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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Benjamin Harrison42 - Benjamin Harrison
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Incredible, supremely sharp matte-finish 13.5 x 10.5 photo by Eugene Pirou of 28 members of the Anglo-Venezuelan Arbitration Tribunal affixed to the o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William McKinley43 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, July 18, 1899. President McKinley appoints Fidelio S. Carter as “a Lieutenant Commander
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Theodore Roosevelt44 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Fascinating archive from the papers of Frederick W. Whitridge, president of the Third Avenue Railway and Roosevelt’s appointed ambassador to Spain for
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt45 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Oval matte-finish 6 x 8 portrait of the president taken in 1904 by George Prince, affixed to a 10.25 x 13.25 mount, signed and inscribed as president
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft46 - William H. Taft
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Choice 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Taft in a bust-length pose, signed on the mount in black ink as president, “Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft, March 12,
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Calvin Coolidge47 - Calvin Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.5 x 15, June 8, 1927. President Coolidge appoints Leland B. Morris, as “a Foreign Service Officer of Clas
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Herbert Hoover48 - Herbert Hoover
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Unusual matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 photo of a charcoal drawing of Hoover, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to an associate justice of the Supreme Co
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Franklin D. Roosevelt49 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Handsome 7.5 x 10.5 cardstock print of a bust-length illustration of Roosevelt, signed in fountain pen. Matted and framed to an overall size of 10.75
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Franklin D. Roosevelt50 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 7, 1928. Letter to Mr. Daniel, at the Warm Springs Foundation, in part: “O’Connor has told m
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Franklin D. Roosevelt51 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 1, Roosevelt & O’Connor letterhead, March 17, 1927. Letter to Rear Admiral F. R. Harris, in full: “My congratulations to yo...
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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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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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