RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

Five silver-tone travel tokens from the collection of Ike's longtime military aide Robert L. Schulz, displayed in a 3.25 x 6.75 x 1 block of Luc...

Hand-painted gilt-edged porcelain ashtray presented to Dwight D. Eisenhower by Spanish leader Francisco Franco, featuring the presidential seal at cen

Signed book: Loco Foco Congressional Speeches 1840. Washington: Globe Office, 1840. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, over 1100 pages. Signed vertically on the ins

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Ford meeting with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and the newly appointed John Paul Stevens, signed in the lower borde

The Marion Star business check, 8 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Harding, "W. G. Harding," payable to Marion Gas Co. for $44.10, April 4...

The Fletcher National Bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to French Steam D...

ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 4.75 x 7.5, July 28, 1876. in full: "I regret that my engagements do not permit me to comply with your requ...

Handsome matte-finish 7 x 10.5 portrait of Hoover by Harris & Ewing, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "The Kind Regards of Herbe...

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, September 7, 1957. Letter to Lieutenant General Leslie Groves, in full: "That was a most graci...

Signed book: As Ding Saw Hoover. First edition. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State College Press, 1954. Hardcover, 7 x 9.25, 139 pages. Signed and inscribed on th

Signed books: Three volumes of An American Epic by Herbert Hoover. First editions. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1959-1961. Hardcovers with dust jackets

Uncommon White House card, 4 x 2.25, signed neatly in fountain pen by Herbert Hoover. In very good to fine condition, with old mounting residue on the

Printed broadside document, one page both sides, 7.75 x 12, June 27 and July 8, 1797. Broadside publishing two acts passed by the Fifth Congress. The

Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Johnsons posing with their daughters, Lynda and Luci, on the White House lawn, signed and inscribed in fountain pen,

Vintage miniature cream-colored porcelain creamer pitcher by Pillivuyt of France, deriving from the dinnerware collection of John and Jacqueline Kenne

Cream-colored porcelain tea mug deriving from the dinnerware collection of John and Jacqueline Kennedy, used by the couple at their homes in either Ma

Cecil Stoughton's own original vintage color glossy 5 x 5 photo of President John F. Kennedy attending a convocation at the University of Maine,...

Cecil Stoughton's own original vintage color glossy 7 x 5 photo of Caroline Kennedy sitting with her father John F. Kennedy aboard the Honey Fit...

Cecil Stoughton's own original vintage color glossy 5 x 5 photo of President John F. Kennedy speaking with Minister of External Affairs of India...

Section of wood recovered from Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois, 1 x 3.25, affixed to the first page of a pamphlet entitled "...

Uncommon modern plaster casting of the 1860 life mask of Abraham Lincoln originally created by sculptor Leonard Volk, measuring approximately 7.5 x 10

American lawyer and Illinois congressman (1800–1880) who practiced law with Abraham Lincoln from 1841 to 1843. ADS, signed “Stephen T. Logan,” one pag

World-renowned collector of Lincoln and Civil War-era photography (1865–1962), remembered for compiling a catalog of known Lincoln images. ALS signed

Author and inventor (1835–1925) who served as an assistant secretary to Lincoln during his first term, signing most land grants on his behalf; he late

Two items: a TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 30, 1977, addressed to acclaimed conductor and violinist Eugene Ormandy, in full:...

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of California Senator Richard Nixon during a press conference, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the inauguration of Richard Nixon as president of the United States, postmarked on his January 20, 1970 ina

Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed prominently on

Signed book: Nancy. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 219 pages. Signed on the first free end page in blue

Beautiful Fitz and Floyd china bowl from the Reagan White House, measuring 5? in diameter and 2.75? tall, with attractive gold borders to white canvas

Draft ALS signed “R. R.,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, July 21, 1966. Draft of a form letter concerning his position on California's Redwood F...

Glossy 3.5 x 5 deckle-edge photo of Governor Ronald Reagan delivering a speech in Phoenix on April 9, 1968, signed in black ink. Reverse notes that th

Signed book: Speaking My Mind. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 432 pages. Signed on a bookplat...

Ballpoint signature, "Ronald Reagan,” on an orange 3.25 x 2.25 sheet with printed text, "A Security Product." Matted and framed with ...

