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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Rutherford B. Hayes41 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 22 x 17, October 23, 1877. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Wm. H. Reynard maste
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Rutherford B. Hayes42 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.75 x 19.25, November 27, 1877. President Hayes appoints Daniel A. Frederick
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James A. Garfield43 - James A. Garfield
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ANS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 9 x 5.75, January 21, 1880. Handwritten telegram draft to D. C. Pinkerton at the Treasury Department. In full:
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James A. Garfield Assassination44 - James A. Garfield Assassination
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Collection of eleven items related to President Garfield and his assassination, with highlights including: an ink signature, “J. A. Garfield,” on a sl
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Chester A. Arthur45 - Chester A. Arthur
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, January 30, 1884. President Arthur appoints Robert H. Hall as “Major of the Twenty-second Regiment
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Chester A. Arthur46 - Chester A. Arthur
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LS signed “C. A. Arthur,” three pages on two sheets, 8.25 x 13, June 1875. Letter to Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont inviting him to a dinner to b
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Grover Cleveland47 - Grover Cleveland
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Early ADS signed “Grover Cleveland, Comr. of Deeds for Buffalo,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 11.75, September 9, 1862. Chattel mortgag
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Grover Cleveland48 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, August 28, 1894. Letter to lawyer and politician D. Cady
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Grover Cleveland49 - Grover Cleveland
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Exquisite partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, January 31, 1894. President Cleveland appoints John Grimes Walker as “a Rear
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Grover Cleveland50 - Grover Cleveland
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White House card signed in black ink, “Grover Cleveland.” Affixed to a 6.5 x 3.25 sheet with a collector’s pencil notation dating the signature to Feb
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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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