RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

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RR Auction’s October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a diverse 1,000+ items from all fields of collecting, with a special focus on Civil War and Literature. In addition to an incredible assortment of autograph letters from luminaries like Charles Darwin, Mohandas Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet, and J. R. R. Tolkien, a few highlights are a sketch by Pablo Picasso, hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, signed photograph of Leo Tolstoy, and beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Top artifacts are an officer’s sword presented to Brig.-Gen. Calvin Pratt, a scarce multi-level amputation kit, bullets fired in ballistic tests used as evidence against Bonnie and Clyde, and an incredible hand-engraved Colt revolver honoring Hollywood’s ‘Monster Legacy,’ just in time for Halloween. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in October 2018.
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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William H. Taft21 - William H. Taft
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Signed book: Washington: The Nation's Capital. Later printing. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1915. Hardcover, 7 x 10. Signed and ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson22 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9.5, personal letterhead, October 13, 1923. Letter to Tennessee Congressman and House Minority Leader Fini
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson23 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, two pages, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, December 29, 1916. Letter to Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith, in full: “I had, as you know, looked forward
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson24 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book set: A History of the American People, Volume I. Alumni edition, limited issue, numbered 9/350. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcov...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge25 - Calvin Coolidge
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Ideal vintage matte-finish 9 x 13 half-length portrait of Calvin Coolidge by the Bachrach Studio, signed floridly in fountain pen by the president, an
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover26 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, August 1, 1929. Letter to Edward H. Benjamin at Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio, California
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover27 - Herbert Hoover
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Two hand-corrected telegram drafts, totaling three pages, 8.5 x 13.25, March 31 and April 1, 1919. First and second drafts of Norwegian explorer and h
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover28 - Herbert Hoover
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ALS signed “H. C. Hoover,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 13, 1913. Letter to Timothy Hopkins, president of the trustees of Stanford Uni
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Franklin D. Roosevelt29 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Two TLSs as president, each one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, dated 1937 and 1942, both to the Hon. H. P. Fulmer, chairman of the House Comm
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Harry S. Truman30 - Harry S. Truman
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Small archive of correspondence between Senator Truman, his secretary Victor R. Messall, and John W. Snyder, discussing various arrangements and poten
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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