RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction featuring Founding Fathers

ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, lightly lined, 5.75 x 9.25, Executive Mansion letterhead, February 28, 1873. In part: "S...

Attractive ink signature, "U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.5 sheet. Nicely matted and framed with a portrait of Grant to an overall size...

ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 5 x 8, September 28, 1876. In part: "I am sorry you have felt it necessary to go into this business, in the...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 16.5 x 13.5, March 31, 1880. President Hayes appoints Guido C. Hinchman as "Pos...

Sought-after LS signed as president, "J. A. Garfield," one page, lightly lined, 7.25 x 9.75, an Executive Mansion telegram, June 15, 1881....

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 17.5, May 19, 1883. President Arthur appoints Theodore G. Dewey as an "Ensign in the N...

Excellent ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, November 26, 1903. Letter to Frank Thorn, in full: "I have received the copies ...

ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, 816 Madison Avenue letterhead, February 9, 1890. Letter to Percy R. Turner, in part: "We should be very glad...

ALS signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 4 x 6.25, 674 North Delaware Street letterhead, July 9, 1896. Letter to Ruth Sadler, in full: "I am very...

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

Signed book: Fear God and Take Your Own Part. First edition. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1916. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 414 pages. Signed and in

Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 8.75 portrait of Roosevelt in a seated profile pose by the Clinedinst Studio, affixed to the original 11 x 14 mount, signe

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 3.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, September 16, 1916. Letter to “Bridger,” possibly Harry St. John Bridger, the British explorer and

ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6, Thirty-six West Forty-eighth Street letterhead, October 19, 1910. Let

Desirable partly-printed DS as president, signed “Theodore Roosevelt" as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 19.25 x 14....

TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 18, 1923. Letter to Rachel Harding Russell, in full: "Your letter of June...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 12.5, May 9, 1922. President Harding appoints Caleb F. Pendleton as "Postmaster at Cheraw, in ...

Signed book: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. First edition, limited issue, numbered 49/1000. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover

World War II–dated TLS signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 6, 1942. Letter to Senator Lister Hill, in full: “Ever so ma

Three TLSs as president, two signed "FDR" and one signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt," each one page, ranging in size from 5.25 x 8 t...

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Navy Department letterhead, March 14, 1918. Official letter to Assistant Paymaster John F. O'Brien, relating to a tempo...

Superb vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 16.5 seated portrait of Truman by Fabian Bachrach, signed in the lower border in black ink by Truman. Affixed to a

Mimeographed speech, five pages, 8.5 x 14, originally given by Truman at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on February 15, 1964. Speech deals with the power o

Signed book: A Day in the Life of President Kennedy. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 108 p

Signed book: One Special Summer. Limited signed first edition of 500 copies. NY: Delacorte Press, 1974. Hardcover in dust jacket, 11 x 13.25, signed i

Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 266 pages. Signed and inscr...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22.5 x 18.5, June 14, 1961. President Kennedy appoints Howard Morgan of Oregon as "a Member of the Fe...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 15, May 6, 1969. President Nixon appoints Daniel Bartlett, Jr., of Missouri as an "Attorney of t...

Donald Trump’s personally-owned and -used full set of TaylorMade RAC TP Forged Irons, 3–PW, gifted to his personal caddie, Andrew Lombardo, at ...

Three items: a ship's log and guest register booklet, 8.75 x 5.75, signed inside in black ballpoint, "George Bush, with appreciation,"...

Signed book: A Charge to Keep. First edition. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 253 pages. Signed on

TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 21, 1979. Letter to Shirley DuChessi, in full: “Rosalynn and I wish to express ou

Two Plains Mercantile Co. checks, both 8.25 x 3, individually filled out and signed by Jimmy or Rosalyn Carter, "J. E. Carter, Jr.," and &...

Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed on the title page in blue fel

TLS signed “Bill,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, August 13, 2008, Hillary for President campaign letterhead. Letter to Kathryn Higgins, whom Clinton refers t

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 20, December 27, 1926. President Coolidge appoints Paul L. Reed as a "Civil Engineer in the N...

