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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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John F. Kennedy104 - John F. Kennedy
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Original typescript for a campaign speech made by John F. Kennedy in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on September 22, 1960, 20 pages (pages 5-7 no longer p
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy105 - John F. Kennedy
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Partial ALS signed “Jack,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 8, no date. In full: “I am writing to you as I do not know who is at the Cape. Just before I le
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John F. Kennedy106 - John F. Kennedy
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Desirable Christmas card from 1959 featuring an image of John, Jackie, and baby Caroline on the front, 4.75 x 5.75, signed and inscribed inside in fou
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson107 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Signed book: A White House Diary. Later printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 9.25, 806 pages. Signed and in
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Lyndon B. Johnson108 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 10, 1968. Letter to New Jersey Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., in full: “
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Richard Nixon109 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, May 4, 1972. Letter to James Copley, chairman of Copley Newspapers, in full,
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Richard Nixon111 - Richard Nixon
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Unsigned glossy 6.5 x 8.5 photo of President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon with Air Force General Thomas A. Aldrich, displayed in an irregularly trimmed
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Richard Nixon113 - Richard Nixon
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Color satin-finish 5 x 7 photo of a smiling Nixon, signed in black felt tip. In very good condition, with toning to edges and a few scratches, some to
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Richard Nixon114 - Richard Nixon
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Official White House dinner menu with embossed presidential seal, one cardstock page, 4.25 x 6.5, December 1, 1969, signed at the bottom in black felt
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Jimmy Carter115 - Jimmy Carter
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Highly appealing admission ticket for the visit of Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House on January 29, 1979, measuring 3.5 x 2, ticket no. 33
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Ronald Reagan116 - Ronald Reagan
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Document signed (“Ronald Reagan''), n.d. printed souvenir version of Reagan’s famous challenge to Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev: “Mr. Gor...
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Ronald Reagan117 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Ron,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, personal stationery, December 21, 1990. Letter to Paul and Delores Ballachina, in full: “Some plac
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Ronald Reagan118 - Ronald Reagan
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TLS as president signed “Ronald,” two pages, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, July 15, 1987. Letter to Sam and Bertha Sisco. In part: “I know your di
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan119 - Ronald Reagan
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TQS on a white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed in blue ink by Reagan. A quote taken from Reagan’s speech delivered before the UN General Assembly in New York o
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan120 - Ronald Reagan
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DS, four pages, 8.5 x 4, November 24, 1950. Agreement between Reagan and the Management Corporation of America in which he agrees to perform “as an ac
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Barack Obama121 - Barack Obama
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Official Rawlings Major League (Selig) baseball, circa 2008 signed in black Sharpie on the sweet spot by Obama. Encapsulated in a PSA /DNA authenticat
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Barack Obama122 - Barack Obama
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ANS as president, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House stationery, no date. In full: “To the People of K’Obama—Thank you for your prayers and support! B
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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George Washington125 - George Washington
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Uncommon 1 x 1.5 bust-length portrait of President Washington, affixed to a slightly larger off-white display card and centered within an embossed pat
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James Buchanan126 - James Buchanan
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 27, 1853. Letter to Henry B. Hirst, in full: “I have received your favor requesting me to address Governor Bigler a
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James Buchanan127 - James Buchanan
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Free franked mailing envelope, 5.25 x 2.75, addressed in Buchanan’s hand to “Philip F. Thomas Esquire, Commission of Patent, Washington City,” and fra
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Abraham Lincoln Sighting128 - Abraham Lincoln Sighting
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Two items describing meeting President Abraham Lincoln: a handwritten letter, December 18, 1860, in part: “I had the pleasure of extending the right h
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Andrew Johnson129 - Andrew Johnson
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Ink signature, “Andrew Johnson,” on a light blue 3.5 x .75 lightly-lined slip. In very good condition, with closely cropped edges and light toning.