Ballpoint signature, "Ronald Reagan,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 lightly lined sheet. Matted with a photo of President Reagan to an overall siz...

Ink signature, "Ronald Reagan,” on off-white 4 x 3 presidential post-it stationery. In fine condition.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22.75 x 18.75, January 27, 1938. President Roosevelt appoints Miss Gay B. Shepperson as "State Admini...

World War II-dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 16, 1944. Letter to Edward N. Scheirberling, the National Co

Autograph endorsement as president, "B. O'C, Yes—fine—FDR," at the conclusion of a letter written by Charles Engelhard to Basil O'...

White House card, 4 x 2.75, signed prominently in fountain pen, "Wm. H. Taft." In very good to fine condition, with faint toning and light...

Two items: a TLS, one page, 7 x 9.75, personal letterhead, April 26, 1955, addressed to Gilbert J. Tilbury, in full: “Thank you a lot for yours of the

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 20, 1945. Letter to Mitch J. Henderson, Jr., in full: "I am immensely grate...

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 21, 1953. Letter to R. K. Allerton, Jr., a public relations officer at Underwood. In full: ...

Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 candid photo of Truman on a balcony, prominently signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with one crease which touch

Color glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of Donald Trump on the golf course, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Encapsulated in a plastic Becke

Program for the "Visit to Manchester of The President of the United States of America (Mr. Woodrow Wilson)" on December 29–30, 1918, seven...

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 5, 1914. Letter to the editor of The Public Ledger of Philadelphia, in full: &...

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1737–1832) who was the longest-lived among his colleagues. ALS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carroll

Partial self-contained manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin, Presid't,” one page, 9.75 x 7.5, November 17, 1786. Legal petition in the bankruptcy ...

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1726–1791) who was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfather of Pr

Scarce manuscript DS, signed “Will Hooper, DAR,” one page both sides, 7 x 11.75, September 5, 1764. Legal document from the Salisbury District of Nort

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707-1785) who served as the colony's governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Manuscript D...

Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed third-person ADS, signed “Rob. Treat Paine,” one page, 10.75 x 17.5, July 1780. Writ filled out by "Robe...

Uncommon manuscript DS, signed “Benj'n Rush,” one page, 9.25 x 15.5, October 10, 1793. A petition to the "President & Directors of the ...

ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10, October 26, 1826. Letter to Dr. Lyons, in part: “I have communicated to the President the wish expressed in yo

American politician and reformer in Rhode Island (1905–1854) best known for leading the Dorr Rebellion in 1841–42. ALS signed “T. W. Dorr, for State C

Wife (1757–1854) of founding father Alexander Hamilton, who became co-founder and deputy director of the first private orphanage in New York City. She

Glossy 10 x 8 photo Robert and Ethel Kennedy walking with the family dog and their eight children, signed in black felt tip, "Robert F. Kennedy...

Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. Two items: a gloss

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 12.75 studio portrait of Helen Keller in a lovely profile pose, signed and inscribed in the lower border in pe

Color limited edition 19.75 x 26 artist's proof lithograph entitled 'The Window' from Mandela's 'My Robben Island' suite, nu...

Significant TLS signed “N. Mandela,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, personal letterhead, February 2, 2007. Letter on the impact and influence of Mohandas Gan

Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Later printing. South Africa: Macdonald Purnell, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 630 pages. Signed and

Beautiful limited edition set of six small-format lithographs entitled ‘The Struggle Series,’ numbered 176/950, each measuring 5.75 x 8.25, signed on

Magnificent color glossy 10 x 15 official portrait of the important South African president, neatly signed in white ink during his term in office, &...

American educator (1900-1970) who defied state law in Tennessee by teaching the theory of evolution, precipitating the famous 'Monkey Trial'...

Official color matte-finish 13.75 x 9 photo of the Burger Court affixed to its original 17.5 x 13.5 mount, signed on the mount in ink by all nine Supr

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 16 x 11 group portrait of the Hughes Court by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed in the lower border in fountain...

TLS signed “Wm. H. Davidson,” one page, 8.5 x 7.25, Harley-Davidson Motor Co. letterhead, April 17, 1962. Letter to Horace E. Fritz, in full: "...

