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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Eleanor Roosevelt142 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6 x 9.75, White House letterhead, August 19, 1941. Letter to Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, in full: "I very much appre...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt143 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13.25 portrait of Roosevelt by Pach Bros., affixed to its original 12 x 16 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fount
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Franklin D. Roosevelt144 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, November 28, 1930. Letter to Charles Belknap, in full: "Ever so many t...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt145 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as governor, one page, 11 x 8.5, March 11, 1929. An extradition document issued from the Executive Chamber of the State of New York,
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Franklin D. Roosevelt146 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 24, 1928. Written from Warm Springs, Georgia, a letter to Mary D. Walker, in full: "V...
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Theodore Roosevelt147 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Classic 7 x 11 print by the National Calendar Company featuring an 1898 portrait of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Riders uniform, taken by G
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Theodore Roosevelt148 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Superb matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Theodore Roosevelt, taken by Harris & Ewing circa 1907, showing the commander-in-chief with his famous must...
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Theodore Roosevelt149 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Ephemera from the Roosevelt Club of Boston, including: a small circa 1920 booklet outlining the organization's constitution and purpose, and nam...
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Theodore Roosevelt150 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Two items: a 9 x 12 print of J. N. 'Ding' Darling's sketch of Roosevelt on horseback entitled "The Long Long Trail," signed an...
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Theodore Roosevelt151 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Interesting 8 x 6.25 photo of the Long Island grave site of Theodore Roosevelt, affixed to a 12 x 10 mount, showing a wreath on the gate marked: &qu...
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Theodore Roosevelt152 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Fantastic 7.75 x 5.75 album photograph of Teddy Roosevelt greeting the masses from the back of a train, affixed to a 9.5 x 7.5 mount. In fine conditio
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940 Christmas Gift153 - Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940 Christmas Gift
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Appealing sterling silver key chain given to friends and White House staff as a Christmas gift by President Roosevelt in 1940, featuring a 1.25? charm
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Seven Presidents154 - Seven Presidents
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Group lot of seven items, mostly covers or FDCs, ranging in size from 3.75 x 1.75 to 6.5 x 3.75, each signed in ink or fountain pen by a former Americ
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William H. Taft155 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court letterhead, December 15, 1928. Letter to Senator Robert F. Wagner, in part: "There...
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William H. Taft156 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, July 19, 1921. Letter to the Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Americ
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William H. Taft157 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 7, 1912. Letter to General James H. Wilson, in full: "...
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William H. Taft158 - William H. Taft
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Attractive engraving of the White House, 6.25 x 4, signed below the vignette in ink, "Wm. H. Taft." In fine condition, with light overall ...
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William H. Taft159 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 16.75 x 13.5, May 9, 1910. President Taft appoints Anson C. Merrick as "Postmas...
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Harry and Bess Truman160 - Harry and Bess Truman
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Two items: Signed book: Harry S. Truman: The Memorable Words of The Man From Missouri. Kansas City: Hallmark Editions, 1970. Hardcover with dust jac
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Harry and Bess Truman161 - Harry and Bess Truman
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Three items: a ballpoint signature, "Harry S. Truman," on a white 6 x 4 autograph request card; an FDC with a cachet honoring Franklin D. ...
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