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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James A. Garfield41 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, House of Representatives letterhead, April 12, 1879. Letter to the Hon. T. Thorp of Columbus, Ohio.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield42 - James A. Garfield
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Sergeant at Arms, United States House of Representatives counter check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by Garfield, "J. A. Garfield," paya...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield43 - James A. Garfield
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ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, June 25, 1880. Letter to journalist J. L. Waite of Burlington, Iowa, editor of The Burlington Hawkeye. I
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield44 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, House of Representatives letterhead, December 26, 1878. Letter to Dr. John Peter Robison in Cleveland
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield45 - James A. Garfield
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Partly-printed DS penned in Garfield's own hand and signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 4, April 30, 1879. Departmental telegraph for the ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield and Benjamin Butler46 - James A. Garfield and Benjamin Butler
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Crisp ink signatures, "J. A. Garfield, Hiram, Ohio" and "Benj. F. Butler, Mass," on an off-white 6.5 x 5 album page. In fine con...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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[James A. Garfield]47 - [James A. Garfield]
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Manuscript telegram dictated from the Executive Mansion by President Garfield's 17-year-old son, Harry A. Garfield, one page, 5.5 x 8.25, Wester...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland48 - Grover Cleveland
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Unusual partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 15, 1885. From the Executive Mansion, President Cleveland issues a suspension to George
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland49 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, May 11, 1900. Letter concerning a fundraising effort for the endowment of Wa
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison50 - Benjamin Harrison
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LS signed “Benj. Harrison,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.5, black-bordered letterhead, May 19, 1893. Letter to O. D. Robinson of Albany
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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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