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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Jacqueline Kennedy63 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS signed “JBK,” one page, 5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date but circa 1961–1963. Letter to “Mr. Nelson,” in part: “Here is a sample with number
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Jacqueline Kennedy64 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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TLS signed “Gratefully, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Doubleday letterhead, no date but postmarked March 2, 1983. Letter to Francis
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Lyndon B. Johnson65 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Color glossy 6.5 x 9.5 photo of the Johnson couple in formal attire, displayed in its original 11 x 14 mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in fountai
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Lyndon B. Johnson66 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Color glossy 13 x 8.5 photo of a painting of LBJ at his Texas ranch, affixed to its original 18 x 14 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fount
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Bill Clinton68 - Bill Clinton
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Early ALS signed “Bill,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Office of the Attorney General, Little Rock letterhead, September 10, [1978]. Letter to “Bobby.” In fu
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Hillary Clinton69 - Hillary Clinton
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ALS as first lady, signed “Hillary,” one page, 6.25 x 9.5, White House letterhead, March 8, 1993. Letter to New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
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George Washington70 - George Washington
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Complete issue of The Pennsylvania Packet from September 19, 1789, printed and sold by John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole of Philadelphia, four pages,
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Rutherford B. Hayes71 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Crisp ink signature, “Rutherford B. Hayes,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition.
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Benjamin Harrison72 - Benjamin Harrison
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Engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 4.75 x 3.25, signed under the image in black ink, “Benj. Harrison.” In fine condition.
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William H. Taft73 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 9, 1910. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus J. Karger, in f
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William H. Taft74 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8 x 10, Department of Justice letterhead, March 12, 1891. Letter to Clarence H. Kelsey, a lifelong friend and Yale
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Woodrow Wilson75 - Woodrow Wilson
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World War I-dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 30, 1918. Letter to Acting Secretary of War Benedict Crowell
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Woodrow Wilson76 - Woodrow Wilson
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Hardcover program for the first annual banquet of the Board of Trade of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, on April 27, 1911, 4.25 x 8, signed on a special aut
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Calvin and Grace Coolidge77 - Calvin and Grace Coolidge
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Two White House cards, individually signed in black ink as president, “Calvin Coolidge,” and as first lady, “Grace Coolidge, August 17, 1923.” Collect
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Herbert Hoover78 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 28, 1963. Letter to Henry J. Fisher, in full: “Word reaches me that you are celebrating your
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Herbert Hoover79 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 20, 1950. Letter to J. Q. Stewart of Princeton University. In part: “I do not know anyone in
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Herbert Hoover80 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1929–1941, The Great Depression. First edition. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacke
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Herbert Hoover81 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes. First edition, limited issue of 990 [out of series]. NY: Huntington Press, 1930. Hardcover with sl
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Herbert Hoover82 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: On Growing Up. Later printing. NY: William Morrow & Company, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 160 pages. Signed on the...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt83 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Autograph notes as president, signed three times within the text, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, no date but circa April 1939. The presi
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