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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Franklin Pierce31 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 18, July 24, 1856. President Pierce appoints James P. Waddell as “a Lieutenant in the Navy.”
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Buchanan32 - James Buchanan
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, January 25, 1861. President Buchanan appoints J. G. Jewell as “Second Lieutenant of Company ‘B.,’ U
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln33 - Abraham Lincoln
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Exceptionally desirable partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, January 29, 1862. Civil War military appointment for Captain William Kyle.
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln34 - Abraham Lincoln
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Choice partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 12, April 18, 1861. President Lincoln appoints Green Clay of Kentucky “to be Secretary of the Le
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Abraham Lincoln35 - Abraham Lincoln
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ANS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 4 x 2, February 9, 1863. In full: “The Sec. of War will regard the reappointment of Mr. Copeland as a
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Abraham Lincoln36 - Abraham Lincoln
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Striking unsigned 8.5 x 6.5 albumen photo of President Lincoln, General John A. McLernand, and Alan Pinkerton taken by Alexander Gardner at Antietam i
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson37 - Andrew Johnson
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Unusual twice-signed ANS, one page, 5 x 7.75, January 28, 1860. In full: “Your letter has been received and reads &c, I have the honor to be &am...
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Andrew Johnson38 - Andrew Johnson
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Scarce Civil War–dated early endorsement signature as president, “Andrew Johnson,” forwarding a letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on April 2
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U. S. Grant39 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, March 14, 1863. Letter to Major General James McPhers
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U. S. Grant40 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, “U. S. Grant, Washington, D. C.,” on an off-white 8.5 x 1.75 lightly-lined slip clipped from a guest sheet. Also signed by former Secre
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