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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Chester A. Arthur51 - 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. Arthur52 - Chester A. Arthur
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.75 x 15.75, March 3, 1883. President Arthur appoints William J. Malone as “Collector of Customs for the D
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland53 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay letterhead, August 17, 1902. Letter to E. A. MacMillan, in part: “Any political utter
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Benjamin Harrison54 - Benjamin Harrison
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Scarce oversized 7.5 x 13 mounted albumen photo of Harrison taken by George Prince in 1888, boldly signed on the mount in ink, “Benj. Harrison.” In fi
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Benjamin Harrison55 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 15.5 x 19.25, February 18, 1891. President Harrison appoints Benjamin Alvord
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William McKinley56 - William McKinley
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Exceptional matte-finish 3.75 x 5.5 profile portrait of McKinley by C. Parker of Washington, D.C., affixed to its original photographer’s mount, signe
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William McKinley57 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19, May 4, 1898. President McKinley appoints John M. Poyer as “a Lieutenant in the Navy from t
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Theodore Roosevelt58 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Oval matte-finish 6 x 8 portrait of the president taken in 1904 by George Prince, affixed to a 10.25 x 13.25 mount, signed and inscribed as president
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Theodore Roosevelt59 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, three pages, 5.5 x 7.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, August 12, 1917. Letter to Ralph Henry Van Deman, often called the ‘Father of American Military
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Estimate : 1,700.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt60 - 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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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt61 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 16, 1908. Letter to Samuel W. Meek, business manager of The Washington Herald, in
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Theodore Roosevelt62 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, July 1, 1905. President Roosevelt appoints John H. Neff as “First Lieutenant in the Philippine Scou
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Theodore Roosevelt63 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.5 x 19.25, July 20, 1906. President Roosevelt appoints Rufus Zogbaum, junior as “Lieutenant in the Navy.” Signe
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Theodore Roosevelt64 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Desirable partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.25 x 14, March 31, 1902. President Roosevelt appoints Laura G. Crable as “Postmaster at Tombsto
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Theodore Roosevelt65 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, December 17, 1901. President Roosevelt appoints Percival G. Remick as “Collector of Internal Revenu
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William H. Taft66 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.75 x 19.25, December 21, 1910. President Taft appoints Edmund S. Root as “Li
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William H. Taft67 - William H. Taft
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Collection of seven TLSs by Taft, six signed “Wm. H. Taft” and one signed “Wm. H. T.,” totaling eleven pages, dated from 1908 to 1915. Six are to Clar
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft68 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 10, 1919. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus J. Karger concerning negoti
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William H. Taft69 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, The Law Department of the University of Cincinnati letterhead, May 5, 1898. Letter to Josiah B. Allen
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Woodrow Wilson70 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 9, 1917. Letter to Reverend L. D. Wishard, in part: “Your
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson71 - Woodrow Wilson
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Collection of three TLSs as governor of New Jersey, each one page, 8 x 9.75, dated 1912–1913. Two feature nearly identical text despite being written
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson72 - Woodrow Wilson
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Oversized vintage matte-finish 20.25 x 24 portrait of Wilson by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., affixed to its original photography mount, s...
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Woodrow Wilson73 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 6 x 8.25, Princeton University letterhead, September 15, 1908. Introduction letter for Ohio Wesleyan University Professor Robert Irving
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Woodrow Wilson74 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7.75, Princeton University letterhead, October 12, 1909. Letter to James P. Munroe, declining an invitation. In part: “I esteem it
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Woodrow Wilson75 - Woodrow Wilson
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Uncommon partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, September 15, 1916. President Wilson reappoints John H. Neff as “Captain in the
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Warren G. Harding76 - Warren G. Harding
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, August 18, 1921. Letter to Charles C. Fisher, in part: “The suggestion you make respecting
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding77 - Warren G. Harding
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TLS as senator signed “W. G. Harding,” two pages, 8.25 x 11, Senate Chamber, General Assembly of Ohio letterhead, February 25, 1902. Letter to Charles
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Warren G. Harding78 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.25, August 16, 1922. President Harding appoints Benjamin Alvord as “Assistant The Adjutant
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Herbert Hoover79 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 23, 1934. Letter to Nebraska Republican politician Robert G. Simmons, in part: “I was delight
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Franklin D. Roosevelt80 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 6.25 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 28, 1938. Letter to Sanford Bates, the first Director of the Federal Bureau
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Franklin D. Roosevelt81 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 15, 1935. Letter to Postmaster General James A. Farley. In part: “I am returning her
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Franklin D. Roosevelt82 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 11 portrait of Roosevelt by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Lt. Comma...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt83 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, March 14, 1936. Letter to Rexford G. Tugwell, director of the Resettlement Administratio
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Franklin D. Roosevelt84 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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ALS, one page, 7 x 9.25, Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, August 12, 1914. Brief letter to A. R. Parshley, in full: “I take pleasure in com
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Franklin D. Roosevelt85 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, November 6, 1933. President Roosevelt appoints Alfred A. Cohn as “Collector of Customs for Customs
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Franklin D. Roosevelt86 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Uncommon glossy 10 x 8 photo of FDR giving a campaign speech in Harrisburg on October 29, 1936, signed in fountain pen by the president, “Franklin D.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt87 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.25, Navy Department letterhead, October 2, 1919. Letter to Ella S. Hudson, in full, “I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
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Franklin D. Roosevelt88 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York letterhead, April 21, 1932. Letter to Mr. J. Straith Briscoe, in full: “It is very good of you to write me
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Franklin D. Roosevelt89 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.25, The Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, May 27, 1920. Letter to William H. Kelley, in part: “I attended a conference
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Harry S. Truman90 - Harry S. Truman
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16.25, March 5, 1948. President Truman appoints Leslie E. Given as “Attorney of the United States in an
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Franklin D. Roosevelt91 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 1, 1937. Letter to Nelson C. Brown, in full: “Thank you very much for your good
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Harry S. Truman92 - Harry S. Truman
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Souvenir typescript of a portion of Truman’s press release issued after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, one page, 7
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Dwight D. Eisenhower93 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Exceedingly rare TMS, thirteen pages, 8.25 x 13.25, January 5, 1957. An original White House manuscript of the important address to Congress in which
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower94 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 299/1426. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with slipcase and origina
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower95 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 26, 1953. Letter to Congressman Charles R. Howell concerning a visit from a bli
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Dwight D. Eisenhower96 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.5 Bachrach portrait photo of General Eisenhower in his uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Dr. Henry Sag
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Dwight D. Eisenhower98 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, July 17, 1956. President Eisenhower appoints Godfrey L. Munter as “Associate Judge of the Municipal
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Dwight D. Eisenhower99 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 11.75, February 5, 1958. President Eisenhower appoints John Wesley Jones, of Iowa, as “Ambassador Ext
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John F. Kennedy100 - John F. Kennedy
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 11.25, November 29, 1962. President Kennedy appoints J. Wesley Jones, of Iowa, as “Ambassador Extraordi
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy101 - John F. Kennedy
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Desirable hand-corrected typed manuscript draft, ten pages, 8 x 10.5, for an address given at a 1959 Democratic Party dinner. Kennedy makes numerous c
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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