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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Edmund Randolph304 - Edmund Randolph
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American politician (1753–1813) who served as both attorney general and secretary of state in George Washington's cabinet. Partly-printed vellum...
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John D. Rockefeller305 - John D. Rockefeller
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "John D. Rockefeller,” on an off-white 3.5 x .75 slip. Included is a matte-finish portrait of the oil industry ...
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Helena Rubinstein306 - Helena Rubinstein
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Polish-born businesswoman (1870–1965) who launched a multimillion-dollar cosmetics empire. Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 photo of Helena Rubinstein by I
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Jack Ruby307 - Jack Ruby
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 21, 1959. Agreement between Ruby and Joe W. Johnson in which Johnson signs on to be exclusively managed by Ruby for a peri
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Bertrand Russell308 - Bertrand Russell
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Glossy 4.75 x 6.5 photo of Bertrand Russell holding a pipe in his study, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. Reverse bears a typed collector
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Jonas Salk309 - Jonas Salk
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Medical researcher and virologist (1914–1995) who discovered and developed the polio vaccine. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Salk, signed in blue felt tip. In
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Jonas Salk310 - Jonas Salk
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Signed book: The Survival of the Wisest. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 124 pages. Signed and i...
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Colonel Harland Sanders311 - Colonel Harland Sanders
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the KFC founder in his trademark white suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Gregory R. Jackson, With every ...
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Moshe Sharett312 - Moshe Sharett
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Second Prime Minister of Israel (1894–1965) who served for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms. TLS in Hebrew, one pag...
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Zalman Shazar313 - Zalman Shazar
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Israeli politician, author and poet (1889–1974) who served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973. ALS in Hebrew, signed as president of I
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Herbert Spencer314 - Herbert Spencer
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Prominent English philosopher and sociologist (1820–1903). LS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, April 20, 1897. Lett
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Supreme Court315 - Supreme Court
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Collection of ink signatures of Felix Frankfurter, Frank Murphy, Owen Roberts, Charles Evans Hughes, James Clark McReynolds, and Stanley Reed on indiv
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Supreme Court: Scalia and Sotomayor316 - Supreme Court: Scalia and Sotomayor
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Three signed books: a first edition of My Beloved World, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2013, signed on the title page in
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Margaret Thatcher317 - Margaret Thatcher
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Signed book: The Downing Street Years. First edition, first printing. NY: HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 914 pages. Signe
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Margaret Thatcher318 - Margaret Thatcher
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Signed book: The Path to Power. First US edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 656 pages. Signed on the title page
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Margaret and Denis Thatcher319 - Margaret and Denis Thatcher
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Two letters: a TLS signed "Yours sincerely, Margaret Thatcher," one page, House of Commons letterhead, December 8, 1978, in part: "Yo...
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Clyde W. Tombaugh320 - Clyde W. Tombaugh
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ALS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, New Mexico University, Department of Astronomy letterhead, May 14, 1980. Scientific letter to Harry Gould explaining the dis
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Vice Presidents321 - Vice Presidents
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Collection of 15 ink signatures of US vice presidents, the majority penned individual off-white sheets or cards ranging in size from 3 x 1 to 4.25 x 6
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Daniel Webster322 - Daniel Webster
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Hand-addressed and free-franked mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed by Webster to "Messers. Washburn & Woodman, Mineral Point, Wisconsi...
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor323 - Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Choice ink signatures, "Edward, Duke of Windsor" and "Wallis, Duchess of Windsor," on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card embossed with ...
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