R. B. Hayes, Governor of Ohio,” one page, 7.25 x 9.75, State of Ohio Executive Department letterhead, February 28, 1869. Letter addressed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield33 - James A. Garfield
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Rare partly-printed DS as president, signed “James A. Garfield,” one page, 17 x 14, June 1, 1881. President Garfield appoints Presley C. Lane as “Post
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield34 - James A. Garfield
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Bold ink signature as president, “James A. Garfield, April 13, 1881,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip. Handsomely double-matted and framed with an engr
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Estimate : 3,300.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield35 - James A. Garfield
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Uncommon partly-printed DS, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 16 x 10, October 1, 1876. Garfield appoints Walter Thorne as “Aid de Camp on Staff gene
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Guiteau36 - Charles Guiteau
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Remarkable archive related to the publication of Guiteau’s 1882 book The Truth and The Removal, consisting of an ALS by Guiteau, seven pages from the
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur37 - Chester A. Arthur
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ALS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, family crest letterhead, September 21, [1883]. Response to a dinner invitation from M
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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William McKinley38 - William McKinley
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Signed book: Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley. First edition. NY: Doubleday & McClure, 1900. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 388 pages. Signed and...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft39 - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 15.5 x 20.5, December 20, 1904. Pr
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt40 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Magnificent vintage matte-finish 8 x 6 photo of Roosevelt sitting atop a horse amid an open field, affixed to its original mount, nicely signed on the
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt41 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 21, 1908. Letter to E. E. Clark, the Interstate Commerce Commissioner, in full:
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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