RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts Featuring Royalty

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RR Auction’s January Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is sure to impress, boasting over 850 items in a wide variety of genres. We open with a special ‘Royalty’ section, which spans over five hundred years of majestic material—from Spain’s Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of the 1490s to Britain’s tragic Princess Diana of the 1990s. Our presidential section is similarly robust, highlighted by a Revolutionary War-dated letter by George Washington, a Congressional resolution to honor Ben Franklin signed by Thomas Jefferson, and a page from Theodore Roosevelt’s manuscript for The Winning of the West. Other great autographs in this sale include the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, the economist Adam Smith, the abolitionist John Brown, the surrealist Rene Magritte, and many 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 January 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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Zachary Taylor122 - Zachary Taylor
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ALS signed “Z. Taylor, Lt. Col., U. S. Army Comdg,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, August 22, 1832. Letter to Captain Thomas Jesup, in full, “Presuming that th
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore123 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 10, March 6, 1844. Letter to Congressman Truman Smith of Connecticut. In part: "We have to say to our Whig friends in Conn...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce124 - Franklin Pierce
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ALS as president, one page both sides, 5 x 7.5, January 21, 1857. Letter to E. L. Childs, Esq., in Washington, in part: "In the midst of my man...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce125 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15, no date. Unissued four-language ship’s paper, left blank and signed in advance by President Pierce
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce126 - Franklin Pierce
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ALS signed “Fr. Pierce,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.5, no date. Letter to Benjamin F. Hallett, in full: "I intended to leave the city at 12 o...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Buchanan127 - James Buchanan
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LS, one page, 8 x 11.75, March 10, 1845. Department of State circular letter, addressed to "A. D. Mann, U. S. Consul, Bremen," in full: &q...
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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James Buchanan128 - James Buchanan
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ANS as president, one page, 6.25 x 7.75, February 1, 1861. In full: "The Cabinet are requested to meet punctually at 9 O'clock, tomorrow Sa...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Buchanan129 - James Buchanan
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 6.75 x 5.75, June 13, 1860. President Buchanan authorizes and directs the "Secretary of State to affi...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln130 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 18.5, July 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Robert Lennox as "First...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln131 - Abraham Lincoln
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Lengthy ADS, signed “Bush & Lincoln p.q.,” three pages on two sheets, 8 x 12, April 1850. Legal brief almost entirely in Lincoln's hand, in ...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln132 - Abraham Lincoln
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Extremely desirable ink signature, "A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 5 x 1.75 slip clipped from a page in an autograph album. In fine condition. A ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson133 - Andrew Johnson
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Manuscript DS as president, one page, 7 x 8.5, July 13, 1865. In full: "John B. Messick, a Prisoner of War at Fort McHenry will be released upo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant134 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.25 x 6, January 4, 1871. President Grant authorizes and directs the "Secretary of State to affix th...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant135 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 18, April 26, 1875. President Grant appoints Edwards Pierrepont "to be Attorney General of the U...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant136 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.75 x 14, January 7, 1876. President Grant appoints William C. Snyder as "Postmaster at Fulton, in ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Rutherford and Lucy Hayes137 - Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
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Purple ink signatures of the president and first lady, "R. B. Hayes" and "Lucy W. Hayes," on individual off-white slips clipped ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes138 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 18.5 x 13.5, April 18, 1878. President Hayes appoints Boyd H. McEckron of Kansas &qu...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield139 - 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 : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield140 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 8 x 10, July 15, 1880. Letter to J. A. Smith at the Navy Pay Office in Washington, commenting on his presidentia
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield141 - James A. Garfield
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Ink signature, "Vy Truly, J. A. Garfield,” on an off-white 5 x 2.75 sheet clipped from the close of an apparently unrelated letter. In fine con...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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