RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

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RR Auction’s November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings over 800 incredible lots to auction, featuring a compelling selection of John F. Kennedy items in honor of the 55th anniversary of his death. Highlights include JFK’s iconic presidential bomber jacket, his rocking chair from the Carlyle, and a wealth of important handwritten notes, signed photographs, and letter, including one from Jackie reflecting on her tragic flight home from Dallas on Air Force One. An amazing map annotated by Fidel Castro to show the Bay of Pigs invasion represents one of the greatest foreign policy challenges of Kennedy’s presidency. In addition to these are a diverse selection of outstanding items from throughout history: a letter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an autograph document by George Washington using slaves as collateral, a Beatles signed photograph, a compelling archive of Greta Garbo’s letters, and a comprehensive assortment of Napoleonic Marshals round out these fine offerings.
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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Abraham Lincoln146 - Abraham Lincoln
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ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” 7.5 x 6, October 7, 1842. Superb official legal letter submitted to the Chancery in Sangamon Circuit Court, in the case of ...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln147 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rare book: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln by Frederick Hill Meserve. Limited edition, numbered 21/102. NY: Privately-printed, 1911. Hardcover, 9.2
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln 'National Thanksgiving' Broadside148 - Abraham Lincoln 'National Thanksgiving' Broadside
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Scarce broadside of a proclamation issued by Governor John A. Andrew of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 20 x 28, recognizing President Abraham Linc
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson149 - Andrew Johnson
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Unusual dual ink signature, "Andrew Johnson, Greeneville, Tennessee" and "Andrew Johnson, Aug. 5th 1873,” on a single off-white 7 x 4...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant150 - U. S. Grant
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Crisply penned ink signature, "Respectfully, your obt. srt., U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.5 sheet. Double-matted and framed...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant151 - U. S. Grant
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Outstanding official engraved portrait of Grant by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, 4 x 5.5, boldly signed in ink, "U. S. Grant." A...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield152 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, March 28, 1873. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison in Cleveland, in part: "I h...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt153 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS in pencil, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.75, February 5, 1910. Written while “On Safari,” a letter to Mr. Everhart, naturalist and
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Theodore Roosevelt154 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Uncommon DS as president, one page, 8 x 13, October 22, 1906. Official printed Thanksgiving proclamation issued by President Roosevelt, boldly signed
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt155 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Excellent TLS, three pages, 7.75 x 9.5, The Outlook letterhead, July 30, 1912. Letter to C. S. Hawkins of the Union League Club, in part: "The ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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