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 Harrison51 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 17.5 x 13.75, March 21, 1889. President Harrison appoints James C. Perry as
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Benjamin Harrison52 - Benjamin Harrison
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Unusual partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 8 x 10, February 4, 1891. President Harrison directs the “Secretary of Stat
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Benjamin Harrison53 - Benjamin Harrison
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Two items: a Fletcher & Sharpes Bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison,” payable to Kangan Smith for $8.75,...
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William McKinley54 - William McKinley
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ALS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 5 x 8, House of Representatives Committee of Ways and Means letterhead, no date but circa February 1882. Let
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William McKinley55 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 19.25, June 20, 1898. President McKinley appoints David J. Craigie as “Major of Infantry in the serv
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Theodore Roosevelt56 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Striking matte-finish 9.25 x 7.75 Harris & Ewing portrait of Roosevelt at his desk, boldly signed in the lower border in black ink. Blindstamped...
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Theodore Roosevelt57 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 20, April 26, 1902. President Roosevelt appoints William J. Baxter as “a Naval Constructor in
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Theodore Roosevelt58 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 9.75, Commissioners Office, Police Department of the City of New York letterhead, June 8, 1895. Brief letter to Colonel Archibald D
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Theodore Roosevelt59 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9.25, White House letterhead, June 1, 1903. Letter to author Andy Adams, written from Cheyenne, Wyoming. In full: “I l
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Woodrow Wilson60 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, July 13, 1916. President Wilson appoints Warner William Carr as “Second Lieutenant of In
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Warren G. Harding61 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 20, December 29, 1922. President Harding appoints Stuart Heintzelman as “Brigadier General, Regu
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Warren G. Harding62 - Warren G. Harding
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Exceedingly rare US Treasury presidential paycheck, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in type as payable to “Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, T
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Warren G. Harding63 - Warren G. Harding
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Vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 13.5 portrait of Harding by the Baker Art Gallery, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To James D.
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Calvin Coolidge64 - Calvin Coolidge
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Extremely rare US Treasury presidential paycheck, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in type as payable to “Calvin Coolidge President of the United States, The Wh
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Calvin Coolidge65 - Calvin Coolidge
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Vintage matte-finish 10.75 x 14 portrait of Coolidge by the Edmonston Studio, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To James D. P
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Herbert Hoover66 - Herbert Hoover
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Extremely rare US Treasury presidential paycheck, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in type as payable to “Herbert C. Hoover President of the United States, The
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Herbert Hoover67 - Herbert Hoover
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Pamphlet for “A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes,” an oration delivered by Hoover before the Izaak Walton League of America in Chicago, Illinois on
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Herbert Hoover68 - Herbert Hoover
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Commemorative cover, 9.5 x 4, with a cachet honoring the 200th birthday of George Washington, bearing twelve affixed postage stamps of varying denomin
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Franklin D. Roosevelt69 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Outstanding TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 10, 1941. Letter to New York journalist Herbert Bayard Swope. In fu
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Franklin D. Roosevelt70 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 13, 1941. Letter to Secretary of the United States Senate Edwin A. Halsey, in
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Franklin D. Roosevelt71 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Exceedingly rare US Treasury presidential paycheck, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type as payable to “Franklin D. Roosevelt, The White House, Washington
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Franklin D. Roosevelt72 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.75 x 16, April 5, 1943. President Roosevelt appoints James R. Wade as “Collector of Customs for Customs C
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Franklin D. Roosevelt73 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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White House card boldly signed in fountain pen, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” In very good condition, with soiling to the top edge and some mounting remnan
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Harry S. Truman74 - Harry S. Truman
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ALS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 7, 1951. Letter to Jane Hadley Barkley, the wife of Vice President Alben Barkley,
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Harry S. Truman75 - Harry S. Truman
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Important TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, September 11, 1944. Letter to reporter Joseph Lieb written just two months after h
