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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Dwight D. Eisenhower Travel Tokens and Signature101 - Dwight D. Eisenhower Travel Tokens and Signature
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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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower's Spanish Ashtray Gifted by Francisco Franco102 - Dwight D. Eisenhower's Spanish Ashtray Gifted by Francisco Franco
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Hand-painted gilt-edged porcelain ashtray presented to Dwight D. Eisenhower by Spanish leader Francisco Franco, featuring the presidential seal at cen
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore103 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: Loco Foco Congressional Speeches 1840. Washington: Globe Office, 1840. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, over 1100 pages. Signed vertically on the ins
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford and John Paul Stevens104 - Gerald Ford and John Paul Stevens
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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
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Warren G. Harding105 - Warren G. Harding
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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...
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Benjamin Harrison106 - Benjamin Harrison
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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...
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Rutherford B. Hayes107 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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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...
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Herbert Hoover108 - Herbert Hoover
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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...
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Herbert Hoover109 - Herbert Hoover
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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...
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Herbert Hoover110 - Herbert Hoover
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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
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Herbert Hoover111 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed books: Three volumes of An American Epic by Herbert Hoover. First editions. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1959-1961. Hardcovers with dust jackets
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Herbert Hoover112 - Herbert Hoover
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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
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Thomas Jefferson113 - Thomas Jefferson
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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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson114 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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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,
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John F. Kennedy115 - John F. Kennedy
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Vintage miniature cream-colored porcelain creamer pitcher by Pillivuyt of France, deriving from the dinnerware collection of John and Jacqueline Kenne
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John F. Kennedy116 - John F. Kennedy
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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
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John F. Kennedy117 - John F. Kennedy
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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,...
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John F. Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy118 - John F. Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy
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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...
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John F. Kennedy and Lakshmi N. Menon119 - John F. Kennedy and Lakshmi N. Menon
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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...
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Abraham Lincoln120 - Abraham Lincoln
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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 "...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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