RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Royalty

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RR Auction's March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features 900+ remarkable lots, highlighted by a royalty section that boasts centuries of historically important material—a royal warrant signed by King James to discharge Walter Raleigh from the Tower of London, a letter signed by King Henry VII regarding Catherine of Aragon's dowry, a letter signed by King Henry VIII regarding the 'Father of the English Church' Thomas Cranmer, and some of the finest oversized autographed portraits of British monarchs to ever come to auction. Other highlights include an amazing Wright Bros. signed photo, historic Beatles autographs signed at Shea Stadium in 1965, and important presidential autographs from Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, and John F. Kennedy. 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 2023.
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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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed1 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed "Th: Jefferson" as president and "James Madison" as secretary of state, one page, 15 x 8.5, May...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe Document Signed2 - James Madison and James Monroe Document Signed
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Ja's Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 11.5 x 14.7...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe Document Signed as President3 - James Monroe Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 9.5, December 1817. Desirable military land grant by which President Monroe, "in pursua...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President4 - Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 9.25, January 5, 1831. President Jackson grants an 80-acre plot of land in Mississippi, prominen
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson Oil Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl5 - Andrew Jackson Oil Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl
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Exceptional original miniature painting of Andrew Jackson by his 'court painter,' Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, accomplished in oil on paper...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed on Politics6 - John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed on Politics
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, December 24, 1831. Handwritten letter to "Col. Tomkins," in part: "Your letter…reached me this morni...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler Signature7 - John Tyler Signature
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Ink signature, "Sherwood Forest, March 21, 1853, Very Respectfully and Truly Yrs, John Tyler," on a light blue 4.75 x 3.25 sheet. In very ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk Document Signed as President8 - James K. Polk Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 17.25, April 17, April 17, 1848. President Polk appoints Francis S. K. Russell as a "Fi...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor Letter Signed as President on Benedict Arnold9 - Zachary Taylor Letter Signed as President on Benedict Arnold
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LS as president, signed "Z. Taylor," one page, 7.25 x 9.5, February 4, 1850. Letter to Epenetus Wheeler of New York, in part: "I had ...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore Letter Signed as President on Death of Clay10 - Millard Fillmore Letter Signed as President on Death of Clay
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LS as president, one page, 7.75 x 10, June 29, 1852. Letter to Secretary of the Interior Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, in full: "The tolling be...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore Autograph Letter Signed11 - Millard Fillmore Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, June 24, [no year]. Letter written from Buffalo, in full: "Your apologetic note was quite unnecessary. I suspected that...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President12 - Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 18, October 13, 1855. President Pierce appoints William D. Whiting as a "Lieutenant in th...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed as President13 - Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed as President
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ALS as president, one page, 4.5 x 7, January 1, 1855. Handwritten letter to Gen. T. H. Bayly, in full: "I am unwilling to trouble you so often ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Buchanan Document Signed as President14 - James Buchanan Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 9.5, January 28, 1859. President James Buchanan appoints R. A. Fish as a "Second Lieutenant o...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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President James Buchanan Approves a Native American Treaty15 - President James Buchanan Approves a Native American Treaty
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, March 31, 1859. President Buchana authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affixed...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Approves Gen. McClellan's Reccomendation16 - Abraham Lincoln Approves Gen. McClellan's Reccomendation
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Exceedingly desirable and boldly penned Civil War-dated autograph endorsement as president, signed "A. Lincoln," penned on the reverse of ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President (1865)17 - Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President (1865)
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 11, February 28, 1865. President Lincoln appoints Edwin S. Condit at "Deputy Postmaster at Ce...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Writes to Attorney General Bates18 - Abraham Lincoln Writes to Attorney General Bates
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ALS signed "A. Lincoln," one page, 5 x 8, March 27, 1861. Handwritten letter from the "Executive Mansion," sent to Attorney Gene...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant Signature - PSA MINT 919 - U. S. Grant Signature - PSA MINT 9
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Civil War-era ink signature, "U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U.S.A.," on an off-white 3 x 1.75 card. In fine condition, with light toning from prio...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed as President20 - Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed "R. B. Hayes," one page, 15.25 x 19, March 7, 1879. President Hayes appoints Robert C. Walke...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur 1880 Campaign Bandana21 - James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur 1880 Campaign Bandana
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Interesting red, white, and black jugate bandana from the 1880 presidential campaign of James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, 18.5 x 18, featuring ova
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur Signed Presidential Placecard22 - Chester A. Arthur Signed Presidential Placecard
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Uncommon gilt-edged presidential placecard gilt-embossed with the presidential seal and calligraphically inscribed, "The President," nicel...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison Letter Signed on Abraham Lincoln23 - Benjamin Harrison Letter Signed on Abraham Lincoln
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LS signed "Benj. Harrison," one page, 4.75 x 8, personal letterhead, October 10, 1895. Letter to Osborn H. Oldroyd, one of the first colle...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President on Navy24 - Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President on Navy
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 4, 1908. Letter to journalist, war photographer, writer, and colonial administrat
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed on WWI25 - Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed on WWI
