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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Zachary Taylor31 - Zachary Taylor
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 15 x 12.75, January 4, 1850. Diplomatic commission in which President Taylor recognizes
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor32 - Zachary Taylor
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Rare free-franked address panel as president, 5.25 x 2.75, addressed in another hand to "Col. J. Dotson Debb, Detroit, Michigan," and bold...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore33 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 8.5, January 28, 1840. In full: “Will you do me the favor to send me immediately the names of 10–15 or 20 of such persons in you
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce34 - Franklin Pierce
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ALS as president, one page both sides, 5 x 7.5, January 21, 1857. Letter to E. L. Childs, Esq., in Washington, in part: "In the midst of my man...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce35 - Franklin Pierce
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ALS as president signed “Frank. Pierce,” four black-bordered pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, October 28, 1853. Letter to John R. Riding of
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce36 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.25 x 13.25, March 20, 1854. President Pierce appoints James A. Kennedy of Washington "to be a Just...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce37 - Franklin Pierce
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Hand-addressed and free-franked mailing envelope, 5 x 2.75, addressed in Pierce's hand to "Mr. William A. Aiken, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,"...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce38 - Franklin Pierce
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Civil War-dated ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.75, February 3, 1861. Written from Hillsboro, a letter to state printer James M. Cam
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Buchanan39 - James Buchanan
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ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 10, January 13, 1842. Letter to John C. Plumer, in part: “I observe by the public papers that my old friend & comp...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Buchanan40 - James Buchanan
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 10, 1848. Official Department of State document certifying John D. Clark and Samuel Stettinius as...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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