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 and crisp ink signature as president, "Abraham Lincoln,” on an off-white 5.5 x 8 segment cut from an appointment for justice of the peace,...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln22 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rare assemblage of eight documents signed by several of Abraham Lincoln's fellow Illinois state legislators from Sangamon County, a fraternity c...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln23 - Abraham Lincoln
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Scarce broadside headed "President Lincoln's Farewell Address to His Old Neighbors, Springfield, February 12, 1861," one page, 13.75 x...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson24 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, April 18, 1865. President Johnson appoints Evan Miles as "Captain of the Twelfth...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant25 - U. S. Grant
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.5, November 30, 1879. Letter to "Mrs. Hagen." In part: "Mrs. Grant wants me to answ...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant26 - U. S. Grant
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Third-person ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, no date. In part: "General & Mrs. Grant regret extremely that they are unable to avail themselves of ...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant27 - U. S. Grant
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Unusual DS, one page, 9.25 x 7.25, no date. Subscription form for the purchase of an artist's proof of the engraving entitled 'The Lincoln F...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant28 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, "U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.75 sheet. Nicely matted and framed with a handsome engraving to an overall size of 12.75 ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes29 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Handsome 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Hayes dressed in a black bow tie and jacket and looking into the distance, signed in the lower border in black in
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield30 - James A. Garfield
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Signed book: The Ethics of the Dust by John Ruskin. First American edition. NY: John Wiley & Son, 1866. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8. Signed on the first...
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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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Uncommon partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 9, 1881. President Garfield authorizes Secretary of State James G. Blaine to affix the
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland32 - Grover Cleveland
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Typed manuscript heavily annotated in pencil by Cleveland, unsigned, three pages, 8 x 13, no date but circa 1894. A manuscript concerning Cleveland&...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland33 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 11.75, January 25, 1886. President Cleveland appoints "John G. Walker, a Captain in th...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt34 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Bank check, 8.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Roosevelt, payable to Winifred Ives Clarke for $50, November 18, 1917. In fine condition, with expected
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William H. Taft36 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 23, 1919. Letter to friend and journalist Gus J. Karger, in part: "I h...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft37 - William H. Taft
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Matte-finish 9.25 x 13 portrait of Taft by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in black ink as president, "For my friend Hon. Duncan U. Fl...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge38 - Calvin Coolidge
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Scarce ALS as president, one page, 5.5 x 9.25, White House letterhead, May 3, 1924. Letter to De Lancey Kountze, in full: "It was a pleasure to...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt39 - Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
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Uncommon matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt sitting together at a table, signed in fountain pen by both, and inscribed in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt40 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 21, 1933. Letter to New York Congressman John J. Boylan, in full: "Thank yo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower41 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Abilene Manufacturing Company business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out by a company secretary, payable to Dwight Eisenhower for $8.75, July 9, 1910, endors
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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