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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Franklin D. Roosevelt83 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 24, 1934. Letter to F. J. Freestone, Master of the New York State Grange, in ful
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Franklin D. Roosevelt84 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Handwritten notes in pencil, initialed twice, “FDR,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1937–1938. A list of senators in the 75th Congress with che
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Franklin D. Roosevelt85 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 6, 1930. Letter to addressed to Darwin P. Kingsley, President of the New York Life Insurance
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Franklin D. Roosevelt86 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, March 24, 1931. Letter to Kenneth O’Brien, in full: “Mr. C. S. Thompson has
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Harry S. Truman87 - Harry S. Truman
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Unique seating chart, one cardstock page, 11 x 14, July 31, 1947, signed in fountain pen as president, “Approved, Harry S. Truman.” An official seatin
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Harry S. Truman88 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, April 24, 1951. President Truman authorizes Secretary of State Dean Acheson “to negotiate, conclude, and sign a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman90 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 12 x 9.75, April 15, 1946. Official certificate awarded to naval officer and pioneering aviation mechanical engineer Willia
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Harry S. Truman91 - Harry S. Truman
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Superb fountain pen signature, “Kind regards, Harry S. Truman, 7-3-61,” on an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title
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Harry S. Truman92 - Harry S. Truman
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Mimeographed speech, five pages, 8.5 x 14, originally given by Truman at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on February 15, 1964. Speech deals with the power o
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Harry S. Truman93 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 12, 1945. Letter to the director of the Boston Conference on Distribution, Dan
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Harry S. Truman94 - Harry S. Truman
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Three TLSs including two as president, each one page, dated from 1948 to 1954. All are to Arthur Sanford, the finance director for the Iowa branch of
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Harry S. Truman95 - Harry S. Truman
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Crisp Series 1935 D silver certificate signed in black ink by Truman. Also signed above their printed signatures in black ink by US Treasurer Georgia
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Harry S. Truman96 - Harry S. Truman
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Glossy 11.25 x 14 photo of Truman seated next to a globe, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mrs. Fannie C. Epps, kindest regards, Harry S. Tru
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Dwight D. Eisenhower97 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president signed “D. E.,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 12, 1956. Letter to David Marx, of the famous toy manufacturer
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Dwight D. Eisenhower98 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 649/1426. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 55
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Dwight D. Eisenhower99 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, June 9, 1955. President Eisenhower authorizes Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to “negotiate, conclude, an
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Eisenhower and Kennedy: Wilton Persons100 - Eisenhower and Kennedy: Wilton Persons
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Substantial archive of presidential correspondence to Eisenhower’s trusty aide Wilton B. ‘Jerry’ Persons, who served in various capacities throughout
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower101 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Three TLSs to David Marx, signed “D. E.” or “Ike E.,” each one page, personal and White House letterhead, dated between 1956 and 1966. The first, as p
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Dwight D. Eisenhower102 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Mandate for Change: 1953–1956. Limited edition, numbered 325/1434. NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 650 pages. Si
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Dwight D. Eisenhower103 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, October 14, 1953. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Simmons, in full: “Many thanks to you both for the nice birthda
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