RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Abraham Lincoln21 - Abraham Lincoln
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Extremely desirable partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.75 x 16, July 26, 1861. President Lincoln appoints Christopher C. Hewitt as “Chief Ju
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, and George Custer22 - Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, and George Custer
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Spectacular leatherbound autograph album, 5.75 x 8.75, signed inside in ink by 50 Civil War–era figures, highlighted by Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnso
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson23 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 9.5, September 30, 1868. President Johnson directs the secretary of state “to affix the Seal of the Unit
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson24 - Andrew Johnson
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Rare 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet photo showing Johnson in a three-quarter-length seated pose, boldly signed in the lower border in black ink. Trimmed edges wi
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant25 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated document handwritten by Grant but unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, June 18, 1863. Special Order 164 relieving Major General McClernand o
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant26 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” one page, 7.75 x 6.5, Lake Providence, Louisiana, February 13, 1863. Letter to Major General Jame
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant28 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 27, 1872. President Grant orders the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United Sta
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant29 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1.75 slip. Includes a contemporary collectors note, reading: “General U. S. Grant’s signature—Give
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes30 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Choice partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.75 x 19.75, February 9, 1880. President Hayes appoints John S. Newell
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison31 - Benjamin Harrison
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LS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10.5, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 8, 1892. Letter to J. M. Dashiell.
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William McKinley32 - William McKinley
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Scarce early ALS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 5 x 5.5, April 3, 1885. Letter to Grace Hazlett, offering congratulations on her upcoming marri
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt33 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.75, September 12, 1905. President Roosevelt appoints Louis A. Kaiser as “a Lieutenant-Commander in t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt34 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Roosevelt, payable to James L. Clark for $537, June 7, 1911. Also endorsed on the rev
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt35 - 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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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft36 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 4, 1918. Letter to Gus J. Karger of the Cincinnati Times-Star. In part: “C
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding37 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, October 8, 1921. President Harding appoints Walton R. Sexton as “a Captain in the Navy.” Crisply si
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding38 - Warren G. Harding
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, November 16, 1920. Letter to Hampton Moore, mayor of Philadelphia. In part: “I was delighted
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover39 - Herbert Hoover
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Collection of five TLSs from Hoover to his presidential secretary Lawrence Richey, each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, dated between 1933 and 1937 (none as pr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover and John Maynard Keynes40 - Herbert Hoover and John Maynard Keynes
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Remarkable archive related to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference following World War I, comprised of Hoover’s correspondence with John Maynard Keynes, Pr
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover41 - Herbert Hoover
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Scarce ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8, personal letterhead, January 7, 1954. Letter to Professor Wallace B. Amsbury. In full: “General Hawley tells me you wan
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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