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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Woodrow Wilson and WWI Officers81 - Woodrow Wilson and WWI Officers
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 10.5 x 8, March 2, 1922. Discharge of Major Paul McMichael of the US Army Ordnance Department, signed in fountain pen by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson82 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 22.75 x 18.75, June 24, 1914. President Wilson appoints Alfred L. M. Gottschalk as “Consul General of the United States o
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Warren G. Harding83 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, July 28, 1922. President Harding appoints Henry Gilligan as “Notary Public for the District of Colu
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge84 - Calvin Coolidge
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White House card signed in black ink, “Calvin Coolidge.” In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse.
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Calvin and Grace Coolidge85 - Calvin and Grace Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 31, 1927. Hospital birth certificate, in part: “This certifies that Elinore Anne Hanna as born in Sibley
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Herbert Hoover86 - Herbert Hoover
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Uncommon signed booklet: Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1929. Paperback, 5.75 x 9, 11 pages. Signed on t
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Franklin D. Roosevelt87 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Harvard Class of 1904, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Reunion letterhead, May 23, 1929. Letter to a classmate, in part: “First, I d
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Franklin D. Roosevelt88 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Notarized DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 13, June 17, 1937. Sara Delano Roosevelt’s petition for claiming income from the Estate of James R. Roosev
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Franklin D. Roosevelt89 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 7, White House letterhead, November 18, 1938. Letter to Basil O’ Connor, in full: “I appreciate very much your writi
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Harry S. Truman90 - Harry S. Truman
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Two signed items, including: a historically significant TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, March 22, 1972, to Mrs. Margot L. Chadwell, in part: “I was please
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman91 - Harry S. Truman
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Mimeographed typed manuscript signed “Harry S. Truman, U.S.S. Mo.,” six pages, 8.5 x 14, April 1937. Manuscript headed “Speech Delivered at Kansas Cit
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman92 - Harry S. Truman
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Two extraordinary items: a choice matte-finish 9.5 x 7.75 photo of Truman holding up the iconic ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ issue of the Chicago Tribune, s
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman93 - Harry S. Truman
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President Harry S. Truman’s personally-owned 10K gold St. Christopher’s medal charm presented to him on his 65th birthday. The front depicts the patro
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman94 - Harry S. Truman
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Leatherbound guest book from Truman’s Air Force One plane nicknamed the ‘Sacred Cow,’ 8 x 11, signed on five detached interior pages by over seventy i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman95 - Harry S. Truman
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Two items: a rare complete issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune of November 3, 1948, 17 x 24, featuring the iconic banner headline "Dewey Defeats...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman96 - Harry S. Truman
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 14, 1958. Letter to Robert P. Weatherford, Jr., the mayor of Independence, Missouri. In full:
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman97 - Harry S. Truman
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Handwritten note in pencil as president, unsigned, one page, 5 x 8, White House letterhead, January 23, 1948. Note to Secretary of the Treasury John W
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman98 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 31, 1951. Letter to former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, in full: “I
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman99 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 14, 1955. Letter to former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, in full: “I
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman100 - Harry S. Truman
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Block of four green three-cent postage stamps depicting the White House and honoring the sesquicentennial of Washington as the national capital, 4 x 2
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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