Group lot of material from publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, consisting of three pages of handwritten notes and a carbon copy of an eight-pag

Sought-after partly-printed DS, signed “Jno. D. Rockfeller,” one page, 16 x 7.75, January 22, 1885. Stock certificate for one hundred shares in the St

French physicist (1859–1906), best known for his pioneering investigation of radioactivity, who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife,

Partial ALS signed “C. Darwin,” one page, 7 x 4.25, no date but circa 1880. The close of a letter in which Darwin requests three publications, in full

TLS signed “Thos. A Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, November 17, 1922. Letter to one of his salesmen, Hal Starrett, in full: "...

Unusual assortment of pencil instructions written by Thomas Edison, signed “E,” “Edison,” and “TAE,” five pages, 5 x 8, no date. This grouping of note

DS, signed "Thos. A. Edison," one page, 8 x 11, no date. The concluding page from the Minutes Book for a company board meeting, which affi...

Edison Botanic Research Corporation check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed with his 'umbrella' signature by Edison, "Tho...

ANS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, no date. Below a printed facsimile poem celebrating his fiftieth birthday (dated March 14, 1929), Eins

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blind-stamped Princeton letterhead, February 5, 1939. Letter to noted physician and medical w

Fountain pen signatures, "Edwin Hubble" and "Grace Hubble," on an off-white 8 x 10.26 guestbook page kept by Natalie Hays Hammon...

German naturalist and explorer (1769-1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man's ...

Austrian physicist and philosopher (1838–1916) who, as a result of his research into the effects of supersonic velocity, lent his name to the ratio of

Brilliant American physicist (1904–1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading

Archive of sixteen letters from Dr. George Papanicolaou to veterinarian, dog breeder, and eugenicist Leon Whitney, comprising thirteen TLSs and three

German doctor and politician (1821–1902), dubbed the 'Father of Pathology,' who founded the field of social medicine. ALS in German, one pag...

Italian Pope (1881–1963), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who ascended the papal throne in 1958 and served until his death. As the guiding force behind

Attractive hand-illuminated apostolic benediction, signed "Pius PP XI, Peramanter in Domino," one page, 10.25 x 14.5, November 19, 1930. A...

DS in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 13, October 2, 1959. Ministerial decree No. 2077, which reads (translated): "The city of Havana has been chosen ...

British politician (1869–1940) who served as prime minister from 1937 to 1940, and is remembered for his foreign policy of appeasement toward Nazi Ger

Lengthy typed working manuscript, unsigned, twenty-four lightweight carbon pages, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa March 1944. Manuscript draft of an impo

Amazing vintage matte-finish 9 x 11 three-quarter-length portrait of the seated Churchill taken in 1920 by Edward Russell of Russell & Sons, aff...

British politician (1718–1792) who held a number of important positions, but remains best known as the namesake of the sandwich. ALS signed “Sandwich,

ALS, one page, 6.75 x 8.5, December 19, 1948. Letter of endorsement written while Nehru was interim Prime Minister and deeply involved in trying to cr

Empress of Russia (1872–1918) as the spouse of Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Russian Empire, from their marriage on November 26, 1894 until his f

Dual-sided manuscript DS, signed twice “George R.,” one page, 11.75 x 18.75, December 30, 1763. Warrant issued to Henry Lord Holland, the Paymaster Ge

ALS, signed “Diana x,” written inside a 5 x 7 greeting card, no date. Letter to her friend Janet, quite possibly her personal beautician, Janet Filder

King of Bavaria (1864–1886) whose extravagant tastes, generous patronage of the arts, and penchant for exquisite castles (one of which, Neuschwanstein

ALS signed “Diana,” one page both sides, 6 x 4, Kensington Palace letterhead, June 30, 1993. Letter to interior designer Dudley Poplak, in full: &qu...

Desirable 1959 Royal Christmas and New Year's card with their crests embossed on the front, measuring 16 x 8.25 open, featuring a printed image ...

Queen consort (1836-1885) of Hawaii as wife of King Kamehameha IV. Vintage 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite portrait of Queen Emma in a lovely half-length p