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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Grover Cleveland62 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 19.52, March 4, 1887. President Cleveland appoints Samuel Breck as “Assistant Adjutant Genera
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Benjamin Harrison63 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 22 x 17, March 1, 1890. President Harrison appoints Edwin L. Wage of Albion, New Yo
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Benjamin Harrison64 - Benjamin Harrison
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LS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page both sides, 10.5 x 14, September 29, 1890. Official letter of state to Carlos Pellegrini, the presid
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William McKinley65 - William McKinley
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Choice partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 10, December 29, 1898. President McKinley authorizes and directs the “Secretary of State to ca
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Theodore Roosevelt66 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS, signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page both sides, 9 x 15, March 13, 1908. Interesting warrant authorizing the extradition of an alleged m
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Theodore Roosevelt67 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Mailing envelope bearing a printed address to Scribner’s Magazine, 11.5 x 5, postmarked in Brazil, 1914, signed in the lower left in pencil, “From The
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Theodore Roosevelt68 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Fantastic matte-finish 4.5 x 8.5 photo of artist Gari Melchers’s full-length portrait of Roosevelt, affixed to a 6.5 x 12.5 mount, boldly signed and i
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Theodore Roosevelt69 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, two pages, 5 x 8, United States Civil Service Commission letterhead, October 1, no year but circa 1889–1895. Boldly penned letter to Dr. Ames. In
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William H. Taft70 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.25, personal letterhead, April 30, 1919. Letter to Gus Karger, in part: “I deeply regret the announcement
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William H. Taft71 - William H. Taft
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ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court letterhead, October 7, 1922. Letter to George Lorimer regardi
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William H. Taft72 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, August 30, 1928. Letter to Harry J. Fisher, in part: “I
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William H. Taft73 - William H. Taft
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Distinguished matte-finish 9.75 x 13.75 portrait of Taft by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink as president, ...
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Woodrow Wilson74 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 31, 1915. Marked “personal” at the top, a letter to S. C. Irving, in full: “Ple
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Woodrow Wilson75 - Woodrow Wilson
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Two TLSs, both one page, 6 x 7 and 8 x 9.75, dated January 3 and February 17, 1911. Both letters addressed to Samuel St. J. McCutcheon. The earlier le
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Warren G. Harding76 - Warren G. Harding
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 4, 1921. Letter to E. F. Mack of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, in full: “
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Calvin Coolidge77 - Calvin Coolidge
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ALS as vice president, one page, 7 x 9, The Vice-President’s Chamber letterhead, April 4, 1922. Letter to “Henry.” In full: “I am very sorry to have m
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Calvin Coolidge78 - Calvin Coolidge
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Scarce ALS as president, one page, 5.5 x 9.25, White House letterhead, May 3, 1924. Letter to De Lancey Kountze, in full: “It was a pleasure to have a
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Franklin D. Roosevelt79 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, one page both sides, 10 x 13, June 12, 1935. President Roosevelt approves “a Trade Agreement between the President of the United Stat
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Franklin D. Roosevelt80 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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World War II–dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 6, 1942. Letter to Senator Lister Hill, in full: “Ever so many th
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and His Cabinet81 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and His Cabinet
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Extraordinary pair of postage stamp sheets from the personal collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt signed by himself and cabinet members, handwritten no
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