RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a special autograph sheet from Abraham Lincoln and his ‘Team of Rivals’ cabinet, a handwritten letter by the heroic Oskar Schindler, a massive signed photo of Charles Dickens, and a silver medal from the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in September 2016.
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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Manuscript DS as president, one page, 8.25 x 7, March 9, 1863. Order issued from the Executive Mansion. In full: “I authorize William T. Otto to perfo
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln22 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed certificate featuring pre-printed facsimile signatures of President Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton, one page, 13.5 x 10.5, Decemb
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson23 - Andrew Johnson
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Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, no date. A petition recommending a man to serve as timber agent. In full: “The undersigned beg leave
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson24 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 20, 1867. President Johnson authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affix the S
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant25 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 22, 1862. Written from Oxford, Mississippi, a letter to Major Gen
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant26 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.25, December 20, 1876. President Grant appoints Charles Morton as “First Lieutenant in the Third
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant27 - U. S. Grant
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DS as president, one page, 7.5 x 8.75, October 25, 1869. In part: “I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the Unite
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant28 - U. S. Grant
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Crisp ink signature, “U. S. Grant” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.25 slip. Mounted, cloth-matted, and framed with a small portrait of Grant to an overall si
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant29 - U. S. Grant
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Scarce hand-addressed and free-franked Executive Mansion envelope, 6 x 3.25, addressed by Grant to “Hon. H. Fish, Sec. of State,” and franked in the u
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield30 - James A. Garfield
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Signed book: A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition. NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1850. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 356 pages. Inscribed on t...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield31 - James A. Garfield
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Scarce partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 14, April 29, 1881. President Garfield appoints Francis W. Seeley as “Postmaster at Lake City, i
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Estimate : 11,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield32 - James A. Garfield
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Appealing 5.5 x 3.25 envelope signed in the upper right in black ink, “Ja. Garfield, NC,” and addressed to his wife in his own hand, “Mrs. Eliza Garfi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur and Cabinet33 - Chester A. Arthur and Cabinet
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Hardcover leatherbound autograph album, 7.5 x 9.25, signed inside, as president, “Chester A. Arthur, April 12, 1884,” and also signed by seven members
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison34 - Benjamin Harrison
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Imposing 10 x 15.5 portrait of Harrison taken in 1888 by George Prince, affixed to its original 11 x 17.25 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “B
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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William McKinley35 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19, December 21, 1897. President McKinley appoints Samuel Breck as “Adjutant General with the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William McKinley36 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 12.5, June 9, 1899. President McKinley appoints Colonel Peter C. Hains of the US Army as “a member of t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William McKinley37 - William McKinley
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ALS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, W. & A. McKinley Attorneys at Law letterhead, no date but circa 1870s. Letter to a woman in...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William McKinley38 - William McKinley
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LS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 5.5 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, April 7, 1882. Letter to Charles Campbell of Newark, in part: “
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt39 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Stunning oversized print of an etched portrait of Roosevelt, 13 x 17, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “Inscribed for Orville J.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt40 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 6.25 x 4, signed as president under the image in black ink, “Theodore Roosevelt, Feb 11th 1909.”
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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