RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Presidents

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In honor of Washington's Birthday, RR Auction's February Fine Autograph and Artifact sale opens with a remarkable assortment of nearly 200 presidential autographs, highlighted by an excessively rare William Henry Harrison document as president, an autograph letter by LBJ to the Speaker of the House, and a significant selection of free franks. Other top lots include an extraordinary signed portrait of James Joyce, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal ledger, an Einstein letter on a childhood game, and Warren Buffett's personal set of golf clubs. The Beatles, Apollo 11 astronauts, Charles Schulz, Marilyn Monroe, and Babe Ruth round out our pop culture offerings. 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 February 2019.
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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Charles Guiteau224 - Charles Guiteau
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American lawyer (1841-1882) who, frustrated in his attempt to secure an ambassadorship, assassinated President James Garfield in 1881. Bold ink signat
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Hinckley and Barbara Walters225 - John Hinckley and Barbara Walters
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Unique archive containing four TLSs from ABC broadcast journalist Barbara Walters to would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley, Jr., plus one ALS from Hi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Meyer Lansky226 - Meyer Lansky
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ALS signed “Love, Dad,” one onionskin page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 10.75, December 31, 1970. Letter to his daughter Sandra and her husband Vince Lombard
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Meyer Lansky227 - Meyer Lansky
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ALS signed “Meyer,” three pages on two sheets, 7.25 x 10.25, February 17, 1975. Letter to Joseph Steiner, in part: "The reason I'm late in ...
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Eliot Ness228 - Eliot Ness
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Leader of a special Prohibition squad (1903–1957), known as the Untouchables, which led to the downfall of Al Capone and his successor Frank Nitti, an
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Francis Gary Powers229 - Francis Gary Powers
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TLS signed “Love, Barbara & Gary,” 8.5 x 11, postmarked June 16, no year. Letter to his parents, in full: "I guess that it has been a long ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Alexandra of Denmark230 - Alexandra of Denmark
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Exceptional imperial cabinet 7 x 12.25 portrait of a full-length painting of Queen Alexandra by Royal portraitist Edward Hughes, signed in the lower b
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Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême231 - Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
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Eldest son (1775–1844) of Charles X of France and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830. He was technically King of France and Navarre for less
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Apple: Ronald Wayne232 - Apple: Ronald Wayne
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Three items: an 8.5 x 11 laserprint photo of the original logo design for Apple Computer Co., signed in the lower right in black ink, “Ronald G. Wayne
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P. T. Barnum233 - P. T. Barnum
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Bold and crisp ink signature, "Truly Yours, P. T. Barnum, Feb. 24, 1872,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 slip. Affixed to a larger card and encaps...
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Niels Bohr234 - Niels Bohr
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Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. Bold and crisp fountain pen signature
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British Prime Ministers235 - British Prime Ministers
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Uncommon FDC, 7.5 x 4.5, with a color cachet honoring Queen Elizabeth II and her Canadian Royal Standard, signed in black or blue ink by Tony Blair, J
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Mary Bunting236 - Mary Bunting
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Influential American college president (1910–1998) who became Radcliffe College's fifth president in 1960 and was responsible for fully integrat...
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Luther Burbank237 - Luther Burbank
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American horticulturist and researcher (1849–1926) credited with developing hundreds of plant varieties and hybrids, including the spineless cactus, t
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Vannevar Bush238 - Vannevar Bush
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Engineer (1890–1974) known for his pivotal role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer of the Manhattan Project. Two items signe
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Andy Card239 - Andy Card
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Card informing President Bush of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, signed in silver ink, "'A se...
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Andrew Carnegie240 - Andrew Carnegie
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Fountain pen signature, "Andrew Carnegie,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1.25 slip clipped from a letter, dated January 22, 1917. Affixed to a larger s...
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Vint Cerf241 - Vint Cerf
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American Internet pioneer (born 1943) and one of 'the fathers of the Internet,' who developed TCP/IP technology and the first commercial ema...
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Eldridge Cleaver242 - Eldridge Cleaver
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Handwritten manuscript in pencil by Eldridge Cleaver, entitled "The Codes of Life," unsigned, one page, 5 x 7, no date [circa late 1970s, ...
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DeWitt Clinton243 - DeWitt Clinton
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, May 11, 1805. Letter to Senator John Smith of New York, discussing disputes between New York City and the state l
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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