RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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Science and Technology dominates the 900+ items in RR Auction's December Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale, highlighted by a fully functional Enigma I cipher machine used by the German military, letters by Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, an Apple floppy disk signed by Steve Jobs, an historic Apollo and other space program artifacts. Other autograph highlights include a John Dillinger letter from jail, a ledger signed by Davy Crockett, multiple George Washington and Abraham Lincoln items, and other outstanding pieces of the past. 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 December 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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William McKinley43 - William McKinley
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Mammoth matte-finish 16.5 x 20.5 portrait of McKinley taken by George Prince in 1900, affixed to its original 17.5 x 23.5 mount, prominently signed on
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William McKinley44 - William McKinley
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Early ALS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10, personal law firm letterhead, November 16, 1869. Letter to General Marsden concerning a recent
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt45 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.5 Underwood and Underwood photo of Roosevelt clad in a three-piece suit and his riding boots, sitting in his yard at S
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt46 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, two pages, 7.5 x 9.5, Navy Department letterhead, June 14, 1897. As Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Roosevelt writes to Governor William Yates A
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding47 - Warren G. Harding
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Remarkable AMS in pencil as president, eleven pages, 5.25 x 8, no date but circa July 1921. Harding’s draft for a message to Congress on July 26, 1921
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge48 - Calvin Coolidge
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Imposing vintage matte-finish 10 x 13.75 close-up portrait of Coolidge by Jack Clifford, affixed to its original 13.5 x 19.5 mount, signed at the bott
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover49 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 30, 1932. Shortly after his lopsided defeat in the 1932 presidential election, Hoo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt50 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Rare ALS as president signed "FDR," one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to Norman Davis, chairman of the Red Cros...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt51 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s official absentee voter envelope and ballots for the General Elections of Dutchess County, New York, held on November 8, 1927,
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman52 - Harry S. Truman
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Iconic oversized vintage matte-finish 14 x 11 photo of Truman holding up the iconic 'Dewey Defeats Truman' issue of the Chicago Tribune, sig...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman53 - Harry S. Truman
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ALS as president signed “Harry,” one page, 5 x 8, no date. Letter to his wife, First Lady Bess Truman, in full: "Weather is not so good. Have h...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman54 - Harry S. Truman
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DS, signed “Harry S. Truman 33°, P.G.M. Mo.,” one page, 16 x 11.75, April 21, 1944. Masonic document certifying "that Brother James Byron ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower55 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 192/1426. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 559 pages. Sign
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower56 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, February 25, 1955. President Eisenhower appoints Thomas Coggeshall of Connecticut as "a Memb...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John and Jacqueline Kennedy57 - John and Jacqueline Kennedy
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Semi-glossy 14 x 11 silver gelatin photo of President John F. Kennedy dining with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy58 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed "Jack," one page, 8 x 10.25, United States Senate letterhead, July 2, 1957. Brief letter to Professor Seymour Harris at Harvard...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy59 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, March 2, 1963. Letter to longtime Oklahoma Congressman Tom Steed,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy60 - John F. Kennedy
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Original "No Parking" street sign from the "Presidential Inauguration" of John F. Kennedy at the United States Capitol in Washin...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy61 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 22, 1957. Letter to constituent Victoria A. Craig in Arlington, Ma
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy62 - John F. Kennedy
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Wonderful original color 18.5 x 28.75 poster for Senator John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, showing a handsome portrait of JFK agains...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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