RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction featuring Founding Fathers

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Headlined by a robust Revolutionary War section in celebration of Independence Day, RR Auction’s July 2017 Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale boasts over 800 lots of collectibles from an array of genres. Opening with a pair of remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits used by Dr. John Warren, the first section traces the history of the founding of America from William Penn to George Washington. Key items from other categories include a set of Donald Trump’s personally-owned and -used golf clubs, a rare portrait of Thomas Edison with an inscription about the “electric vehicle,” a chair from Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca, and an incredible autograph letter by Ernest Hemingway. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in July 2017.
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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Gerald Ford144 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: The Thirty-eighth President. Limited edition, numbered 203/300. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2001. Clothbound hardcover, 8.2...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield145 - James A. Garfield
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Satirical booklet prepared for the 1880 presidential campaign between James A. Garfield and Winfield Scott Hancock, entitled 'Presidential Pills...
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Benjamin Harrison146 - Benjamin Harrison
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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...
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Herbert Hoover147 - Herbert Hoover
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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...
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Lyndon B. Johnson148 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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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
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John F. Kennedy149 - John F. Kennedy
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Unused original "Press Section, Balcony Only" ticket, number 1382, 2.5 x 6, to the 'Texas Welcome Dinner' presented in honor of Pr...
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John F. Kennedy150 - John F. Kennedy
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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
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Abraham Lincoln151 - Abraham Lincoln
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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
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William McKinley152 - William McKinley
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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...
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Richard Nixon153 - Richard Nixon
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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
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Richard Nixon154 - Richard Nixon
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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...
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Richard Nixon155 - Richard Nixon
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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
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Barack Obama156 - Barack Obama
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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
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Barack Obama157 - Barack Obama
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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
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Ronald Reagan158 - Ronald Reagan
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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
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan159 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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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 ...
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Bob Hope160 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Bob Hope
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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
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Franklin D. Roosevelt161 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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
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Franklin D. Roosevelt162 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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...
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William H. Taft163 - William H. Taft
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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...
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