Auction Details
RR Auction's first sale of the year boasts 900+ lots, dominated by a featured section of remarkable original animation artwork, including production cels, storyboards, and concept art from classics like Disney's Fantasia, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty. Other highlights of the sale include autographs from iconic figures like Albert Einstein, Al Capone, Mohandas Gandhi, George Washington, Winston Churchill, Sigmund Freud, Charles Schulz, and Marilyn Monroe. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in January 2020.
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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1George WashingtonRR Auction
Outstanding full free frank, unfolded to 6.5 x 6.25, addressed in another hand to "Miss Catherine Goddard, Baltimore," and franked in the ...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
2George WashingtonRR Auction
Broadside document printed in Baltimore by John Hayes, one page, 8.5 x 13, May 28, 1796, containing an extract of "the Act, entitled 'An Ac...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
3George Washington and Thomas JeffersonRR Auction
Sought-after partly-printed DS, signed "Go: Washington" as president and "Th: Jefferson" as secretary of state, one page, 12.5 x...
Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
4John AdamsRR Auction
Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.5 x 17.5, April 2, 1799. Four-language ship's paper issued to "Elkanah Talman of New Bedford, ...
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
5Thomas JeffersonRR Auction
Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “Th: Jefferson” and "Th: J.," one page, 5 x 8, January 5, 1804. Letter to "Mons'r Picho...
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
6Thomas Jefferson and James MadisonRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15.25, July 3, 1805. Scallop
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
7James Madison and James MonroeRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Ja's Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 11.5 x 14.7...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
8Martin Van BurenRR Auction
ALS signed “M. V. Buren,” one page, 8 x 10.25, November 9, 1815. Letter to Smith Thompson, the chief justice of the New York State Supreme Court, in f
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
9Martin Van BurenRR Auction
Free franked mailing envelope, 5.75 x 3.25, addressed in Martin Van Buren's hand to "Theodore Miller Esquire, Huron, N. York," and fra...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
10John TylerRR Auction
Desirable ink signature, "Virginia, Dec. 19, 1860, Resp'ly yrs, John Tyler,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 sheet. In very good to fine condition,...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
11Millard FillmoreRR Auction
ALS, one black-bordered page, 4.75 x 7.25, May 15, 1855. Letter to antiquarian Samuel Gardner Drake, in full: "Your kind note of the 7th inst. ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
12James BuchananRR Auction
ALS as president, one page, 4.75 x 6.5, October 1, 1859. Letter to Nahum Caper, written from Washington. In full: "Many thanks for your Basket ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
13Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Civil War-dated LS (in the hand of John Hay), signed by Lincoln as president, “A. Lincoln,” one page, 4.5 x 7.5, Executive Mansion letterhead, Novembe
Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
14Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Highly desirable autograph endorsement signed as president, one page, 3.25 x 2.75, in full: "Submitted to the Sec. of War & Gen. Meade. A. ...
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
15U. S. GrantRR Auction
Ink signature, "U. S. Grant, General,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 sheet. Double-matted with an engraving to an overall size of 7.5 x 11.5. In v...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
16Rutherford B. HayesRR Auction
ALS as president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 5.75 x 9.25, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 28, 1877. Letter to Wayne MacVeigh, in part: &qu...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
17Rutherford B. HayesRR Auction
Unusual oversized 10.75 x 16.5 albumen photograph of the official portrait painting of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes by Daniel Huntington, affixed to a 1
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
18James A. GarfieldRR Auction
LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 10, 1874. Letter to Captain A. W. Stiles, in full: "Your kind note of the 27th of Febr...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
19Chester A. ArthurRR Auction
Executive Mansion card signed neatly in fountain pen by Chester A. Arthur. In fine condition, with old mounting remnants on the reverse.
