RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Franklin D. Roosevelt52 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, two pages, 7.5 x 10.5, April 20, 1939. A document issued “to the Senate of the United States.” In part: “I transmit herewith a conven
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Franklin D. Roosevelt53 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 11 x 8.5, April 13, 1932. An extradition document issued from the Executive Chamber of the State of New York. In part: “I
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Harry S. Truman54 - Harry S. Truman
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ALS as president signed “HST,” one page, 5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date but presumably circa 1948. Letter to Dr. John Roy Steelman, an economi
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Harry S. Truman55 - Harry S. Truman
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Vintage matte-finish 13.5 x 10 Harris and Ewing photo of Truman and members of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Conversion pos
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Harry S. Truman56 - Harry S. Truman
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A printed transcript of the address in which Truman established the ‘Truman Doctrine,’ given before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, fiv
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Harry S. Truman57 - Harry S. Truman
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Jackson Country Treasurer’s check, 8 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Truman, payable to Frank Noonan for $35, April 2, 1934. Three vertical fo
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Dwight D. Eisenhower58 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Handsome matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in the lower border, “For Dr. Francis J.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower59 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS signed “Ike,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, November 14, 1952. Letter to his older brother Edgar Eisenhower, in part: “I have already
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Dwight D. Eisenhower60 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president signed “D. E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, November 30, 1957. Letter to his older brother Edgar N. Eisenhower, in p
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John F. Kennedy61 - John F. Kennedy
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ALS signed “Jack,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8, US Senate letterhead, no date but postmarked December 19, 1955. Letter to John O’Rou
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John F. Kennedy62 - John F. Kennedy
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Program for the 74th annual meeting and dinner of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, Pennsylvania, held on May 12, 1958, eight pages, 6 x 9
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John F. Kennedy63 - John F. Kennedy
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Personal check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Kennedy, “John Kennedy,” payable to World Affairs Bookshop for $10, January 11, 1960.
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John F. Kennedy64 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 23, 1962. Letter to Father Albert Pereira, in part: “My thanks for your recent g
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John F. Kennedy65 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscribed
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John F. Kennedy66 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, July 21, 1959. Letter to Vincent L. Falcone at Americans for Democrati
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John F. Kennedy67 - John F. Kennedy
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Exceptional original matte-finish 13.75 x 11 photo taken by photojournalist James Atherton, showing a young boy who has broken through the barricades
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John F. Kennedy68 - John F. Kennedy
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Superb original matte-finish 13.75 x 11 photo taken by photojournalist James Atherton on June 26, 1963, showing President Kennedy looking across the B
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John F. Kennedy69 - John F. Kennedy
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Large original matte-finish 19.75 x 14 photo taken by UPI photographer Stanley Tretick at a campaign event in Niagara Falls, New York, on September 28
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Jacqueline and Ted Kennedy70 - Jacqueline and Ted Kennedy
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Color 10 x 8 photo of the White House with Clark Mills’s equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in the foreground, signed in blue ballpoint by Jacqueline
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Jacqueline Kennedy71 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Bonwit Teller store receipt, signed “J. Kennedy,” one page, 4.25 x 6.5, March 25, 1960. A receipt for the purchase of a dress totaling $30.42, filled
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Jacqueline Kennedy72 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Two unsigned handwritten notes. The first is along the right edge of a 1969 TLS to Kennedy from American Legion commander Albert Casassa, on letterhea
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Jacqueline Kennedy73 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Signed book: One Special Summer. Limited signed first edition of 500 copies. NY: Delacorte Press, 1974. Hardcover in dust jacket, 11 x 13.25, signed i
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John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson74 - John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
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Unsigned invitation to the inauguration of Kennedy as president and Johnson as vice president on January 20, 1963, 6 x 9, nicely double-matted and fra
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Richard Nixon75 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 26, 1990. Letter to Congressman Charles Wilson ‘Bill’ Young. In full: “This is ju
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Ronald Reagan76 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “RR,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 8.75, May 5, 1967. Letter to Professor Hine, in part: “Your words about faculty morale or lack of it adde