FDC postmarked Abilene, Kansas, October 14, 1969, on what would have been Ike's 79th birthday, signed in black ballpoint. In very fine condition...

TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 18, 1958. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Al Ham, in full: “I am grateful for your mess

Collection of 18 FDCs and postal cards, ranging in size from 5.5 x 3.25 to 9.5 x 4, postmarked between 1967 and 1980, each signed in ballpoint or felt

TLS as president, signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead. Letter to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead of California, in full: “L

Signed book: The Thirty-eighth President. Limited edition, numbered 203/300. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2001. Clothbound hardcover, 8.2...

Satirical booklet prepared for the 1880 presidential campaign between James A. Garfield and Winfield Scott Hancock, entitled 'Presidential Pills...

Fletcher's Bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to his wife, "Mrs. B. Harrison&q...

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 22, 1941. Letter to Lawrence Requa of Idaho. In full: "It seems to me that you could be of...

Signed book: The Vantage Point. First edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 636 pages. Signed in black

Unused original "Press Section, Balcony Only" ticket, number 1382, 2.5 x 6, to the 'Texas Welcome Dinner' presented in honor of Pr...

Five items: a one-page souvenir typescript on the Cuban Missile Crisis, signed by Dean Rusk; a color 6 x 4 photo of Kennedy giving a State of the Unio

Two remarkable matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 bust-length portraits of Lincoln affixed to their original Herbert Georg Studio mounts. Originally taken in 18

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 17, February 6, 1899. President McKinley appoints William T. Coulson as a "Postmaster at Port De...

Three items signed by Nixon, including a signed photo, TLS, and commemorative cover: Color satin-finish 8.5 x 11 photo of Nixon at his desk, signed a

Color semi-glossy 8.5 x 11 photo of Nixon sitting at his desk, signed and inscribed in the lower border in thin black felt tip, "To David Hobin...

Three items: two Richard Nixon Library FDCs postmarked January 8, 1993, both 7.25 x 5.25, signed in blue ink by Nixon; and a mailing envelope with a d

United States Senate calling card belonging to Barack Obama, 3.5 x 2, neatly signed in black ink. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of a

Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed on the title pa

Webb School of Claremont, California 1971 El Espejo yearbook, 9 x 12.25, 208 pages, signed on the dedication page in blue ballpoint. Pencil notations

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Reagans posing with a guest at a black tie event, calligraphically inscribed, "To Irene Sieck, with our ...

Color satin-finish 9.75 x 7.5 photo of President Reagan, the first lady, and Bob Hope at the Kennedy Center Inaugural Ball in 1981, affixed to the ori

TLS as governor of New York, signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, November 17, 1930. Letter to prom

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 19, 1928. Letter to "Bertie," a childhood friend of Roosevelt and the wife of pro...

Sharp matte-finish 8.5 x 6.75 photo of Taft working at his desk, signed and inscribed in the lower border in ink, "For Frank G. Kelsey, with be...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 19.25 x 14.25, October 31, 1911. President Taft appoints Samuel Frankenberger as a &...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.5 x 19.25, December 15, 1909. President Taft appoints John M. Orchard as a...

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 9, War Department letterhead, May 26, 1908. Letter to James Grant Wilson, in full: "I beg to acknowle...

Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 portrait of Truman, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To George W. Hickey, Jr., US Secret Service, Harry S. ...

Three items: Uncommon matte-finish 7 x 9.5 photo of the Trumans waving from the steps of their private plane, the 'Sacred Cow,' boldly sign...

Handsome engraving of Truman in a profile pose, 8 x 11.25, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Kindest regards to Floyd W. Miles, Harry S. Truman.” In

Victory in Europe Day FDC postmarked at Independence, Missouri, on May 8, 1973, exactly 28 years after Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany’s f

Mailing envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, signed in black ink, "Best wishes, Harry S. Truman." Also includes a mailing envelope signed in black ink by ...

