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 Harrison84 - Benjamin Harrison
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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
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William McKinley85 - William McKinley
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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
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Theodore Roosevelt86 - Theodore Roosevelt
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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
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Theodore Roosevelt87 - Theodore Roosevelt
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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
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Theodore Roosevelt88 - Theodore Roosevelt
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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
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William H. Taft89 - William H. Taft
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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
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William H. Taft90 - William H. Taft
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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
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Warren G. Harding91 - Warren G. Harding
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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
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Warren G. Harding92 - Warren G. Harding
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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
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Calvin Coolidge93 - Calvin Coolidge
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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
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Herbert Hoover94 - Herbert Hoover
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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
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Herbert Hoover95 - Herbert Hoover
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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
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Herbert Hoover96 - Herbert Hoover
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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
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Franklin D. Roosevelt97 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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
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Harry S. Truman98 - Harry S. Truman
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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
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Harry S. Truman99 - Harry S. Truman
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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
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Harry S. Truman100 - Harry S. Truman
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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
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Dwight D. Eisenhower101 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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
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Dwight D. Eisenhower102 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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
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Lyndon B. Johnson103 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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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
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