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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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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