RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science Fiction

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Loaded with over 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an amazing assortment of historic collectibles. This catalog begins with a featured section of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, exploring these popular genres across Hollywood and literature—from Forrest J. Ackerman’s Frankenstein posters to screen-used Star Trek props to first editions by Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein, and King. Other top highlights in this sale are: a letter sent by George Washington from West Point during the Revolution; an exceedingly rare Martha Washington autograph letter boasting a presidential free frank; a significant letter by Martin Luther King, Jr., on Jackie Robinson; a fully-signed Beatles Parlophone Records promo card; and letters by renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz. 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 2018.
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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Theodore Roosevelt161 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 18, August 15, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints Calvin F. Smith as "Consul of the United State...
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Theodore Roosevelt162 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, two pages, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 9, 1906. Letter to Grosvenor A. Porter, a cousin of Edith K. Roosevelt. In full: “
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Theodore Roosevelt163 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partial TLS, one page, 8 x 7, no date. The interesting conclusion of a longer letter, in part: "Evidently the Post editorial was written by Wel...
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Woodrow Wilson164 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: A History of the American People, Volume I. Alumni edition, limited issue, numbered 25/350. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcover,...
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Woodrow Wilson165 - Woodrow Wilson
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General Order regarding the observance of the Sabbath Day in the US Army and Navy, one page, 5.25 x 8, White House letterhead, January 20, 1918. In fu
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Eleanor Roosevelt166 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, July 9, 1953. Letter to Harry Hooker, FDR's first law partner and Eleanor's attorney, in ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt167 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Unusual bound typescript of Gabriel Over the White House as published in New York by Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11, 282 pages. Si...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt168 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Official circular distributed among the Harvard Class of 1904 regarding their plans to honor the life and family of late President Franklin D. Rooseve
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Franklin D. Roosevelt169 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 30, 1934. Letter to Wentworth Bacon of Canoe Hill Farm in Millbrook, New York, in
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Harry S. Truman170 - Harry S. Truman
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Unique pairing of items signed by Truman: a Series 1935 D silver certificate one-dollar bill, signed on the left side in fountain pen, "Harry S...
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Harry S. Truman171 - Harry S. Truman
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Uncommon White House 'first day cover,' 6.75 x 4.75, postmarked May 19, 1947, signed in black ink by President Truman. In fine condition, wi...
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Harry S. Truman172 - Harry S. Truman
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Impressive matte-finish 10 x 13 portrait of Truman in its original 15.5 x 19.5 presentation mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in fountain pen, &q...
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Harry S. Truman and Richard Nixon173 - Harry S. Truman and Richard Nixon
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Signed book: Report of the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. First edition. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1952.
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Jacqueline Kennedy174 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Exceptional ALS in pencil signed “xxx, Jackie,” three pages on two sheets, 8.25 x 10.5, postmarked August 1955. Letter to her mother Janet Auchincloss
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John F. Kennedy175 - John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy's personal 'victory map' of Cuba used during the Cuban Missile Crisis, measuring 55 x 21 (irregularly trimmed, in two sh...
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John F. Kennedy176 - John F. Kennedy
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 13.75 photo of Kennedy shaking hands with Joe Venneri at a function, with both gentlemen wearing name tags, signed and inscr
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John F. Kennedy177 - John F. Kennedy
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Typed speech draft hand-corrected by Senator John F. Kennedy, two pages, 8.5 x 11, dated and titled "New York Herald Tribune Excerpt—Oct. 29, 1...
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John F. Kennedy178 - John F. Kennedy
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Two original color photos: a glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of President Kennedy standing in the Oval Office next to Connecticut Congressman-at-Large
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John F. Kennedy179 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscri...
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Kennedy Family: Maude Shaw180 - Kennedy Family: Maude Shaw
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The personal diary of Maud Shaw, official White House nanny during the Kennedy administration, which details the development of Caroline and John Kenn
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