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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. Roosevelt101 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Vintage matte-finish 13.75 x 10.75 photo of Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 20, 1941, the day of his unprecedented third inauguration, sitting alongs
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt102 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Wonderful vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait of Roosevelt, presented within its original 9.75 x 12.75 photographer’s mat, signed and inscribed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt103 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 18, August 15, 1935. President Roosevelt appoints Paul D. Shriver as “State Administrator in the Works
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt104 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, one page, 8 x 12.5, December 19, 1938. Historic document related to the founding of the FDR library. In part: “I, Franklin D. Rooseve
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Franklin D. Roosevelt105 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS signed “Try something like this! FDR,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, May 12, 1932. Interesting letter hea
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Franklin D. Roosevelt106 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 20 x 16, May 3, 1938. President Roosevelt appoints Lloyd T. Morgan of Colorado as “Register of the Land Office at Pueblo,
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Franklin D. Roosevelt107 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, one page both sides, 9 x 13.5, June 16, 1943. Warrant for a presidential pardon, in part: “Whereas Theodore A. Flaig pleaded guilty i
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Franklin D. Roosevelt108 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Handsome DS, one page, 8.25 x 12, September 17, 1929. Document issued as governor of New York, in part: “Complying with the request that the State of
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Franklin D. Roosevelt109 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Vintage sepia matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 close-up portrait of Roosevelt, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” and labeled
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Franklin D. Roosevelt110 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9.25, The Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, November 12, 1919. Letter to William C. Hussey, in full: “I am just back from
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Harry S. Truman111 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, May 11, 1949. President Truman appoints Warren R. Austin, US representative to the United Nations, to “sign a c
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman112 - Harry S. Truman
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Vintage matte-finish 15.25 x 10.5 Harris and Ewing photo of Truman and his cabinet, taken on August 25, 1950, signed in blue and black ink in the lowe
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman113 - Harry S. Truman
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ALS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 19, 1958. Letter to his former secretary of state, Dean Acheson. In part: “I’m glad you liked
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman114 - Harry S. Truman
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Uncommon White House guest list for President Truman’s inauguration festivities, 8.25 x 9.75, listing the names of the sixteen original “House Guests,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman115 - Harry S. Truman
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DS, one onionskin page, 8.5 x 14, March 15, 1932. Order issued by the Judges of the County Court of Jackson, County, Missouri directing “the County Hi
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Harry S. Truman116 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 12, 1946. Letter to Thomas H. MacDonald, in full: “I am sending you a copy of a
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Harry S. Truman117 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, June 4, 1941. Letter to Martin Lewis, in full: “I called the War Department a
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Harry S. Truman118 - Harry S. Truman
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ANS signed “HST,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 3, 1955. Penned at the close of letter written to him by Alexander Kadison concerning a misquote in the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower119 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, December 6, 1957. President Eisenhower appoints Bruce Catton as “a Member of the Civil War Centenni
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower120 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Impressive original oil painting accomplished by President Eisenhower during his time in the White House, 15.5 x 17.5, portraying White House Chief of
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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