RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. 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 August 2019.
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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John Adams1 - John Adams
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Elderly ink signature, "J. Adams,” on an off-white 2 x 1.5 irregularly clipped slip, applied to a slightly larger card. In very good to fine co...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Madison2 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 8.75, September 3, 1812. President Madison grants "James Baxter of Hamilton County…the ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Madison3 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 10 x 15.75, September 3, 1810. Scallop-topped ship’s pass issued for the "Brig Neutrality, Mos...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson4 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 9.75, November 15, 1830. President Jackson grants William McCann of Montgomery County, Ohio a tr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren5 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.5 x 7.25, June 10, 1840. President Van Buren authorizes and directs "the Sec...
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Abraham Lincoln6 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated ALS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 8, May 11, 1861. Written from the Executive Mansion, a letter to Secretary of the
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln7 - Abraham Lincoln
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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
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln8 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.75 x 11, July 1, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Samuel S. Warner as "First Lieutenant in the Rev...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln9 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated ink signature as president, "A. Lincoln, C. F. Adams, American Legation, London,” on an off-white 2.5 x 2.75 sheet possibly cli...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln 'National Thanksgiving' Broadside10 - Abraham Lincoln 'National Thanksgiving' Broadside
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Scarce broadside of a proclamation issued by Governor John A. Andrew of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 20 x 28, recognizing President Abraham Linc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant11 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War-dated LS signed “Your obt. svt., U. S. Grant, Brig. Gen. Com.,” two pages, 7.25 x 9.5, December 22, 1861. A courteous letter to Confederate
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield12 - James A. Garfield
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Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, June 6, 1881. Extremely rare document issued from the Executive Mansion, suspending John T. Gib
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant13 - U. S. Grant
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Very desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Grant in his military uniform, signed in the lower border in ink, "U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen. U....
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur14 - Chester A. Arthur
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ALS as president, signed “C. A. Arthur,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, October 9, 1881. Letter to Daniel G. Rollins in New York, mar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland15 - Grover Cleveland
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Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Cleveland by C. M. Bell of Washington, DC, neatly signed in ink at the end of his second term as president, &qu...
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William McKinley16 - William McKinley
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TLS signed "W. McKinley," one page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, March 16, 1896. Short letter to attorney James Tyner, in full: "Yo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William McKinley Assassination17 - William McKinley Assassination
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Three ink signatures from key figures in the McKinley Assassination, penned on individual off-white sheets approximately measuring 4 x 2, with signers
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt18 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Astor Trust Company check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Theodore Roosevelt, payable to E. B. Meyrowitz for $34.50, August 23, 191
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt19 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president signed "T. Roosevelt," one page, 6.5 x 8.25, black-bordered Executive Mansion letterhead, October 16, 1901. Brief letter ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt20 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Desirable White House card, 4 x 2.75, signed boldly in fountain pen by Theodore Roosevelt. In fine condition, with some faint toning and soiling.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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