RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a wealth of significant pop culture material, drawing from movies, music, art, and literature. The sale features an important photographic archive of Marilyn Monroe, shot during the production of the 1952 film Niagara; an emotional letter by Monroe to acting mentor Lee Strasberg; an incredibly rare book signed by Leo Tolstoy; a Revolutionary War–dated letter by George Washington; multiple Beatles autographs; and a virtually one-of-a-kind signature of the important Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud. 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 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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Calvin Coolidge41Calvin Coolidge
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Official booklet entitled "Address of President Coolidge at the Commencement at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., February 22, 19...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Calvin Coolidge42Calvin Coolidge
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Signed book: The Mind of the President. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1926. Hardcover bound in navy blue cloth with gil
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Calvin Coolidge43Calvin Coolidge
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Signed book: Mr. Coolidge's Address on Secondary Education. Privately printed, 1929. Hardcover, 5 x 8, 20 pages. Signed and inscribed on the fir...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 Christmas Gift44Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 Christmas Gift
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Handsome desktop magnifying glass given to White House staff by President Roosevelt as a Christmas gift in 1943, featuring a mahogany-colored leathere
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt45Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
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Gorgeous ladies Tiffany & Co./Movado wristwatch believed to have been given to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt f...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt46Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Signed book: The Democratic Book, 1936. Limited edition, numbered 1146 of an unspecified limitation. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, 11.5 x 14.5,
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt47Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 7, 1942. Letter to painter Douglas Chandor, in full: "Please accept my heartfelt than...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Eleanor Roosevelt48Eleanor Roosevelt
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Three TLSs from Eleanor Roosevelt, four total pages, ranging in size from 6 x 8.25 to 8 x 10.5, with each containing subject matter relative to the dr
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt Christmas Gift Desk Set49Franklin D. Roosevelt Christmas Gift Desk Set
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Sought-after pewter desk set created at Val-Kill and given to White House staff by President Roosevelt as Christmas gifts, including: a letter holder
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Harry S. Truman50Harry S. Truman
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Huge vintage matte-finish 19.75 x 15.75 photo of President Truman seated at his desk, nicely signed in fountain pen "Kindest regards & best...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Harry S. Truman Christmas Cards51Harry S. Truman Christmas Cards
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Fantastic trio of three rare official oversized Christmas cards from President Harry S. Truman, including: one from 1951, showing "Blair House—...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Harry S. Truman52Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 29, 1945. Letter to Mrs. Earle Stewart, in full: "I certainly appreciated ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Dwight D. Eisenhower53Dwight D. Eisenhower
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White House card signed in bold fountain pen by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In very good to fine condition, with light toning to the corner tips.
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Dwight D. Eisenhower54Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Three books signed on bookplates by Dwight D. Eisenhower: a first trade edition of The White House Years: Mandate for Change, hardcover with dust jack
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Dwight D. Eisenhower55Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 400 pages. Si
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Dwight D. Eisenhower56Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Prayers offered by the Chaplain Rev. Bernard Braskamp, D. D., at the opening of the daily sessions of the House of Representatives of the
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
John F. Kennedy57John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed neatly on the first free...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
John F. Kennedy58John F. Kennedy
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Remarkable pairing of Kennedy items from the estate of an Senator Eugene McCarthy's secretary, including a signed Air Force One preflight report...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
John F. Kennedy59John F. Kennedy
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Original press kit for President John F. Kennedy's dedication of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies on September 24, 1963, 8.75 x 11...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Ronald Reagan60Ronald Reagan
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Page from an unknown wartime movie script, 8.5 x 11, signed in fountain pen by Warner Bros. contract players Ronald Reagan and James Cagney. The scrip
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00