Auction Details
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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162Calvin CoolidgeRR Auction
Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 10.75 bust-length portrait of Coolidge by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, &quo...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
163Herbert HooverRR Auction
Attractive engraving of the White House, 7 x 5.25, signed in fountain pen, "The good wishes of Herbert Hoover." In very fine condition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
164Herbert HooverRR Auction
Vintage sepia matte-finish 9 x 13 seated portrait of Hoover by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Frearas Hoag, with kind...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
165Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, November 16, 1936. President Roosevelt appoints Joseph E. Davis of the District of Columbia as &q...
Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
166Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
TLS as president, two pages, 7.5 x 10.75, April 20, 1939. Official transmittal letter, in part: "To the Senate of the United States: I transmit...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
167Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
One of Franklin D. Roosevelt's personally-embroidered cream-colored handkerchiefs, measuring 19 x 19 unfolded, featuring an exquisite embroidere...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
168Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
Desirable matte-finish 8.25 x 6.25 photo of a seated Roosevelt presenting a medal to a Navy officer, signed in fountain pen. Double-matted and framed
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
169Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, December 5, 1929. Letter to Augustus S. Houghton, in full: "Thank you...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
170Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
Handsome matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait of President Truman, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "With very best wishes to Mrs. Georgia Neese ...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
171Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
Two items: a vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Truman, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "With best wishes to Tina P. Wells, from Har...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
172Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 30, 1958. Letter to Oklahoma Senator Mike Monroney, in full: "I am enclosing the cards ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
173Dwight D. EisenhowerRR Auction
Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.5 bust-length portrait of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "with best wishes...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
174Jacqueline KennedyRR Auction
Unsigned handwritten note by Jacqueline Kennedy, one page, 8.5 x 2.25, no date. In full: "Mugsy, 1. Take 2 bottles to Lamsons & get 3 again...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
175Jacqueline KennedyRR Auction
ALS signed “Jackie,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7.75, Hyannis Port letterhead, no date but postmarked September 10, 1959. Letter to artist Franz Bueb
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
176John F. KennedyRR Auction
Ornate hand-painted wooden folk art chest, measuring 10 x 5.25 x 5.5, gifted by President and Mrs. Kennedy to Caroline Kennedy's dance teacher i...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
177John F. KennedyRR Auction
Important partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22.75 x 18.75, November 14, 1961. President Kennedy appoints renowned lyricist Alan Jay Lerner as
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
178John F. KennedyRR Auction
Original pencil sketches of President John F. Kennedy on a light yellow 7.75 x 12.5 notebook sheet, unsigned, no date but circa late October 1961. The
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
179John F. KennedyRR Auction
TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, United States Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare letterhead, January 27, 1953. Letter to An
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
180John F. KennedyRR Auction
Circa 1960 presidential campaign brochure for Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, 3.75 x 9, produced by West Virginians for Kennedy and proclaiming
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
181John F. KennedyRR Auction
Unsigned pencil notes and doodles by Kennedy, one page, 4 x 5.25, United States Senate Memorandum stationary. Consists of fifteen words written in Ken
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00