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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Andrew Johnson142 - Andrew Johnson
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Pencil signature, “Andrew Johnson, Dec. 10th 1870,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. In very good condition, with light stains and heavy creases.
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James A. Garfield143 - James A. Garfield
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Sharp unsigned 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Garfield in a handsome suit by Sherman & McHugh of New York. In fine condition, with light scattered ...
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Benjamin Harrison144 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpe’s Bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison,” payable to C. C. Hines for $1530, December 15, 18...
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Caroline Harrison145 - Caroline Harrison
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Wife of Benjamin Harrison and first lady (born 1832) from 1889 until her death in 1892. ALS signed “Carrie S. Harrison,” one page, 4.5 x 6.25, July 5,
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William H. Taft146 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, June 9, 1918. Taft forwards a letter of recommendation. In full: “I have sent to Mi
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William H. Taft147 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 9, War Department letterhead, March 29, 1904. Letter to the Right Reverend Thomas O’Gorman, bishop of Sioux
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Woodrow Wilson148 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, State of New Jersey Executive Department letterhead, April 25, 1911. Letter to Justice Samuel Kalisch, who Governor Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson149 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 11 x 14.5, July 16, 1920. President Wilson appoints Malin Craig as “Brigadier General in the Regular Army of
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Calvin Coolidge150 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts letterhead, July 10, 1914. In full: “I have pleasure in commending to your attention the
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Herbert Hoover151 - Herbert Hoover
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Scarce booklet entitled America’s Way Forward printed by the Scribner Press in New York circa 1939, 5.5 x 8, 83 pages, signed at the bottom of the fro
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Herbert Hoover152 - Herbert Hoover
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Wonderful vintage sepia matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 portrait of the thirty-first president by Underwood and Underwood, signed and inscribed in fountain
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Franklin D. Roosevelt153 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, September 19, 1930. Letter to Kenneth O’Brien, in full: “I am grateful to yo
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Franklin D. Roosevelt154 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, August 7, 1932. Letter to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins,
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Franklin D. Roosevelt155 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10, personal letterhead, November 16, 1928. Letter to Francis F. Greeley, written within two weeks of his election as governor o
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Franklin D. Roosevelt156 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 5, White House letterhead, April 30, 1936. Letter to Lillian D. Wald. In part: “I do hope to get some real progress fo
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Franklin D. Roosevelt157 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 25, 1940. Letter to Harold A. Content of New York. In full: “I am very grateful for
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Franklin D. Roosevelt158 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, February 12, 1932. Letter to Bradford Peek of Augusta, Georgia. In full: “It
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Harry S. Truman159 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 14, 1958. Letter to The Viking Press, in full: “Thank you very much for your kindness in sendin
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Harry S. Truman160 - Harry S. Truman
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War-dated TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, January 25, 1940. Letter to William Babb, in part: “The Board informed me today th
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Harry S. Truman161 - Harry S. Truman
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Semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of Truman attending a dinner, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen to the managing editor of the Chicago
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