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Ronald Reagan77 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 4, Associated Features Inc. letterhead, no date. Lengthy response to a letter from Phil Pepe and Zander Hollander requ
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George Bush78 - George Bush
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Impressive archive of correspondence from George and Barbara Bush to noted Arkansas philanthropist Jennings Osborne, dating from 1996 to 2001, includi
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Presidents79 - Presidents
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Exemplary engraved invitation to Nixon’s 1969 inauguration, 8.25 x 10.75, signed at the bottom by Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Sr., Jimmy
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U. S. Grant80 - U. S. Grant
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Five short strands of Grant’s hair, each approximately 1? long, encapsulated in a small plastic sleeve and matted within a 12 x 16 display, which also
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Chester A. Arthur81 - Chester A. Arthur
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Executive Mansion card prominently signed in bold black ink, “Chester A. Arthur.” In fine condition, with trivial soiling to the front and a tiny stai
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Theodore Roosevelt82 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10.75, Republican State Committee letterhead, October 5, 1898. Letter to C. H. Cobaugh, in full: “I thank you
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William H. Taft83 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 9, War Department letterhead, March 6, 1907. Letter to Oswald Garrison Villard at The Evening Post, in part:
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Woodrow Wilson84 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, January 3, 1922. Letter to Tom Burgoyne, in part: “My sincerest sympathy goes out to you on account of t
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Woodrow Wilson85 - Woodrow Wilson
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DS signed in pencil, one page, 5.25 x 6, no date but circa 1903. A Princeton University ‘Schedule for Academic Special Students’ for the first term of
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Calvin Coolidge86 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS as vice president, two pages, 7 x 9, The Vice President’s Chamber letterhead, June 30, 1921. Letter to Francis Edward Clark, in part: “It had been
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Herbert Hoover87 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed booklet: American Ideals Versus The New Deal. NY: The Scribner Press, 1936. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 78 pages. Signed on the front cover in fount
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Herbert Hoover88 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 20, 1950. Letter to J. Q. Stewart of Princeton University. In part: “I do not know anyone in
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Eleanor Roosevelt89 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, White House letterhead, November 9, 1936. Letter to Mrs. Adolph, in part: “The President and I deeply appreciate your cong
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Eleanor Roosevelt90 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Signed book: This Is My Story. Third edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1937. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 365 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-tit...
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Harry S. Truman91 - Harry S. Truman
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White House card neatly signed in fountain pen, “Harry S. Truman,” affixed to the bottom of the original 6.25 x 9.25 transmittal letter from the presi
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Harry S. Truman92 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, November 9, 1957. Letter to Harold M. Slater of the St. Joseph News-Press. In part: “I cannot thank you
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Dwight D. Eisenhower93 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president signed “D.E.,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 15, 1956. Letter to Samuel F. Pryor, in part: “Saturday evening
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Dwight D. Eisenhower94 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, later printing. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with a book club edition dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.75, 559 p
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Dwight D. Eisenhower95 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Official War Department mailing envelope, 11.5 x 5, addressed in type to his wife at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, signed on the left side in
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Richard Nixon96 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: In the Arena. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 384 pages. Signed in blue felt tip ...
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Richard Nixon97 - Richard Nixon
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Blue ink signature, “Richard Nixon,” on a 4 x 5.5 bookplate for his 1980 book, The Real War. In fine condition. Accompanied by a hardcover first editi
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Richard Nixon98 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: Leaders. First edition, first printing. NY: Warner Books, Inc., 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 371 pages. Signed and insc
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Richard Nixon99 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 14, 1973. Letter to Samuel F. Pryor, in part: “Barnee Breeskin was
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Richard Nixon100 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, February 5, 1974. Letter to Representative C. W. ‘Bill’ Young, in part: “I a
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Richard and Pat Nixon101 - Richard and Pat Nixon
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Nixons taking part in the festivities surrounding Eisenhower’s inauguration, signed by both in black ink, “Richard Nixon” a
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