RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, State of California letterhead, June 8, 1967. Letter to James O. Burpo, in full: “It is a great pleasure to send you the encl

White unused 3.5 x 5 library edition bookplate depicting the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, signed in black ink. In very fine cond...

Ink signature, “To Frank, Best Wishes—Ronald Reagan,” on a light pink 6 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition, with staple and binding holes to left ed

Vintage glossy 7 x 9 publicity photo of Reagan during his acting days, signed in blue ink. Double-matted and framed with a nameplate affixed to the gl

Program for the Montgomery County Republican Committee Annual Dinner, held on September 28, 1979, at the Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown, Pennsylvani

Glossy 3 x 4.5 photo of the Reagans posing with their son Ronnie at the Westward Ho in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 9, 1968, contained within a 5.25 x 7

Titleist Pebble Beach Golf Links golf ball, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with trivial soiling. Accompanied by a full letter of authent

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Bush seated behind his desk, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Jennifer Banes, warm best wishes, George Bush, chairman R

Invitation for the inauguration of Bush as president and Quayle as vice president on January 20, 1989, 8.5 x 11, signed at the top in blue and black f

Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip, “Bill Cli

Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Clinton delivering a speech as the first lady looks on in the background, signed in black felt tip. The image i

TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 19, 2000. Letter to Karen and Stanley Kramer, in full: “Thank you so much f

Souvenir typescript of President Bush’s statement on September 11, 2001, two pages, 5 x 8.25, signed at the conclusion in black felt tip. In part: “To

Signed book: Decision Points. NY: Crown Publishers, 2010. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 497 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip

Signed book: 41: A Portrait of My Father. First deluxe edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2014. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 294 pages. Signed on

Three Decision Points bookplates, 4.25 x 3.5, each signed in black felt tip. In overall very fine condition.

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of President Bush seated with several members of military service organizations in a White House dining room, calligra

Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition, first printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed

Signed book: Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama. First edition. NY: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007. Softcover, 8.5 x 10.75, 128 pages. Sig...

Nice collection of five signed photos, each described in full below: Richard Nixon: Color satin-finish 7.25 x 9.75 photo of Nixon with his hands clas

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.5 x 12.5, February 6, 1787. As President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 14.25, September 20, 1781. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints “Joseph Newhall, Ge

Manuscript DS, signed “Sam’l Huntington,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, August 21, 1777. State of Connecticut expense report totaling £14.1.1 for “Att...

Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declar

Physician and surgeon general of the Continental Army who signed the Declaration of Independence (1746–1813). ALS signed “Benj’n Rush,” one page, 7.25

Rare printed document signed in type,“Thomas Stocks” as President of the Senate, “David Adams” as Speaker of the House, and “G.M. Troup” as Governor o

Early settler of Massachusetts (c. 1606–1681) who established residence in Salem beginning in 1636. Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Hathorne,” one page, 5

Very early circa 1920s matte-finish 7 x 9 formal portrait of Hoover by the important Washington photographers Harris & Ewing, presented in its o...

Civil War–dated LS, one page, 5 x 8, December 26, 1864. Letter to General J. W. Phelps in Brattleboro, Vermont. In full: “I feel most profoundly the d

Remarkable AQS on an off-white 5 x 4.25 sheet, boldly signed at the conclusion in black ink, “Fred: Douglass, 1866.” Douglass pens a thoughtful quote,

AQS in pencil on an off-white 5.75 x 5.75 sheet, in full: “When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in t

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, September 1, 1964. Letter to Viola Hilpert in West Berlin. In full: “I a

Signed book: Strength to Love. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 146 pages. Nicely signed on the first...

Highly important autograph manuscript, in pencil, unsigned, one page, 8.5 x 11, Montgomery Improvement Association, Inc. letterhead, no date but circa

Staunch abolitionist (1797–1874) known to have financially supported John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry. ALS, one page, 8 x 12.25, October 29, 1...

Impressive color matte-finish 14 x 10.5 photograph of the justices, affixed to a 14.5 x 13 mount, signed on the mount in various inks by all nine, inc

ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, November 20, 1821. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Marshall writes on the fate of two mism

AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 2 card, signed at the conclusion in ink, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill.’” Cody pens a classic Wild West motto: “True to friend

Crystal-clear 4.25 x 6.5 unsigned cabinet photo of Cody wearing a finely embroidered floral-pattern shirt and staring directly into the camera, bearin

Ink signature, “Compliments of W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, 1889,” on a brown 4.5 x 2.5 slip. Double-matted and framed with a large color portrait to an

ALS signed “W. C. Cody,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Chicago Shan-Kive and Round-Up letterhead, September 18, 1916. Letter to his attorney Henry He

American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of a document signed by Benjamin Franklin, one page,12.

American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of an ADS by George Washington, one page, 6 x 2, Februa

American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of an ALS by Abraham Lincoln, one page, 8.5 x 3.5, Dece

Small archive of five letters concerning William Dudley Pelley, a fascist agitator who founded the far-right Silver Legion in the 1930s, consisting of

ALS signed “Your Brother, Lee,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8, April 12, [1962]. Letter to his brother Robert Oswald, written during his

Outstanding assemblage of eight bold ink signatures on an off-white 6.75 x 8.5 album page, most dated May 14, 1908, including: steel industrialist And

American businessman (1869–1924) who made his fortune by developing drill bits during the Texas Oil Boom, though best known as the father of Howard Hu

TLS signed “John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,” one page, 8.5 x 11, United War Work Campaign letterhead, October 15, 1918. Letter to New York Supreme Court Jud

DS, one page, 8 x 13, October 20, 1900. An unusual legal document headed, “In the matter of the Requisition by Hon Jos. D. Sayers, Governor of the Sta