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Grover Cleveland130 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 6.75, Westland, Princeton letterhead, February 7, 1902. Letter to C. H. Kavanaugh, in part: “I thought I could not do
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Grover Cleveland131 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page, 5 x 6.5, December 19, 1904. Letter to noted bibliophile James Carleton Young. In full: “I have just received your letter asking if I wi
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Frances Cleveland132 - Frances Cleveland
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Nice 3.5 x 4.5 profile portrait of Cleveland in an ornate dress, signed below in black ink, “Frances F. Cleveland, 3’d Nov. 96.” Published by C. M. Be
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Benjamin Harrison133 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpes Bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison,” payable to Keyser & Smith for $14.74, January ...
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Benjamin Harrison134 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 8 x 10, February 21, 1890. President Harrison orders the secretary of state to affi
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William McKinley135 - William McKinley
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Partial partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 3.75, January 10, 1900. Concluding portion of a military appointment, signed in ink by Presid
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William H. Taft136 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7.5 x 10, personal letterhead, July 14, 1921. Letter to Eugene Lyman Fisk of the Life Extension Institute, in full
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Taft, Coolidge, and Hoover137 - Taft, Coolidge, and Hoover
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Four ink signatures of William H. Taft, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (2), on attractive 6 x 9.5 album pages hand-embellished with calligraphic
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Woodrow Wilson138 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 17, 1913. Letter to Hiram Woods, in full: “Your letter of the twelfth gave me
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Woodrow Wilson139 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8, White House letterhead, April 23, 1916. Letter to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, in full: “Thank you for your
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Calvin Coolidge140 - Calvin Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.5 x 14.5, July 2, 1926. President Coolidge appoints Harold G. Baker of Illinois as “Attorney of the Unite
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Herbert Hoover141 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 6, 1932. Letter to the Brook Club Membership Committee, in full: “I understand that
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Herbert Hoover142 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 7, 1932. Letter to Edward L. Tracy, in full: “I deeply appreciate the cordial messa
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Herbert Hoover143 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 28, 1963. Letter to Henry J. Fisher, in full: “Word reaches me that you are celebrating your
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Herbert Hoover144 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: Herbert Hoover: A Reminiscent Biography. First edition. NY: The Century Co., 1928. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 315 pages. Neatly
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Herbert Hoover145 - Herbert Hoover
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Booklet containing the address given by Hoover at the Republican National Convention in Chicago on July 8, 1952, fourteen pages, 4 x 8.25, signed on t
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Franklin D. Roosevelt146 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Bold fountain pen signature and inscription, “For Francis Greeley—From a fellow collector of autographs, Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on an attractive 9.5
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Harry S. Truman147 - Harry S. Truman
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Block of four blue three-cent postage stamps honoring the sesquicentennial of Washington as the national capital, 4 x 2, signed diagonally in fountain
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Harry S. Truman148 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Mr. Citizen. NY: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 315 pages. Signed on the half-title page in blac
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Harry S. Truman149 - Harry S. Truman
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Textured semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of Truman having his arm raised at the 1947 Democratic National Convention, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint,
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Harry S. Truman150 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 5, 1950. Letter to Basil O’Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infa
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Dwight D. Eisenhower151 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 5, 1955. Letter to James D. Preston. In part: “Senator Saltonstall has given me t
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Dwight D. Eisenhower152 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force mailing envelope, 8.25 x 3.75, addressed in type to his son John S. D. Eisenhower at Fort Benning and
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Dwight D. Eisenhower153 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Edward H. North, with best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Wh
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Jacqueline Kennedy154 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS signed “Jackie,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, 1040 Fifth Avenue letterhead, April 5, 1983. Letter to Vava Adelberg, in full: “Your pink carnations were
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Richard Nixon155 - Richard Nixon
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Two items: a TLS, one page, 4.5 x 6.25, April 8, 1977, to a centenarian, in part: “Mrs. Nixon and I join in this expression of our heartfelt congratul
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Richard Nixon156 - Richard Nixon
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Three items related to financial transactions, including: a Graham-Michaelis Drilling, Inc., check made payable to Nixon for $19,325.30, March 4, 1968
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Richard Nixon157 - Richard Nixon
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Two signed books: a second printing of The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the half–title page in black ink, “Richard
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