RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

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With over 850 lots, RR Auction’s March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale offers a wide variety of material for history buffs, music lovers, sports fans, movie mavens, and more! Our highlighted military section ranges from European conflicts of the 17th century through World War II, and features everything from autographs to weapons and uniforms. Art and literature also take a leading role, with autograph letters from the likes of Monet, Matisse, Lautrec, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Marvels of classical music include a Haydn contract, Liszt letter, and Verdi note, while Gershwin, Guthrie, and Lennon round out our modern selection. 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 March 2018.
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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U. S. Grant190 - U. S. Grant
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Large ink signature as president, "U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.25 slip. Framed with a mat to cover the balance of the document, whic...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant191 - U. S. Grant
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ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” one page, 5 x 8, Head-Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, October 13, 1865. Letter to Madame Bertinat
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes192 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, monogrammed "H" letterhead, July 6, 1881. Letter written from his home in Fremont, Ohio, f...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield193 - James A. Garfield
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LS as president-elect, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, Mentor, Ohio letterhead, December 13, 1880. Letter to noted Disciples of Christ clerg
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James A. Garfield194 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, February 6, 1872. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison, in part: "I knew with wh...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield195 - James A. Garfield
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Signed book: Archdeacon Paley’s View of the Evidences of Christianity. Philadelphia: Troutman & Hayes, 1852. Hardcover, 4 x 6, 264 pages. Signed...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield196 - James A. Garfield
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ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, July 14, 1880. Letter to Charles Leland, in full: "Yours of the 9th came duly—I thank you f...
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Chester A. Arthur197 - Chester A. Arthur
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “C. A. Arthur, Insp. Gen'l,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, State of New York Inspector General's Office letterhead, Marc...
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Chester A. Arthur198 - Chester A. Arthur
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Executive Mansion card boldly signed in ink, "Chester A. Arthur." In very good to fine condition, with a faint square of toning beneath th...
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Grover Cleveland199 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, 816 Madison Avenue letterhead, April 14, 1891. Letter to members of the Young Men's Democratic Association i...
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Grover Cleveland200 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.75, struck-through 816 Madison Avenue letterhead, October 20, 1889. Letter to magazine editor L. S. Metcalf, in par
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Benjamin Harrison201 - Benjamin Harrison
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Unusual partly-printed ADS, one page, 8 x 13, September 20, 1886. Application for life insurance with the New-York Life Insurance Company, filled out
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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William McKinley202 - William McKinley
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TLS signed “W. McKinley,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, June 29, 1896. Letter to George Dana of Utica, New York, in full: "Please...
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Theodore Roosevelt204 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Fascinating archive from the papers of Frederick W. Whitridge, president of the Third Avenue Railway and Roosevelt's appointed ambassador to Spa...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt205 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 6.75 x 7.5, The Outlook letterhead, July 1, 1912. Letter to Dr. George W. Brush, in full: "That was a very...
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Theodore Roosevelt206 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 6.5 x 7.75, The Outlook letterhead, November 23, 1910. Letter to Joseph W. Wess of the Garfield Republican Club,
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William H. Taft207 - William H. Taft
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Signed book: Present Day Problems. First edition, first printing. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 355 pages. Crisply sig...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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William H. Taft208 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 3, 1909. Letter to Dr. George W. Brush in Brooklyn, in part:...
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William H. Taft209 - William H. Taft
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Appealing color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of Secretary Taft greeting Datto Piang in the Philippines, signed on the front in black ink, "Sincerely your...
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Woodrow Wilson210 - Woodrow Wilson
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World War I-dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 20, 1918. Letter to John Hays Hammond, in full: "I app...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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