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. Roosevelt53 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 24, 1934. Letter to F. J. Freestone, Master of the New York State Grange, in ful
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower54 - Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Two TLSs, each one page, January 1948, both to David E. Finley, director of the Smithsonian’s National Gallery of Art. Truman’s letter, as president,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman55 - Harry S. Truman
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Impressive printed World War II proclamation, one page, 12.5 x 19.25, May 8, 1945. A calligraphic proclamation, issued the day following the German su
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Estimate : 6,600.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman56 - Harry S. Truman
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Important TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, September 11, 1944. Letter to reporter Joseph Lieb written just two months after h
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower57 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 1044/1426. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 5
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy58 - John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy’s handwritten notes on a meeting related to the Cold War, six pages, 5 x 8, no date but likely as president circa 1961–1962. Brief notes writt
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy59 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 266 pages. Signed and inscr...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy60 - John F. Kennedy
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Souvenir edition of LIFE magazine entitled ‘Inaugural Spectacle,’ 8.25 x 11, published in 1961, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ink a
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy61 - John F. Kennedy
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Exceptional ALS signed “John,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, no date but circa November 1957. In full: “Many thanks for the inv
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy62 - John F. Kennedy
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Desirable TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 16, 1963. Letter to New Jersey Senator Clifford
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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