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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Franklin D. Roosevelt84 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9.25, Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, February 15, 1917. Letter to Harry S. Lewis, in full: “I find your note on my ret
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Franklin D. Roosevelt85 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Fountain pen signature, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on an off-white 5 x 3 embossed State of New York Executive Mansion card. In fine condition, with a th
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Franklin D. Roosevelt86 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 29, 1931. Letter to Professor Nelson C. Brown, in full: “It would be fine if you could run down
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Franklin D. Roosevelt87 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS signed “FDR,” one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, October 18, 1930. Letter to William H. Kelley, in full: “That i
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Harry S. Truman88 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Mr. Citizen. Later printing. NY: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 315 pages. Neatly signed on the half-title page i
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Harry S. Truman89 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Memoirs: Year of Decisions. Special ‘Kansas City’ edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 596
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Harry S. Truman90 - Harry S. Truman
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Color 9.25 x 12 print of the portrait by Greta Kempton, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To: Jerry Mayback Family, From Harry S. Truman.” In f
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Harry S. Truman91 - Harry S. Truman
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Two TLSs, each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, dated 1968–1969. Both are to Theodore Lesley, historian of Hillsborough County, Florida. Th
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Harry S. Truman92 - Harry S. Truman
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Unusual 5.5 x 12.75 newspaper photo showing a series of presidential first pitches, signed in blue ballpoint, “7/15/66, Harry S. Truman.” In very good
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Dwight D. Eisenhower93 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president signed “D. E.,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 12, 1958. Letter to former United States Ambassador to France A
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Dwight D. Eisenhower94 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president signed “D. E.,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 15, 1953. Letter to Amon G. Carter. In part: “Last night the
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Dwight D. Eisenhower95 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Fountain pen signature and inscription, “Mary, from, Ike,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.25 gilt-edged stationery card embossed with the presidential seal.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower96 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Matte-finish 7.75 x 10 portrait of Eisenhower in his five-star uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mrs. Florence Cross, with best wishe
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Jacqueline Kennedy97 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Bonwit Teller store receipt, signed “J. Kennedy,” one page, 4.25 x 6.5, March 25, 1960. A receipt for the purchase of a dress totaling $30.42, filled
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Richard Nixon98 - Richard Nixon
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Unsigned glossy 6.5 x 8.5 photo of President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon with Air Force General Thomas A. Aldrich, displayed in an irregularly trimmed
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Richard Nixon99 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. First edition, limited issue, numbered 866/2500. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Leatherbound hardcover, ...
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Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger100 - Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger
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Original signed ink sketch by cartoonist Ludwig Wronkow showing Ford, Kissinger, and Brezhnev looking at a personified African continent on an off-whi
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Gerald Ford101 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: The Thirty-eighth President. Limited edition, numbered 267/300. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2001. Clothbound hardcover, 8.2...
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Gerald Ford102 - Gerald Ford
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Souvenir typescript on a cream 6.25 x 8.5 sheet of personal letterhead with embossed presidential eagle, signed in black felt tip, “Gerald R. Ford, 8/
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Jimmy Carter103 - Jimmy Carter
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Four items: a DS signed with his less-frequently seen full name, “James E. Carter, Jr.,” September 5, 1963; and three hardcover books, each signed on
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