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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Everest: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay254Everest: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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Commemorative cover with a cachet depicting Mount Everest and honoring Nepal, 'The Living Museum of the World,' signed in ink by Edmund Hill...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Ernest and Julio Gallo255Ernest and Julio Gallo
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Billionaire brothers who founded the E & J Gallo Winery in 1933 at the end of Prohibition. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the brothers holding their fam...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Indira Gandhi256Indira Gandhi
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Signed book: Magic or Miracle. Bombay: Interpress, 1980. Stiff paperback with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.5. Signed on the title page in felt tip, "In...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Indira Gandhi257Indira Gandhi
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Time magazine cover from January 28, 1966, 7.25 x 10, signed in black felt tip by Indira Gandhi. In fine condition, with trimmed edges.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Indira Gandhi258Indira Gandhi
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Two ink signatures of Indira Gandhi, one on a beige 6 x 4 album page dated "11. 11. 56," and the other on an off-white 5.5 x 3 card dated ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Rajiv Gandhi259Rajiv Gandhi
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FDC with a stamp honoring Eleanor Roosevelt, signed in fountain pen by Rajiv Gandhi and dated 1986. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. I
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Bill Gates260Bill Gates
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Signed book: The Road Ahead. Later printing. NY: Viking, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 286 pages. Signed on the title page in blue fe
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Mikhail Gorbachev261Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at a podium after receiving the Reagan Freedom Medal at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Mikhail Gorbachev262Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 10 x 7.75 photo of Mikhail Gorbachev embracing Ronald Reagan after he received the Reagan Freedom Medal in May 1992, signed in blue felt
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Mikhail Gorbachev263Mikhail Gorbachev
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Three limited edition FDCs with silk color cachets honoring Mikhail Gorbachev's speech at Monticello in honor of Thomas Jefferson's 250th bi...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Hell's Angels: Sonny Barger264Hell's Angels: Sonny Barger
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Three laserprint photos, 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 8.5, each signed in black felt tip by Sonny Barger, the founding member of the Oakland, California, US chap
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Charles Evans Hughes265Charles Evans Hughes
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Mounted matte-finish 4 x 7 portrait of Hughes by Moffett of Chicago, signed and inscribed on the mount in ink, "With cordial regards, Charles E...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sarah T. Hughes266Sarah T. Hughes
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Souvenir typescript entitled "The President Is Sworn In," four pages, 8.5 x 11, detailing her role in the swearing-in of Lyndon B. Johnson...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Internet Pioneers267Internet Pioneers
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Group of six business cards, each 3.5 x 2, signed on the front or back in ink of felt tip by the respective Internet pioneer, including: Vint Cerf, on
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Caroline Kennedy268Caroline Kennedy
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Iconic matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Kennedy family after attending Easter services, signed in black felt tip by Caroline Kennedy. In fine conditio
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Joseph P. Kennedy269Joseph P. Kennedy
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 26, 1944. Letter to Robert Troutman, Jr., of the Special Committee on Post-War Economic Polic
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Robert and Ethel Kennedy270Robert and Ethel Kennedy
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Two signatures: a vintage ballpoint signature of Robert F. Kennedy on an off-white 6 x 4 card; and a modern silver ink signature of Ethel Kennedy on a
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Robert F. Kennedy271Robert F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Bob,” one page, 6 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, February 23, 1965. Letter to John G. W. Mahanna, in part: "Your article on ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Robert F. Kennedy272Robert F. Kennedy
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ALS signed “Love, B.,” penned on a 5.75 x 4 postcard, no date. Kennedy writes a brief letter to Teresa Kraus, in full: "Well this is the way we...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Charles F. Kettering273Charles F. Kettering
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Charles Kettering standing between Atomic Energy Commissioner Lewis Strauss and Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen, affixed t
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Jack Kilby274Jack Kilby
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Physicist (1923–2005) who won the Nobel Prize in 2000 for his 1958 invention of the integrated circuit. Original ballpoint sketch of a microchip accom
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King Alfonso XIII275King Alfonso XIII
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King of Spain from 1886 until 1931, who was proclaimed king at birth and assumed leadership at just 16 years old (1886–1941). Matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 f
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King George II276King George II
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Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 11 x 17.5, August 9, 1758. Military document related to the use of fictitious names on muster r
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King George III277King George III
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Ink signature, "George R.,” on an off-white 5.5 x 5 slip clipped from a document, with retained original white paper seal. In fine condition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King George III278King George III
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DS, signed “George R.,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, November 17, 1786. King George approves to "pay unto Robert Anderson the Sum of Five Shi...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King Hussein279King Hussein
