RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 10 x 13.5 Bachrach portrait of Eisenhower in his five-star general uniform, signed and inscribed in the lower border

War-dated ALS signed “Ike,” two pages, 7 x 8.75, November 6, 1942. Letter to his wife, penned while in Gibraltar’s Admiralty Tunnel, in full: “Jack Ny

Page from a typed manuscript draft copiously revised in pencil by Eisenhower, unsigned, one page, 8.5 x 14, no date but circa 1964. Part of a draft fo

Signed book: The White House Years: Waging Peace. First edition, limited issue, numbered 736/1500. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover with sl

Matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Eisenhower seated in a leather chair, signed in the lower border in fountain pen below a pre-printed inscription. In f

TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, February 3, 1953. Letter to Sidney L. Kaye of Boston. In full: “I was

Fountain pen signature, “John F. Kennedy, U. S. Senator, Mass—June 1953,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with light toning. Originally

Handwritten notes in pencil by Kennedy, unsigned, one page, 4 x 6, no date but notated November 1960 on the reverse in another hand. A brief series of

Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 266 pages. Signed and inscr...

Vintage cover of Life magazine’s souvenir edition commemorating Kennedy’s inauguration, 8.25 x 11, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black in

Color semi-glossy 8 x 6.75 photo of Kennedy meeting with Schirra and his family in the Oval Office, affixed to its original 12 x 11 mount, signed and

Esterbrook dipping pen used by President Kennedy to sign Executive Order 10988, entitled ‘Employee-Management Cooperation in the Federal Service.’ The

Signed book: The White House. Special presentation edition. Washington, DC: The White House Historical Association, 1962. Hardcover, 7.25 x 10.5, 129

ALS signed “Jackie,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.25, no date. Letter to Geoffrey Bennison, a London interior designer and antique dealer. In part:

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22.75 x 18.75, June 1, 1964. President Johnson appoints William H. Perkins, Jr., of Illinois as “a Member of

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, July 3, 1969. President Nixon appoints Daniel J. Boorstin, of Illinois, “a Member of the American R

TLS as president signed “Ronald,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, June 16, 1981. Letter to the Sisco family. In part: “Now about the ‘ratt

TLS as president signed “Ron,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, September 7, 1982. Letter to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. In full:

Invitation for the inauguration of Reagan as president and Bush as vice president on January 20, 1981, 8.25 x 11.5, signed at the bottom in black felt

Color satin-finish 8 x 9.75 photo of four American presidents, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Ronald Reagan,” “J. Carter,” and “Richar

Presentation card bearing an affixed 1 x 1 swatch of the red silk fabric removed from the White House Red Room when it was redecorated in 1962, 5.75 x

An off-white embossed vice presidential card, 3.75 x 2.25, signed in felt tip and ballpoint by five vice presidents, two of whom went on to become pre

Ink signature, “John Tyler,” on an off-white 2.75 x .75 clipped slip. Double-matted with a photo of Tyler to an overall size of 11 x 16. In fine condi

Ink signature, “Millard Fillmore,” on an off-white 4 x 1 slip clipped from a document. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds (

Five short strands of Grant’s hair encapsulated in a plastic sleeve and matted with an 1885 memorial card and envelope, and three stereoviews of Grant

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.5 x 19, March 7, 1879. President Hayes appoints Robert C. Walker as “Paymast

Civil War–dated ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, December 22, 1862. Letter to a colonel, in part: “Allow me, though late to o

Free-franked address panel, 5 x 2.75, addressed in another hand to “Dr. E. Foreman, Cantonsville, Md.,” and franked in the upper right, “J. A. Garfiel

Ink signature, “Chester A. Arthur,” on an off-white 4.75 x .75 clipped slip. In fine condition, with some trivial brushing to the paraph.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, January 25, 1884. President Arthur appoints John F. Hazelton of Wisconsin as “Consul of the United

Bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison,” payable to F. M. Herron for $3.40, September 11, 1880. In fine condition

TLS as president, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, July 3, 1899. Letter of condolences to the widow of Horatio Wright, in full: “I

TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 6 x 8.25, personal letterhead, May 8, 1916. Letter to Henry B. Joy, president of the Packard Motor Car Company in

TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 6.5 x 7.75, The Outlook letterhead, February 26, 1912. Letter to W. G. Raines, in full: “I thank you for your two

Bas relief bronze profile plaque of President Theodore Roosevelt by James Fraser, 10 x 12.75, with a portrait of Roosevelt and the quote “Aggressive F

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, July 11, 1914. Letter to Edward Bok, in full: “I have your kind note of July 7th. I

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.5 x 19.25, June 12, 1911. President Taft appoints Frank H. Schofield as “a C

Harding Publishing Company business check, 8.25 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by the company’s treasurer, payable to W. G. Harding for

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 2, 1923. Letter to George Christie, in full: “Sincerest thanks to you and all th

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 21, 1924. Letter to Grosvenor Clarkson, in full: “Thank you very much for your kind

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, September 1, 1950. Letter to Admiral Lewis Strauss, in part: “I would be pleased to have you join me

Attractive matte-finish 10 x 13.5 head-and-shoulders portrait, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Most Kind Regards of He

Uncommon 10 x 12.25 print of an illustration of Hoover by artist Samuel Johnson Woolf, matted to 15 x 18, signed at the bottom in fountain pen, “The K

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, November 14, 1925. Letter to J. Paul De Groff, in full: “Please let me tell you how very glad I am that

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 17, 1956. Letter to former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, in part: “Thank you ver

Appealing matte finish 7.25 x 25 portrait of Truman, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Marty Bowkowski, Kind regards from Harry S. Truman, 5–13–6

TLS, one page, 7.25 x .5, personal letterhead, October 13, 1958. Letter to Curtis Truman, a prospective relative, in full: “The Library was delighted

TLS signed “Ike Eisenhower,” one page, 7 x .25, personal letterhead, November 6, 1965. Letter to Elise Ellis. In part: “Even though I am somewhat tard

TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 24, 1954. Letter to Frederick Meserve, in part: “I am deeply grateful for the stereoscopic negat

TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, December 8, 1969. Letter to John and Ellen Steelman, in full: “Thanks for the memories that your beautif