RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

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Boasting well over 800 lots, RR Auction’s November Fine Autograph and Artifact sale begins with an extraordinary feature chronicling the life and death of President John F. Kennedy—from early candid snapshots of JFK to relics from Lee Harvey Oswald, this section offers an impressive variety of material. Other significant items in the sale include letters by classical music icons Erik Satie and Claude Debussy, an excellent 1963 Beatles autograph, a magnificent cabinet photo signed by Charles Dickens, a 1950 letter by reclusive author J. D. Salinger, and a wealth of superior presidential autographs including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, and James A. Garfield. 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 April 2017.
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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Jack Ruby's Monogrammed Suitcase121 - Jack Ruby's Monogrammed Suitcase
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Ruby’s personally-owned and -used tan leather suitcase with leather handles and two brass locks, measuring 23.5 x 18 x 7.5, bearing large gold initial
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby Signed Carousel Business Card122 - Jack Ruby Signed Carousel Business Card
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Business card for Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in Dallas, 4 x 2.25, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, "Admit party any nite, Jack Ruby....
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby Bullet Fired From the Gun That Shot Oswald123 - Jack Ruby Bullet Fired From the Gun That Shot Oswald
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A bullet shot by the actual .38 caliber Colt Cobra revolver, Serial #2744 LW, used by Jack Ruby to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, in th
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby's Personally-Owned Ashtray124 - Jack Ruby's Personally-Owned Ashtray
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Jack Ruby's personally-owned ashtray used on his desk in the offices of the Carousel Club in Dallas in 1963. Measuring 8? in diameter, the ashtr...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby Telegram and Photograph125 - Jack Ruby Telegram and Photograph
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Two items: an original Western Union telegram sent to Ruby after he shot Lee Harvey Oswald, addressed to "Mr Jack Rubin " at the "Ci...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby and James Leavelle Telegram and Signed Photo126 - Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby and James Leavelle Telegram and Signed Photo
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Two items: an original Western Union telegram sent to Ruby after he shot Lee Harvey Oswald, addressed to "Jack Rubin " at the "Dalla...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby Autograph Letter Signed127 - Jack Ruby Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in pencil, two pages, 5 x 8, December 4, 1963. Letter written from the Dallas County Jail, in full: "I know that I've neglected you and...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby Handwritten Manuscript128 - Jack Ruby Handwritten Manuscript
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Handwritten manuscript in pencil by Jack Ruby, unsigned, 24 pages on 22 sheets, 4 x 6, written after he was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswa
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby's Pants129 - Jack Ruby's Pants
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Jack Ruby's personally-owned and -worn black trousers, marked on an inside pocket in an unknown hand, "Jack Ruby." In fine condition, ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby Signed Original Sketch of Jackie130 - Jack Ruby Signed Original Sketch of Jackie
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Original vintage signed pencil sketch of Jacqueline Kennedy on the reverse of an 8.5 x 11 letter Ruby received while in jail, signed in the lower righ
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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George Washington131 - George Washington
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Extremely desirable address panel accomplished entirely in Washington's hand, 6.25 x 3, no date but circa 1776, in full: "To the Hon. Ab...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Abigail Adams132 - Abigail Adams
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Scarce ALS signed “A. A.,” one page, 7.25 x 5.75, no date. Letter to the wife of her son Thomas B. Adams, addressed, "Dear Daughter," in p...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson133 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, September 1, 1808. Letter to “The Secretary at War,” Henry Dearborn. In part: “I regret
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson134 - Thomas Jefferson
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text, "Mr. Jefferson," one page, 6.75 x 4.25, May 10, 1785. In full: "Mr. Jefferson will hope the...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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James Madison135 - James Madison
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Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded with a center panel of 5.25 x 3.25, addressed by Madison to "General Is. Breckinridge, Richmond...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe136 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 21 x 16.5, January 23,...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe137 - James Monroe
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Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded with a center panel of 5.25 x 3.25, addressed in Monroe's own hand to "David Gelston Esqr, ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Monroe138 - James Monroe
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Bold ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9.75, February 3, 1823. Letter to his presidential predecessor James Madison, discus
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams139 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.25 x 9.25, May 7, 1825. President Adams grants "Hutchings Burton Assi...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams140 - John Quincy Adams
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Free-franked address panel accomplished in Adams's hand, 4.75 x 3, addressed to "Miss Harriet Welsh, Boston,” and franked in the upper righ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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