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Harry S. Truman76 - Harry S. Truman
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Vintage semi-glossy 7 x 9 portrait of Truman, signed and inscribed in white ink, “Best wishes to James D. Preston, Harry S. Truman.” Mounted and matte
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Harry S. Truman77 - Harry S. Truman
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Block of four violet three-cent postage stamps depicting the Supreme Court and honoring the sesquicentennial of Washington as the national capital, 4
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Dwight D. Eisenhower78 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS signed “Ike,” two pages, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, September 29, 1961. Letter to his White House Chief of Staff, Wilton Persons. In part: “I
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Dwight D. Eisenhower79 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president signed “D. E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, December 22, 1954. Letter to David Marx, of the famous toy manufacturer
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Dwight D. Eisenhower80 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, signed "Dwight D. Eisenhower," one page, 6.5 x 7.5, White House letterhead, February 21, 1955. Letter to George E. Guthe...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower81 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Wonderful matte-finish 10.25 x 13.5 portrait of Eisenhower in near-profile by Fabian Bachrach, affixed to its original 11.5 x 15 mount, signed and ins
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Dwight D. Eisenhower82 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Eisenhower by Murray of New York, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Congressman L
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Dwight D. Eisenhower83 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Mandate for Change: 1953–1956. Limited edition, numbered 325/1434. NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 650 pages. Si
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Dwight D. Eisenhower84 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Unique personal archive of five signed items from the collection of Louise Furman, an Air Force nurse who cared for Eisenhower at his winter home in I
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John F. Kennedy85 - John F. Kennedy
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Admission ticket for the Jefferson–Jackson Kennedy dinner sponsored by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin at the Milwaukee Arena on May 12, 1962, 4 x 7
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John F. Kennedy86 - John F. Kennedy
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Catholic devotional scapular of the Immaculate Heart of Mary given by John F. Kennedy to the son of a Navy friend in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Th
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John F. Kennedy87 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscri...
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John F. Kennedy88 - John F. Kennedy
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Striking glossy 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Kennedy seated at his desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Bob Blackburn, with warmest regards, John
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John F. Kennedy89 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 7.75 x 10.25, House of Representatives letterhead, March 21, 1950. Letter to John H. Artesani, a specialist aboar
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John F. Kennedy90 - John F. Kennedy
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Unsigned personal draft letter, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, April 23, 1962. Letter to Californian Congressman James Roosevelt, in ful
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The Kennedys91 - The Kennedys
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Unsigned vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of the Kennedy children beside the swimming pool at the their house in Palm Beach, Florida, showing the yo
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Lyndon B. Johnson92 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, April 4, 1968. Letter to famous actor Edward G. Robinson. In full: “I am proud to have your continue
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Richard Nixon93 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 26, 1972. Letter to Robert Montgomery, in part: “It was a special
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Richard Nixon94 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 24, 1973. Letter to Congressman Charles Wilson ‘Bill’ Young, in f
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Ronald Reagan95 - Ronald Reagan
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DS, four pages, 8.5 x 4, November 24, 1950. Agreement between Reagan and the Management Corporation of America in which he agrees to perform “as an ac
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Bill Clinton96 - Bill Clinton
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Two ALSs signed “Bill,” both one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Office of the Attorney General letterhead, May 18, 1977. Both letters are addressed to Lee Jones.
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Thomas Jefferson97 - Thomas Jefferson
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Partly-printed invitation filled out in another hand, unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 4.75, July 8, [no year]. In part: “Th: Jefferson requests the favour o
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John Quincy Adams98 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed invitation filled out in another hand, unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 5, January 24, no year. In part: “Mr. and Mrs. Adams request the Honor
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James Buchanan99 - James Buchanan
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Partly-printed invitation filled out in another hand, unsigned, one page, 4.5 x 3.25, no date. In full: “Mr. Buchanan requests the honor of Mr. Norris
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U. S. Grant100 - U. S. Grant
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ALS by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, one page, 3.75 x 5.5, March 19, [1876]. Invitation to a general. In full: “The President would like to see yo
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