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World War I-dated TLS, one page, 8.5 x 10.25, May 12, 1915. Letter to noted book publisher Irving Putnam, in full: "That is an excellent letter...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed as President26 - Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.75 x 15.75, July 19, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints Richard Herbert Somers as a "Second Lieute...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President on Racism27 - Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President on Racism
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 11, 1909. Letter to Chester H. Rowell, editor of The Republican in Fresno, Cali
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Calvin and Grace Coolidge Signed Photograph28 - Calvin and Grace Coolidge Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 9.5 x 7.5 photo of the president and first lady attending the dedication of the Bok Singing Tower in Lake Wales, Florida, signed in fou
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President29 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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World War II-dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 27, 1943. Letter to notable Texas politician Maury Maverick
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Estimate : 500.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed as President30 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed as President
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World War II-dated partly-printed DS as president, one page both sides, 9 x 13.5, December 7, 1942. President Roosevelt pardons Alvin F. Roberston who
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed31 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.75 x 11.25, March 31, 1931. As governor of New York, Roosevelt appoints a "First Lieutenant, Infantry, State Res...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman and Thomas E. Dewey Signed Newspaper32 - Harry S. Truman and Thomas E. Dewey Signed Newspaper
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Incredibly rare front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune of November 3, 1948, 16.5 x 23.25, featuring the iconic banner headline "Dewey Defeats ...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed as President33 - Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, December 28, 1956. Letter to the Hon. Gerald D. Morgan, special counsel to the presiden
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy (3) Autograph Letters Signed34 - Jacqueline Kennedy (3) Autograph Letters Signed
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Charming group lot of three ALSs from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, each sent to Meredeth Price, the house counselor of John F. Kennedy, Jr., during the
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Note Signed35 - Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Note Signed
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ANS as first lady, penned on a 4.5 x 3.5 White House stationery card, no date. Brief letter to White House Chief Photographer Robert Knudsen, in full:
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph36 - John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph
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Uncommon vintage circa early 1950s glossy 6 x 8.25 photo of the young Jack Kennedy at his desk, boldly signed in fountain pen, "With every good...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed on WWII Airman Memorial37 - John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed on WWII Airman Memorial
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TLS signed "Jack Kennedy," one page, 8 x 10.5, blindstamped American Embassy letterhead, September 19, 1939. Letter to Charles R. Nasmith,...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Handwritten Note with Dante Quote38 - John F. Kennedy Handwritten Note with Dante Quote
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Unsigned handwritten draft by Senator Kennedy for a reply to A. M. Larmore, written in the lower margin of the letter sent to him, one page, 8.5 x 11,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed on 1952 Election39 - John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed on 1952 Election
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TLS signed "Jack," one page, 8 x 10.5, House of Representatives letterhead, November 13, 1952. Letter to a campaign worker named "Joe...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Signed Envelope (1944) to PT-109 Survivor40 - John F. Kennedy Signed Envelope (1944) to PT-109 Survivor
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Scarce hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope, 8.25 x 4, addressed by the young Kennedy to fellow PT-109 survivor John E. Maguire at the Motor Tor
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as a Senator41 - John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as a Senator
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TLS signed "John Kennedy," one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, January 17, 1956. Letter to E. A. Hammesfahr, director of ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed as President42 - Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed as President
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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: "...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed as President on Vietnam43 - Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed as President on Vietnam
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TLS as president signed "RN," one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 11, 1972. Letter to Congressman C. W. 'Bill' Youn...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan Signed Letter Photocopy44 - Ronald Reagan Signed Letter Photocopy
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Stapled photocopy of Ronald Reagan’s handwritten letter from November 5, 1994, announcing that he has Alzheimer’s disease, two pages
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Barack Obama Autograph Letter Signed as President45 - Barack Obama Autograph Letter Signed as President
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Extremely rare ALS as president, one page, 6.5 x 4, embossed White House stationery, no date. Handwritten response to a woman entreating for greater a
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur Signed White House Card46 - Chester A. Arthur Signed White House Card
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Sought-after Executive Mansion card, 4 x 2.75, signed neatly in fountain pen by Chester A. Arthur. In fine condition, with old mounting remnants on th
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Chester Arthur: Jessie and Charles McElroy47 - Chester Arthur: Jessie and Charles McElroy
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Partly-printed DS, signed "Charles E. McElroy" and "Jessie McElroy," one page, 11.25 x 7, September 10, 1917. Stock certificate ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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George Bush Autograph Letter Signed49 - George Bush Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS as vice president on both sides of a 6.25 x 4.25 vice presidential card, May 26, 1986. Letter to Peter Senopoulos, in full: "What a magnifi...
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George Bush Typed Letter Signed on Retirement50 - George Bush Typed Letter Signed on Retirement
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, August 27, 1993. Letter to Timothy Johnson, in part: "Barbara and I are doing just fine and we&...
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George and Barbara Bush Signed Photograph51 - George and Barbara Bush Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 9.25 x 7.25 photo President Goerge Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush posing in front of a Christmas tree with fashion designer Joan
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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