RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction’s February Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction will host over 750 lots of historical memorabilia from all genres, ranging from America’s presidents to the starlets of Hollywood. Among the highlights offered for sale are rare autograph letters by Alan Turing and Albert Einstein, a signed photo of Emperor Hirohito, a Roman Olympic torch, and Peter Finch’s Golden Globe for Network. 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 2017.
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. Eisenhower52 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: The White House Years: Mandate for Change. First edition, limited issue, numbered 418/1500. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover w
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy53 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscri...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy54 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, March 7, 1953. Letter to Robert E. Pfeif, in full: "Thank you f...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy55 - John F. Kennedy
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Ballpoint signature and inscription, "For Phil—Best wishes—John Kennedy,” on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting Kennedy, Jacqueline,...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy56 - John F. Kennedy
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Ballpoint signature, "John Kennedy,” on an off-white 4.75 x 1.75 slip clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Matted with a portrait to an ove...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy57 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.75, black-bordered JFK mourning stationery letterhead, March 24, 1965. Letter to Charles Ficklin, the White House m
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy58 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, November 21, 1958. Letter to Percival Brundage, the director of the US Office
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan59 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Beautiful Russian hand-painted fine lacquer box from the personal collection of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, used by the couple while they resided at the
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan60 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Lovely enameled porcelain pill box from the personal collection of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, used by the couple while they resided at their home in Bel
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan61 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS, one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, June 3, 1990. A note addressed to Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife. In full: "Dear Mikhail &...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan62 - Ronald Reagan
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Collection of approximately 65 items collected by Hoy Quon, who was the co-chairman of the Reagan for Governor Committee in San Francisco’s Chinatown,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan63 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Fine designer wine glass from the personal stemware and dinnerware collection of Ronald and Nancy Reagan while residing at their home in Bel Air, Cali
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan64 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Fine designer tea cup from the personal dinnerware collection of Ronald and Nancy Reagan while residing at their home in Bel Air, California. Designed
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan65 - Ronald Reagan
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Partial handwritten letter, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to "Myrt," in part: "This should ha...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan66 - Ronald Reagan
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 13, March 23, 1971. Extradition document issued from the State of California Executive Department concerning the arrest and transp
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George W. Bush67 - George W. Bush
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Extremely rare AQS as president on an official off-white 6.25 x 4.25 embossed presidential card. Bush pens a line from his September 2001 address foll
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Estimate : 2,600.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Barack Obama68 - Barack Obama
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ANS as president, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, no date. In full: "To the People of K'Ogelo—Thank you for the prayers and ...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 14,000.00
 
 
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George Bush69 - George Bush
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 10, 1990. Letter to Miss Margaret Hupt, in part: "Thank you for your not...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Bush70 - George Bush
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ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.5, personal letterhead, September 23, 1979. Letter to Ron Wade, in full: "The first President I met was Dwig...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George and George W. Bush71 - George and George W. Bush
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Bush family, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Ron, All best, George Bush" and "George ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter72 - Jimmy Carter
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Set of eighteen copies of The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, each hardcover with dust jackets, signed on the title page in ink, "J. Carter." I...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter73 - Jimmy Carter
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Group of five books, all first editions, hardcovers with dust jackets, each signed on an opening page in ink, "J. Carter." Titles include:...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter74 - Jimmy Carter
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.25, 1977 Inaugural Committee letterhead, no date. Letter to Jim, in full: “Your offer to organize the freshmen members is very
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland75 - Grover Cleveland
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LS as president, one page both sides, 8.25 x 12.25, December 17, 1894. Official letter of state to "His Excellency the President of the Republi...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Hillary Clinton76 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Living History. Special limited edition, numbered 1136/1500. NY: Simon & Schuster. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.5, 562 pages. ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge77 - Calvin Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, June 8, 1927. President Coolidge appoints J. Klahr Huddle, of Ohio as “a Foreign Service Officer of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower78 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Program for a ceremony held by The Advertising Club of New York on November 16, 1949, to present Eisenhower with the ‘Bronze Plaque of Achievement,’ t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower79 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, March 15, 1955. Letter to Arthur Scwartz, in full: "I have too long delayed in an...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore80 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: Works of Michael de Montaigne, Vol. III. Later printing. NY: H. W. Derby, 1861. Rebound hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 510 pages. Crisply signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore81 - Millard Fillmore
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 10, February 26, 1853. President Fillmore authorizes and directs the secretary of state to “affix the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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First Ladies82 - First Ladies
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Appealing official engraving of the White House, 8 x 6, signed and inscribed in black felt tip by Mamie Doud Eisenhower, and signed in various inks by
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford83 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: The Thirty-eighth President. Limited presentation edition, numbered 3/34. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2001. Clothbound hard...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison84 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpes Bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, boldly filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to "Mrs. B. Harri...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes85 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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ALS as president signed “R. B. Hayes,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 19, 1878. Letter to Minnesot
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover86 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson. First edition, limited issue, numbered 385/500. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.25,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover87 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Challenge to Liberty. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Hardcover, 6 x 8, 212 pages. Signed on the first free e...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover88 - Herbert Hoover
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Exceptional 10.25 x 13.5 Bachrach portrait photo of Hoover, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Robert H. Lucas, with kind regards of Herbert Ho
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover89 - Herbert Hoover
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White House card signed in black ink by Hoover. In fine condition, with light overall soiling and thin stains to side edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover90 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 9, 1931. Letter to South Carolina Governor Ibra Blackwood, in part: "Fro...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lyndon B. Johnson91 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Signed book: The Vantage Point. First edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 636 pages. Signed in black
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy92 - John F. Kennedy
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Unused original "Press Section, Balcony Only" ticket, number 1388, 2.5 x 6, to the 'Texas Welcome Dinner' presented in honor of Pr...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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William McKinley93 - William McKinley
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Autograph manuscript DS, signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr., Atty for Plaintiff,” one lightly-lined page, both sides, 8 x 12.5, September 21, 1870. Legal brief
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon94 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 5, 1970. Letter to famed businessman J. Paul Getty, in full: &...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon95 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, June 24, 1971. Letter to Pennsylvania Congressman George Atlee Goodling. In
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon96 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: Seize the Moment. Limited edition, numbered 21/250. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.75 x 10, 322 pages. Sign...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Presidents97 - Presidents
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Collection of seven hardcover books, each signed by a president, including: Herbert Hoover (ins; The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson), Gerald Ford (A Time to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan98 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed book: An American Life. Deluxe limited edition, numbered 497/2000. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 748 pa...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan99 - Ronald Reagan
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Bright white gilt-edged card embossed with a gold presidential seal, 4 x 2.25, neatly signed in black felt tip by Reagan. In very fine condition. Acco
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan100 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Ron,” one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, September 20, 1989. Letter to "Ford & Norma," in part: "Thanks for ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nancy Reagan101 - Nancy Reagan
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Signed book: My Turn. Limited first edition, numbered 271/300. NY: Random House, 1989. Clothbound hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 10, 384 pages. Signed
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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