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
20Grover ClevelandRR Auction
Two handwritten letters from President Grover Cleveland, six total pages, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, both addressed to George W. Hayward, a
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
21Grover ClevelandRR Auction
ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 6.5, August 27, 1905. Written from Tamworth, New Hampshire, a letter to Henry B. Smith, in full: "I desire to ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
22William McKinleyRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, Executive Mansion letterhead, January 13, 1900. Letter to Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree, in full: "I have b...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
23Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
Typed working manuscript draft from the 1913 book Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, four pages, 8.5 x 10.5, hand-corrected with about nineteen wor
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
24Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
World War I-dated TLS, one page, 8.5 x 10.25, May 12, 1915. Written from Walnut Park in Syracuse, a letter to noted book publisher Irving Putnam, in f
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
25Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, February 3, 1917. A touching letter to the widow of William Blodgett, in
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
26Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
Sought-after White House card signed neatly in fountain pen by President Theodore Roosevelt. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
27Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7.25 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 8, 1906. Letter to his friend and former classmate, William T. Blodgett, in
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
28Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
TLS, one page, 6.5 x 7.75, The Outlook letterhead, August 22, 1911. Letter to G. B. Daniels of the Oakland Enquirer, in full: "That is mighty n...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
29Woodrow WilsonRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 25, 1918. Letter to Lieut. Colonel E. Lester Jones, in full: "Thank you ver...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
30Warren G. HardingRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 1, 1922. Letter to West Virginia Senator Howard Sutherland, in full: "I...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
31Calvin CoolidgeRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 15, 1924. Letter to Massachusetts Governor Channing H. Cox, in full: "Your ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
32Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
Impressive oversized 14.25 x 17.25 engraving of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1932, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For my friend Mr...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
33Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
TLS as president, White House letterhead, November 13, 1934. Letter to Stephen W. Blodgett, in full: "I am sorry that I did not write you befor...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
34Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 25, 1951. Letter to Winton K. Sexton, a veteran of World War II who had been held a
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
35Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
Press release, five pages on four sheets, 8 x 14, January 19, 1949. Mimeographed press release of Harry S. Truman's inaugural address, signed at...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
36Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
DS, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. President Truman awards the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel Michael Ulanovich Chernishev of the Red Army for ...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
37Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 11, 1945. Letter to Louis B. McCarthy, Jr., in full: "I have just learned fr...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
38Dwight D. EisenhowerRR Auction
Souvenir typescript of General Dwight Eisenhower’s 'Order of the Day' on June 6, 1944, delivered upon the D-Day invasion of France, 5.5 x 8....
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
39Dwight D. EisenhowerRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, no date but circa 1957. Memorandum to Major General Howard McCrum Snyder, about the Dia
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
40Jacqueline KennedyRR Auction
Wonderful matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Kennedys posing on the South Portico balcony with the Washington Monument looming in the background, signed
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
41John F. KennedyRR Auction
Rare unsigned book: As We Remember Joe. Privately printed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1945. Hardcover with rare original Mylar jacket
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
42Jacqueline KennedyRR Auction
ALS signed “Jackie,” two pages, 5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to photographer Mark Shaw, in full: "Your pictures were lovely &...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
43John F. KennedyRR Auction
TLS signed “Jack Kennedy, Lt. U.S.N.R.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Hyannisport letterhead, October 6, 1944. Letter to Warren 'Hop' Hopwood, abo...
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
44John F. KennedyRR Auction
TLS signed "Jack," one page, 8 x 10.5, House of Representatives letterhead, November 13, 1952. Letter to a campaign worker named "Joe...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
45John F. KennedyRR Auction
Early TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives letterhead, March 9, 1948. Letter to Marjorie A. Moynihan, in f
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
46John F. KennedyRR Auction
Desirable circa 1960 tri-fold "Kennedy for President" campaign brochure from the Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson, measures 11 x 8.5 unfol...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
47Lyndon B. JohnsonRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 18, 1969. Letter to longtime Oklahoma Congressman Tom Steed, in full: "...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
48Lyndon B. JohnsonRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, January 17, 1966. Letter to Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, in full: "Birt...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
49Ronald ReaganRR Auction
DS as president, signed “Ronald Reagan,” one page, 8 x 13, November 19, 1983. Highly unusual presidential appointment, in full: "I hereby appoi...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
50Ronald ReaganRR Auction
ALS as president signed “Ron,” one page, 6.5 x 4, personal White House letterhead, no date. Letter to Preston H. Long, in part: "Just a line to...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00