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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James A. Garfield161 - James A. Garfield
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Spectacular ALS, signed three times, “James,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.75, July 17, 1854. The 23-year-old Garfield writes from Will
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield162 - James A. Garfield
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A lovely cloth-edged 6.75 x 8.5 frame with a green cloth mat subtly decorated in a floral pattern, with an oval opening encircled by gold ribbon, disp
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield163 - 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 : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland164 - Grover Cleveland
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LS as president, one page both sides, 8.25 x 12.25, December 17, 1894. Official letter of state to "His Excellency the President of the Republi...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland165 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, blindstamped Westland letterhead, October 29, 1899. Letter to Commodore E. C. Benedict of Greenwi
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Grover and Francis Cleveland166 - Grover and Francis Cleveland
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Desirable pairing of Executive Mansion cards, both 4.5 x 2.75, individually signed in black ink as president and first lady, "Grover Cleveland&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison167 - Benjamin Harrison
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Unusual partly-printed ADS, one page, 8 x 13, September 20, 1886. Application for life insurance with the New-York Life Insurance Company, filled out
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt168 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: Message of the Governor of the State of New York, 1900. Bound in soft leather, 8.25 x 10.25, 53 pages. Nicely signed on the final page in
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Estimate : 2,400.00 - 2,600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt169 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Kansas City Star letterhead, July 3, 1918. Letter to J. H. Snodgrass, in full: "That's a very interesting lett...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt170 - Theodore Roosevelt
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DS as president, signed "T. Roosevelt," one page, 8.5 x 13, February 21, 1903. Roosevelt approves an act of the Cherokee Nation. In part: ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt171 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, black-bordered stationery, May 4, [1884]. Letter to Edwin Packard, in part: "Mr. Doty has w...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Theodore and Edith Roosevelt172 - Theodore and Edith Roosevelt
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Desirable pairing of White House cards, individually signed in fountain pen, "Theodore Roosevelt" and "Edith Kermit Roosevelt." ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William H. Taft173 - William H. Taft
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Lengthy ALS signed “Bill,” five pages on three sheets, 5 x 8, July 15, 1902. Letter to "My dear Kelse," written from Rome during a visit t...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft174 - William H. Taft
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Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 11 Harris & Ewing portrait of Taft, signed and inscribed in fountain pen as president, "For Mr. Walter James Ed...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft175 - William H. Taft
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President Taft’s exceptional personally-owned and -used two-piece inkwell desk set, consisting of a robust glass inkwell set upon an ornate silver bas
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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William H. Taft176 - William H. Taft
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ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, personal letterhead, December 24, 1916. Letter to Larz Anderson, in part: “Th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson177 - Woodrow Wilson
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Crisp ink signature, "Sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson, 24 Nov. 1910,” on an off-white 4.75 x 6.5 sheet of 'Prospect' stationery. In fin...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson178 - Woodrow Wilson
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Unusual printed form letter, signed in fountain pen, one page, 5 x 6.5, personal letterhead, no date. In part: "I know that you will understand...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson179 - Woodrow Wilson
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Fantastic ALS, two pages, 5.25 x 7.75, October 23, 1898. Written from Princeton, a letter to author Burton A. Konkle, in full: "It is certainly...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding180 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS, signed "W. G. Harding," one page, 14 x 8.5, February 1, 1909. Stock certificate issued to Fred L. Kramer for two shares...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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