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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Dwight D. Eisenhower143 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 10, 1960. Letter to James L. Dixon, in full: "One of my associates ran...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower144 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Two TLSs as president, both signed "DE," one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead. The first, dated February 5, 1953, addressed to Er...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon145 - Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon
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TLSs from Dwight D. Eisenhower and President Richard Nixon to journalist and newspaper publisher James S. Copley. The Eisenhower letter, signed &quo...
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Millard Fillmore146 - Millard Fillmore
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Hand-addressed and free-franked mailing envelope, presumed as president, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed by Fillmore to "Hon. Jno. Leighton, Portsmouth, ...
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First Ladies147 - First Ladies
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Group lot of five ink or fountain pen signatures from a former first lady on off-white sheets or cards ranging in size from 3.5 x 2 to 5 x 4, includin
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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First Ladies148 - First Ladies
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Group of four White House cards signed in ink by first ladies, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Patricia Nixon, and Betty Ford. In
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First Ladies149 - First Ladies
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Collection of eight TLSs signed by first ladies, including four by Mamie Doud Eisenhower, three by Lady Bird Johnson, and one by Pat Nixon. In Eisenho
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Gerald Ford150 - Gerald Ford
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Two items signed by Ford: a TLS signed "Jerry Ford," one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 13, 1979, in part: "Thank y...
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Gerald Ford151 - Gerald Ford
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Souvenir typescript on an off-white 6.25 x 8.5 sheet of personal letterhead with an embossed presidential eagle, signed in blue felt tip by Ford, &q...
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Gerald Ford152 - Gerald Ford
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Group of five items signed by Ford, including: a color glossy 4.25 x 3.5 photo of the White House, signed in black felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford&qu...
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Gerald Ford153 - Gerald Ford
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Four TLSs by Ford, each one page, dated from 1974 to 1992: one signed "Jerry Ford," Vice President letterhead, May 1, 1974 ("Mrs. For...
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Gerald Ford154 - Gerald Ford
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Official engraved portrait by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 9 x 12, signed below the vignette in blue felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford." ...
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Gerald and Betty Ford155 - Gerald and Betty Ford
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Two signed photos: a color 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Gerald Ford, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford"; and a gl...
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James A. Garfield156 - James A. Garfield
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Free-franked mailing envelope as congressman, 5.25 x 3, addressed in another hand to "Orlando Morgan Esq., Warren, Ohio," and franked in t...
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson157 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Color glossy 10.5 x 7.75 photo of the Johnson family outside the LBJ Ranch, presented in a 13.5 x 11.5 mat, calligraphically inscribed on the mat, &...
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Lyndon B. Johnson158 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Uncommon LBJ-signed book: To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson. First edition. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Hardcover with dust
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Lyndon B. Johnson159 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS signed “LBJ,” one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, August 25, 1970. Letter to Dorothy Nichols, in full: "Thank you for thinking of me i...
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Lyndon B. Johnson160 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TNS signed “LBJ,” one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, June 24, 1971. Note to James O. Bouton, in full: "Thank you so very much for your co...
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John F. Kennedy161 - John F. Kennedy
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Two items relating to the “Texas Welcome Dinner” of President John F. Kennedy to be held at the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, Texas, on November 22,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy162 - John F. Kennedy
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Invitation to the Dallas Trade Mart Luncheon scheduled for November 22, 1963, 7 x 9.75, stamped on the reverse with the number "2352." Inv...
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