RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Literature

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Boasting almost 1,000 lots, RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features a robust literature section that includes autographs from authors across the ages—from Goethe to Kafka to Hemingway, a wide assortment of great writers and literary movements are represented. Other highlights in the sale include an important letter by Stephen Hawking, an extremely rare Mao Zedong autograph, a fully signed Led Zeppelin album, a wise autograph quote by Albert Einstein, and a letter by Thomas Jefferson on a political economics textbook. 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 September 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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Warren G. Harding61 - Warren G. Harding
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The Marion Star business check, 8 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Harding, "W. G. Harding," payable to Whitaker Paper Co. for $14.74, Apr...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding62 - Warren G. Harding
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Eight pins and buttons associated with Warren G. Harding and his 1920 presidential campaign, measuring between 5/8? and 7/8?, including two different
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Benjamin Harrison63 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 23 x 19, July 22, 1892. President Harrison appoints A. Loudon Snowden, of Pennsylva
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Benjamin Harrison64 - Benjamin Harrison
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The Fletcher National Bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to Piel Brothers ...
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Rutherford B. Hayes65 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 6.75 x 7, February 15, 1881. President Hayes authorizes and directs the "Secret...
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Herbert Hoover66 - Herbert Hoover
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Collection of 19 pins and buttons associated with Herbert Hoover and his presidential campaigns, circa 1928–1932, measuring between 1/2? and 1 1/4?, i
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Herbert Hoover67 - Herbert Hoover
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Deluxe hardcover program for the Golden Jubilee Banquet celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Life Underwriters' Association of the City of Ne...
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Herbert Hoover68 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 22, 1941. Letter to Lawrence Requa of Idaho. In full: "It seems to me that you could be of...
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Andrew Johnson69 - Andrew Johnson
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Ink signature, "Andrew Johnson, Greenville, Tenn," on an off-white 3.25 x 1.5 slip. Matted with a portrait of Johnson to an overall size o...
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Lyndon B. Johnson70 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Uncommon color 14 x 11 print commemorating the passage of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a cornerstone of Johnson's 'War o...
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Lyndon B. Johnson71 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of President Johnson in a distinguished seated pose, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "To Ma...
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Lyndon B. Johnson72 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Collection of 25 pins and buttons associated with President Lyndon B. Johnson, measuring between 3/4? and 9?, including two portrait buttons with 1965
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John F. Kennedy73 - John F. Kennedy
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Collection of more than 35 pins, buttons, and ribbons associated with President John F. Kennedy, measuring between 3/4? and 6?, including twelve jugat
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Abraham Lincoln74 - Abraham Lincoln
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Union Presidential Ticket for the November 8, 1864, election in Morrow County, Ohio, 2.5 x 7.5, featuring the text, “For President, Abraham Lincoln, o
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William McKinley75 - William McKinley
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DS as president, four pages, 8.5 x 14.25, December 22, 1899. Typed copy of a fully executed act by the Chickasaw Nation legislature, entitled "...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William McKinley76 - William McKinley
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Collection of 15 pins and studs associated with William McKinley and his presidential campaigns, circa 1896–1901, measuring from 1/2? to 2 1/8?, inclu
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William McKinley77 - William McKinley
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Three pins associated with President William McKinley, measuring between 7/8? and 1 1/4?, including a jugate portrait pin with McKinley and running ma
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William McKinley78 - William McKinley
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Three jugate pins from McKinley's presidential campaigns in 1896 and 1900, including: a desirable 1 1/4? mechanical 'gold bug' pin from ...
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William McKinley79 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, January 4, 1900. President McKinley appoints Perry W. Vandervoort as a "First Lieutena...
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William McKinley80 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 14.5, January 18, 1900. President McKinley appoints Irving W. Tyson as "Postmaster at Schuylkill...
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