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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Abraham Lincoln21 - Abraham Lincoln
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Bold Civil War–dated ANS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page on an off-white 3 x 1.75 card, December 12, 1864. In full: “Adjutant General pleas
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln22 - Abraham Lincoln
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Bold handwritten and signed endorsement as president, "Submitted to the Secretary of War, A. Lincoln, Jan. 23, 1863," penned on the revers...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln23 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14 x 18.5, March 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints George W. Cushing as “Assistant
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln24 - Abraham Lincoln
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Handwritten endorsement at the bottom of a lightly-lined 7.75 x 6.25 page, “And the pl ff doth the like—Pearson & Lincoln p.q.,” dated April 183
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln25 - Abraham Lincoln
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Attractive partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 19.5, February 11, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Frank H. Hamilton as “Medical
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson26 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, March 12, 1868. President Johnson appoints Cyrus W. Breed as “Master in the Navy from t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant27 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.75 x 17.5, July 5, 1876. Four language ship’s paper issued to “Stephen Flanders master or commander of th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant28 - U. S. Grant
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ALS as president, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, September 24, 1870. Letter sent from Long Branch, New Jersey, to Illinois Congressm
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant29 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.25, March 15, 1870. President Grant appoints Jonathan L. Barton as “Passed Assistant Payma
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes30 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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ALS as president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 4, 1878. Letter to Colonel A. D. Shaw, concerning a wat
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Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
 
 
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James A. Garfield31 - James A. Garfield
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Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 18.25, March 22, 1881. President Garfield appoints Edward L. Amory as “a Lieutenant Commander i
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur32 - Chester A. Arthur
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Bold ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6.75, Impelle Obstantia letterhead, May 11, no year. Written from New York’s Fifth Avenue Hotel, a letter to Dr. Cornelius R
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland33 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Grover Cleveland, Mayor,” two pages, 8.5 x 14, January 14, 1882. Contract in which The Courier Company “proposes to print 3
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison34 - Benjamin Harrison
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Scarce ALS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 13, 1891. Letter to Ainsworth Rand Spoffo
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison35 - Benjamin Harrison
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AQS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, Executive Mansion letterhead, no date. As prepared for the Columbian Exposition of 189
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison36 - Benjamin Harrison
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LS signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, June 11, 1895. Response to an invitation from “the Forest and Stream Club.” In part:
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William McKinley37 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.75, January 17, 1901. President McKinley appoints Julius S. Turrill as “First Lieutenant in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William McKinley38 - William McKinley
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ALS as president, 4.75 x 7.5, Executive Mansion letterhead, July 25, 1898. Letter to his pastor, Dr. Frank M. Bristol, in part: “You are preaching ver
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Estimate : 3,000.00 and UP
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt39 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 22, 1906. Letter to Lieutenant Commander A. L. Key, in full: “Will you present t
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt40 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Exceptional ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, May 5, 1917. Letter to Bishop Summer, in full: “I don’t know
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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