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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Woodrow Wilson21 - Woodrow Wilson
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World War I-dated TLS as president, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 24, 1914. Letter to Marion J. Verdery, in full: "I want you to kno...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover22 - Herbert Hoover
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Hand-corrected telegram draft, two pages, 8 x 13, April 7, 1919. A draft of the response by the 'Big Four' (American President Woodrow Wilso...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt23 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's personally-owned copy of Knights of the Air by Lester J. Maitland. First edition. NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 19...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt24 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Superlative vintage matte-finish 14.5 x 11 photo of Roosevelt accepting a six-foot model of the Liberty ship SS John Bidwell, beautifully signed as pr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt25 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's personally-owned copy of The Tragedy of the Seas; or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Dire...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt26 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, August 27, 1940. President Roosevelt appoints Sumner Welles as "the Representative of the United States ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt27 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, February 12, 1932. Letter to Ernest Laun, in part: "Certainly it i...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt28 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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World War II-dated TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 12, 1942. Letter to A. W. Hawkes, the president of Congoleum-
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Sara Roosevelt29 - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Sara Roosevelt
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Second wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1854–1941). Signed book: On Our Way. First edition, early issu
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman30 - Harry S. Truman
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Historic custom-made green Morocco leather scrapbook, 14 x 11, imprinted on the front cover, "The Medal for Merit, John W. Snyder," contai...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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