RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Benjamin Harrison83 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 18 x 13.75, March 8, 1890. President Harrison appoints James A. Tait as “Notary Pub
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William McKinley84 - William McKinley
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ALS as president, one page, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 2, 1899. Letter to his friend and legal client Emma Hazlett. In part: “Ida wou
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William McKinley85 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, August 30, 1899. President McKinley appoints Conant L. Buttrick “First Lieutenant in the Forty-sixt
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William McKinley86 - William McKinley
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Autograph telegram in pencil signed as president, one page, 8 x 7, Executive Mansion Telegram letterhead, August 20, 1898. Telegram to folks in his ho
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Theodore Roosevelt87 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 27, 1905. Letter to Ellen Velvin. In part: “I have read yo
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Theodore Roosevelt88 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Bank check, 8.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Roosevelt, payable to Winifred Ives Clarke for $50, November 18, 1917. In fine condition, with expected
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Theodore Roosevelt89 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, August 15, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints Thomas W. Voetter of New Mexico as “Consul of the Uni
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Theodore and Edith Roosevelt90 - Theodore and Edith Roosevelt
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Four unsigned items: a partly-printed invitation filled out in another hand from “The President and Mrs. Roosevelt” for a reception at the White House
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William H. Taft91 - William H. Taft
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ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, On Board Twin Screw S.S. ‘Fort Victoria’ letterhead, December 28, 1920. Letter to
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William H. Taft92 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 11, 1912. Letter to Oswald Garrison Villard, publisher of New
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William H. Taft93 - William H. Taft
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Collection of seven TLSs by Taft, six signed “Wm. H. Taft” and one signed “Wm. H. T.,” totaling eleven pages, dated from 1908 to 1915. Six are to Clar
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William H. Taft94 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.25 x 19, June 8, 1911. President Taft appoints Lewis Foerster as “Captain of
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William H. Taft95 - William H. Taft
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Exceptional engraved portrait of Taft, 13.5 x 17, signed in the lower border in pencil, “Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft.” Published in 1909 by the Barmo
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Woodrow Wilson96 - Woodrow Wilson
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Collection of three TLSs as governor of New Jersey, each one page, 8 x 9.75, dated 1912–1913. Two feature nearly identical text despite being written
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Woodrow Wilson97 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7.75, Princeton University letterhead, October 12, 1909. Letter to James P. Munroe, declining an invitation. In part: “I esteem it
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Woodrow Wilson98 - Woodrow Wilson
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Historically significant broadside headed “War Proclamation of President Wilson!” printed and posted under the direction of the Lawyers’ Preparedness
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Woodrow Wilson99 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 14.5, May 13, 1915. President Wilson appoints John MacKenzie as “Postmaster at Whitney Point, in the Co
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Woodrow Wilson100 - Woodrow Wilson
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White House card signed along the top in crisp black ink, “Woodrow Wilson.” In fine condition, with mild toning and soiling.
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Woodrow Wilson101 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, May 23, 1917. President Wilson appoints Edward A. Mitchell as an “Ensign in the Navy fro
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Edith Bolling Wilson102 - Edith Bolling Wilson
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Three items: a pair of TLSs, both one page, 5 x 8, black-bordered letterhead, dated March 7 and 19, 1924. Both letters are addressed to Postmaster Gen
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