Two FDCs: one bearing a cachet honoring the founding of the United Nations, postmarked April 25, 1951, signed in black ballpoint by Truman; and anothe

Signed book: Crippled America. Limited first edition, numbered 9571/10000. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193

Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Trump in a seated pose and wearing a tuxedo, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Iconic red "Make America Great Again" trucker snapback cap popularized during the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, prominently signe...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 13.25 x 16.25, November 1, 1837. President Van Buren appoints George Crosman a

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, February 21, 1916. President Wilson appoints Henry W. Hall as "First Lieutenant...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, January 25, 1916. President Wilson appoints Harry R. Taylor as "Chief Carpenter...

Manuscript DS, signed "A. Burr," one page both sides, 8.25 x 12.5, September 1, 1815. A legal document requesting the court appoint a guar...

ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.25, March 1791. Letter to New York Senator Samuel Jones, in part: "Several gentlemen have call...

American novelist and Whig politician (1795–1870) who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a Maryland congressman. ALS signed “J. P. K

American writer and United States Secretary of the Navy (1778–1860); as a member of the 'Knickerbocker Group,' he co-wrote the satirical per...

Grandson (1788–1854) of John Adams, and the son of Abigail 'Nabby' Amelia Adams Smith and Colonel William Stephens Smith. ALS signed “J. Ada...

Teacher and humanitarian (1821–1912) best known for organizing the relief organization the American Red Cross. Exceptional 4.25 x 6.5 gilt-edged cabi

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, June 27, 1798. Letter to "The Honble Rich'd Varick Esqr., mayor of the City of New York," written as gover...

Collection of seven TLSs from the collection of Lauson Stone, the son of Chief Justice Harlan Stone, dated from 1924 to 1972, including five from Supr

Color satin-finish 8.25 x 11.25 photo of the justices inside an impressive section of the Supreme Court, affixed to its original mount, signed on the

French industrialist (1878–1935) best remembered for the make of car bearing his name. TLS in French, signed “A. Citroen,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, pers

Handsome ink signature, "Henry Ford,” on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Theatre and the Grand Hotel of Stanislas Place in th...

Partly-printed DS, signed "Henry Wells" and "Wm. G. Fargo," one page, 12 x 8.25, November 7, 1864. Handsomely engraved certifica...

German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858-1913) famous for the invention of the diesel engine. Scarce ALS in German signed “Diesel,” one page on t

Incredibly crisp fountain pen 'umbrella' signature, "Thomas A. Edison,” on a white 3.25 x 1.75 card. Archivally matted and framed with ...

Outstanding vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 8.75 seated portrait of Edison by Pach Brothers, affixed to the original 11 x 13.75 studio mount, neatly signe

Partly-printed DS, signed twice, “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 11 x 7.75, May 6, 1907. Stock certificate issued to Thomas A. Edison for “One hundred an

Italian physicist and inventor (1874–1937) who devoted his life to experiments in wireless communication, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909. AL

Italian doctor (1628-1694) who gave his name to several physiological features and played an important part in the discovery of the microscope and stu

ALS in French, signed "L. Pasteur," one page, 5.25 x 8, personal monogrammed letterhead, June 30, 1885. Letter to his secretary. In full (...

ALS in French, signed "L. Pasteur," one page, 5.25 x 8.25, April 23, 1882. Letter written a few days before his entry into the Academie Fr...

Important French botanist (1747–1824) who made contributions in the field of agronomy and was a pioneering conservationist. ADS in French, signed “Tho

ALS in German, signed "Sigm. Freud," one page, 5.5 x 7.25, personal letterhead, September 18, 1932. Letter to a doctor, in part (translate...

TLS in German, signed "Freud," one page, 5.75 x 9, personal letterhead, April 29, 1925. Letter to a doctor. In full (translated): "Pe...

Untranslated ALS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, personal letterhead, August 21, 1939. In fine condition.

Tremendously influential philosopher (1711-1776) considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. ALS, one page, 7.2