Auction Details
With a featured section honoring the birthday of President John F. Kennedy, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts nearly 750 diverse lots. Top JFK items include an original portrait study by Aaron Shikler, Jacqueline Kennedy's personally-worn maternity dress, windows from the Texas School Book Depository, and a rosary used by a priest at Parkland Hospital, as well as assorted autographs and other personal effects. Additional highlights in the sale are rare signatures of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for "The Times They Are-a-Changin'," a near-mint trio of the first Playboy issues, and a cigar box signed by Fidel Castro. 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 May 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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141Dwight D. EisenhowerRR Auction
TLS as president signed “D. E.,” two pages, 7 x 10.5, February 3, 1959. Letter to his friend Barry T. Leithead, concerning the nation's budget. ...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
142Dwight D. EisenhowerRR Auction
TLS as president signed “DE,” one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, January 16, 1961. Letter to Barry T. Leithead, written four days before lea
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
143Dwight D. EisenhowerRR Auction
TLS, one page, 6.75 x 9.75, personal five-star letterhead, October 30, 1951. Letter to James Melton in New York, written from "Supreme Headquar...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
144U. S. GrantRR Auction
Civil War-dated partial manuscript DS, one page, 3.5 x 7.75, March 8, 1865, featuring a closing endorsement from Grant, which reads: “Approved, U.S. G
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
145Rutherford B. HayesRR Auction
Partly-printed DS as president, signed "R. B. Hayes," one page, 21 x 16, June 10, 1879. President Hayes appoints John T. Morgan as "C...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
146Herbert HooverRR Auction
Scarce original pencil sketches made by President Herbert Hoover on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet. Hoover’s abstract doodles consist of various geometri
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
147Herbert HooverRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 31, 1931. Letter to Emily B. Callahan, in part: "The death of your husban...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
148Lyndon and Lady Bird JohnsonRR Auction
Attractive color 6 x 4.5 engraving of H. Brown's 'The President's House, Washington,' which depicts the White House in a pastoral se...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
149Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Handsome original 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite portrait of Abraham Lincoln reading with his son Tad, after a photograph taken by Anthony Berger. In ver
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
150Mary Todd LincolnRR Auction
Desirable original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln from circa early 1860s, showing her wearing a floral wreath on her head and
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00