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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Warren G. Harding42 - Warren G. Harding
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Handsome matte-finish 5.5 x 8 portrait of Harding by the Baker Art Gallery, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Very truly yours, Warren G. H
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge43 - Calvin Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, March 20, 1924. President Coolidge appoints Frank H. Schofield as “a Rear Admiral in the Navy.” Sig
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt44 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Signed book: The Democratic Book, 1936. Limited edition, numbered 1154 of an unspecified limitation. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, 11.5 x 14.5,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt45 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 12, 1935. Letter to John Rowe, in part: “I am sorry that I shall be unable to take the action
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman46 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 13, 1951. Letter to former Democratic congressman Maury Maverick. In part: “You a
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt47 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, April 27, 1933. Letter to Lewis Radcliffe, in full: “In accordance with your letter of April eighteenth,
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Harry S. Truman48 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page both sides, 9 x 13.5, May 16, 1949. President Truman issues a pardon to “Jose Rubilar, an alien who was convicted in the Uni
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman49 - Harry S. Truman
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Scarce engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 8 x 6, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Kind regards to Myrtle Flanders, from Harry S.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman50 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 31, 1951. Letter to Reverend James Johnston, in part: “I read your postcard from
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Harry S. Truman51 - Harry S. Truman
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Color matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Truman laughing at his desk, affixed to its original 10.75 x 13.75 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in foun
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Dwight D. Eisenhower52 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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
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Dwight D. Eisenhower53 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower54 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower55 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: The White House Years: Waging Peace. First edition, limited issue, numbered 736/1500. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover with sl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower56 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy57 - John F. Kennedy
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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
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy58 - John F. Kennedy
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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
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy59 - John F. Kennedy
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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
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy60 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 266 pages. Signed and inscr...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy61 - John F. Kennedy
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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
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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