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Two items: a TLS signed "Your sincere friend, Hussein," one page, royal letterhead, April 27, 1974, in part: "Thank you so much for t...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
King Hussein280King Hussein
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Two items: a fountain pen signature, "Hussein," on an off-white 3.5 x 2.75 card with embossed crown; and a biographical pamphlet for "...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King Umberto II281King Umberto II
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Last King of Italy (1904-1983) who spent the last 37 years of his life in exile. Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 7 portrait of King Umberto in a head-and-s
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King Wilhelm I282King Wilhelm I
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Two untranslated ALSs in German by King Wilhelm I: the first is one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, July 30, 1829; the second is one page, 5.5 x 8.75, Janu
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Henry Kissinger283Henry Kissinger
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Two color glossy photos of Henry Kissinger, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in blue felt tip by the elder statesman. In overall fine condition, with li
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Marie Leszczynska284Marie Leszczynska
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Daughter of King Stanislaw Leszczynski (Stanislaw I of Poland) and Catherine Opalinska, (1703–1768) who married King Louis XV of France and became que
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
John McCain285John McCain
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Signed book: Character Is Destiny. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2007. Leather-bound hardcover, 8.25 x 9.5, 311 pages. Sig...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Mother Teresa286Mother Teresa
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Mother Teresa with her hands clasped in prayer, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, "God bless you,...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Mother Teresa287Mother Teresa
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TLS signed “God bless you, M. Teresa mc",” one page on 6 x 4.25 postcard depicting Mother Teresa holding a child, postmarked November 16, 1988....
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Hosni Mubarak288Hosni Mubarak
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The fourth president of Egypt (born 1928) who served from 1981 to 2011. Color glossy 5 x 7 half-length photo of the former Egyptian president seated a
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III289Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III
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Partly-printed DS in Italian, signed “Mussolini,” one page both sides, 9.75 x 14.5, June 28, 1928. Untranslated official document, boldly signed at th
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Nobel Peace Prize290Nobel Peace Prize
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Group lot of three photos and one FDC, each signed in ink or felt tip by a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize: F. W. de Klerk, Mikhail Gorbachev, Yitz
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Lee Harvey Oswald: M. Nick McDonald291Lee Harvey Oswald: M. Nick McDonald
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Fascinating autograph manuscript entitled "The Arrest and Capture of Lee Harvey Oswald, By Officer M. N. 'Nick' McDonald, 11-22-63,&quo...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
The Palm Coast Symposium292The Palm Coast Symposium
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Program for The Palm Coast Symposium, held on November 15–16, 1974, 12 pages, 5.75 x 8.5, signed inside by the event's speakers: Saul Bellow, Gu...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit293Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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Indian diplomat and politician (1900–1990), related to Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi, who served as Nehru's ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Park Chung-hee294Park Chung-hee
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South Korean military leader (1917-1979) who seized power in a 1961 coup d'etat; he was assassinated by the director of his own security force. ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Lester B. Pearson295Lester B. Pearson
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Canadian diplomat and politician (1897–1972) who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Su
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Juan Peron296Juan Peron
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Argentine lieutenant general and politician (1895-1974) who was thrice elected President of Argentina. Two items: a vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 half-
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Physicists297Physicists
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Group lot of nine photos of world-renowned physicists, various finishes, ranging in size from 4.25 x 6.25 to 11 x 8.5, each signed in ink or felt tip
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Timothy Pickering298Timothy Pickering
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Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 20, 1799. Duplicate cop
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Timothy Pickering299Timothy Pickering
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ALS signed “T. Pickering,” one page, 8 x 10, May 7, 1795. Written from the War Office, a letter to Samuel Hodgdon, in full: "I send you herewit...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Francis Gary Powers300Francis Gary Powers
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Signed book: Operation Overflight. Sixth printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 375 pages. Signed and in
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Princess Grace and Prince Rainier301Princess Grace and Prince Rainier
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Attractive vintage glossy 5.75 x 4 postcard photo featuring portraits of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier above the Prince's Palace of Monaco, sig...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Yitzhak Rabin302Yitzhak Rabin
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Early glossy 5 x 7.25 photo of Rabin as Israel's ambassador to the United States, signed in fountain pen, "Y. Rabin, Gen." Reverse bea...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Yitzhak Rabin303Yitzhak Rabin
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Two items: an FDC with a cachet honoring President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed in felt tip by Yitzhak Rabin, "Y. Rabin," and signed in ballp...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00