RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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Featuring a diverse 1,000+ lots, RR Auction’s September Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts a highlighted Royalty section that spans the centuries, offering rarely seen autographs from the likes of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Frederick the Great, and Princess Diana. Other top lots include a remarkable oversized Abraham Lincoln signed photograph, a letter by philosopher Francis Bacon, an extremely early Winston Churchill signed photo, and a sharp signed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. Other noteworthy autographs include Albert Einstein, J. D. Salinger, the Beatles, Ernest Hemingway, Walt Disney, John F. Kennedy, and more! 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 September 2018.
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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Theodore Roosevelt51 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, October 15, 1916. Letter to Sir Rennell Rudd, in part: "Of cours...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt52 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States civil Service Commission letterhead, October 23, 1894. Letter to Senator Charles F. Manderson of Nebraska, in f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt53 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay letterhead, June 6, 1888. Letter to F. O. French, in full: “I am looking f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt54 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 20, 1907. Letter to journalist Oscar King Davis, in ful
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt55 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, Oyster Bay letterhead, August 3, 1915. Marked “Private” in the upper corner, a letter to E. A. Van Valkenburg of the Philad
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft56 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, August 24, 1921. Letter to American painter Albert Rosent
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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William H. Taft57 - William H. Taft
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TQS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 21, 1913. A moving sentiment on good citizenship from the s
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson58 - Woodrow Wilson
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ALS, two pages, 5.25 x 7.75, July 11, 1897. Letter written from Princeton, New Jersey, to Miss S. W. Janney. In part: "I take pleasure in reply...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson59 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 12, 1918. Letter to the Hon. Jouett Shouse of Kansas, in part: "Your let...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson60 - Woodrow Wilson
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Complete book set: History of the American People, Volumes 1–5. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcovers, 6 x 8.75. Neatly signed on an opening p...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding61 - Warren G. Harding
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 30, 1921. Letter to pastor and magazine editor Dr. John Wesley Hill, in ful
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge62 - Calvin Coolidge
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Signed book: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. First edition, limited issue, numbered 146/1000. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover63 - Herbert Hoover
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.5 x 7, June 12, 1928. A "Consent for Use of Name as First Choice for the Presidency" form for the 1928 Repu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt64 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Magnificently impressive carved wood cane personally-owned and -used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and presented to him on the very day of his fi
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt65 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Magnificent matte-finish 13.25 x 16 portrait of Roosevelt seated at his desk with letter in hand, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For Cl...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt66 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, March 20, 1931. Letter to Mr. John Victor Levy of Galveston, Texas, in full:
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt67 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, May 22, 1928. Letter to Henry T. Hackett, in part: "T...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt68 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 6, 1938. Letter to Alfred Winsor Weld, his personal financial advisor at Jackso
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman69 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 18, 1946. Letter to Mr. A. D. G. Cohn, the Grand Chancellor of the Nu Beta Epsilon
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman70 - Harry S. Truman
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ANS, one page, 8 x 10.5, April 26, 1957. Truman pens a note at the conclusion of an autograph request: "Hope you have good luck with your hobby...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower71 - Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
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Fine pair of TLSs to the Schiffeler family, both dated 1953: a TLS as president, signed "Dwight D. Eisenhower," one page, White House lett...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower72 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 736/1426. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.75, 559 pages. Signed in fou
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower73 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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World War II-dated ALS signed “Ike,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa November 10, 1943. Letter to his wife, Mamie D. Eisenhower, in full: &...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower74 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.5 x 15.75, July 29, 1953. President Eisenhower appoints Perry William Morton of Nebraska as "Assis...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower75 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, White House letterhead, December 1, 1954. Letter to Ralph Bonnell, in full: "I write you this letter i...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower76 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Crystal-clear matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 bust-length portrait of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "For the...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover77 - Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover
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Interesting vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Eisenhower and Hoover riding in a convertible with Governor William S. Beardsley at the 1954 Iowa Sta
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jacqueline and Rose Kennedy78 - Jacqueline and Rose Kennedy
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Handsome matte-finish 8 x 10 bust-length portrait of John F. Kennedy by Fabian Bachrach, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint by his mother,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy79 - John F. Kennedy
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Exceptional partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.25 x 13.5, June 13, 1961. President Kennedy appoints Henry DeWolf Smyth, of New Jersey as &...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy80 - John F. Kennedy
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Handsome glossy 8.25 x 10 portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Joyce and Ken Browne—with every good w...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy81 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 14, 1957. Letter to Robert D. Moran, president of the Young Republ
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy82 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare letterhead, February 27, 1953. Letter to Ro
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy83 - John F. Kennedy
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Early TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, March 9, 1953. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne, in full: &qu...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Lyndon B. Johnson84 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Semi-glossy 14 x 11 photo of President Johnson seated in a rocking chair, leisurely discussing state matters with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Robe
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan85 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS as governor, signed “RR,” one page, 8 x 10, June 1, 1967. Letter to Dr. Franklin J. Keville, referencing the Regents of the University of Californ
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan86 - Ronald Reagan
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Handsome vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Reagan during his time as a screen actor, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Ruth & Carl, T...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton87 - Bill Clinton
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TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 15, 1995. Letter to Anne Robbins of Rockville, Maryland, on the Oklahoma City bomb
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Five Presidents88 - Five Presidents
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Engraved portrait of the White House, 8 x 6, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, signed in black felt tip by Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Ca
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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George Bush89 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, December 21, 1999. Letter to Michael and Helene McCafferty, in full: "Your wonderfully thoughtf...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush90 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, July 13, 1994. Letter to the McCaffertys, in full: "What thoughtful people you are. The gift for...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush91 - George Bush
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Signed book: All the Best, George Bush. First edition, limited issue, numbered 497/1000. NY: Scribner, 1999. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 640 pa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George W. Bush92 - George W. Bush
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Signed book: A Charge to Keep. First edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 253 pages. Nicely signed on the colo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush and Gerald Ford93 - George Bush and Gerald Ford
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TLS from Vice President George Bush, one page, 7 x 9, The Vice President letterhead, April 6, 1987. Letter to Richard B. Liblong, in full: "I h...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford94 - George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford
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Felt tip signatures, "George Bush," "Jimmy Carter," and "Gerald R. Ford," on an off-white 6.25 x 3.5 card with embosse...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter95 - Jimmy Carter
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Four first edition books, each signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip, "J. Carter" or "Jimmy Carter." Titles include: a li...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland96 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, August 29, 1893. President Cleveland appoints Lars S. Reque of Iowa as "Consul of the United...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton97 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: Giving. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9.5, 240 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton98 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: The Comeback Kid: The Life and Career of Bill Clinton. First edition. NY: Birch Lane Press, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hillary Clinton99 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Invitation to the White House. Limited first edition, 'Flatsigned 1st Edition' of 100 copies. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. L...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton and James Patterson100 - Bill Clinton and James Patterson
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Signed book: The President Is Missing. First edition. NY: Little, Brown and Company / Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 5
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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