RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring John F. Kennedy

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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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Dwight D. Eisenhower141 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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. ...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower142 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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
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Dwight D. Eisenhower143 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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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...
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U. S. Grant144 - U. S. Grant
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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
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Rutherford B. Hayes145 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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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...
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Herbert Hoover146 - Herbert Hoover
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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
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Herbert Hoover147 - Herbert Hoover
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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...
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson148 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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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...
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Abraham Lincoln149 - Abraham Lincoln
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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
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Mary Todd Lincoln150 - Mary Todd Lincoln
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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
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Abraham Lincoln: WIlliam Herndon151 - Abraham Lincoln: WIlliam Herndon
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Law partner and biographer (1818–1891) of President Abraham Lincoln who was an early member of the new Republican Party and was elected mayor of Sprin
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Abraham Lincoln: Stephen Logan152 - Abraham Lincoln: Stephen Logan
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American lawyer and Illinois congressman (1800–1880) who practiced law with Abraham Lincoln from 1841 to 1843. ADS, signed “Stephen T. Logan,” one pag
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Abraham Lincoln: Frederick H. Meserve153 - Abraham Lincoln: Frederick H. Meserve
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World-renowned collector of Lincoln and Civil War-era photography (1865–1962), remembered for compiling a catalog of known Lincoln images. ALS signed
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[Abraham Lincoln]154 - [Abraham Lincoln]
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “William M. Cooper,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, April 25, 1865. Letter by a Union hospital worker to his mo
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Richard Nixon155 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed "RN," one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 5, 1971. Letter to Samuel F. Pryor, a former vice pre...
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Richard Nixon156 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 30, 1974. Letter to Congressman and Mrs. C. W. Bill Young, sent ten days before h
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Richard Nixon157 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 20, 1972. Letter to Republican Congressman Bill Young, in full: &...
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Richard Nixon158 - Richard Nixon
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, Office of the Vice President letterhead, November 10, 1955. Letter to Ken Browne in Sioux City, Iowa, in part: "I want yo...
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Richard Nixon159 - Richard Nixon
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, Office of the Vice President letterhead, December 18, 1953. Letter to Ken Browne, in part: "This is just a note to tell y...
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Richard Nixon160 - Richard Nixon
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President Nixon's personally-owned and -used personalized Spalding golf ball, embossed in black type on one side, "President Nixon." I...
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