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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Franklin D. Roosevelt51 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, one page, 10 x 14, May 15, 1944. Document authorizing Laurence A. Steinhardt, the American ambassador at Ankara, Turkey, to “meet and
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt52 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Original unsigned 20 x 28 World War II poster from 1943, listing the eight common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter developed by
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Harry S. Truman53 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 20, 1947. Letter to ardent social reformer bishop Bromley Oxnam, in part: “I f
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Harry S. Truman54 - Harry S. Truman
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Historic and scarce matte-finish 9.75 x 8 UPI News photo of Truman holding the front page of the November 3, 1948, Chicago Tribune with its headline p
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Harry S. Truman55 - Harry S. Truman
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ANS as president signed “H. S. T.,” one page, 5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date. Note to Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder concerning a lengt
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Harry S. Truman and His Cabinet56 - Harry S. Truman and His Cabinet
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Matte-finish 14.75 x 10.75 photo of President Truman and his cabinet gathered around a conference table, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by
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Harry S. Truman57 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8, no date. Citation for a Bronze Star Medal to Mr. Eden Brenes “as Assistant to the Office of Strategic Services Rep
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Harry S. Truman58 - Harry S. Truman
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Handsome color 9.25 x 11.75 print of Truman’s official White House portrait painted by Greta Kempton, affixed to a slightly larger mount, and signed a
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Harry S. Truman59 - Harry S. Truman
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Series 1935 D silver certificate one dollar bill, signed on the portrait side in fountain pen. Significant toning and slight scattered creasing, other
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Dwight D. Eisenhower60 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president signed “D.E.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, February 20, 1953. Letter to his older brother Edgar, in part: “The Head o
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Dwight D. Eisenhower61 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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War-dated TLS, one page, 6 x 8, Office of the Supreme Commander letterhead, October 27, 1944. Letter to Lillian A. Farnan, in full: “I was deeply touc
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Dwight D. Eisenhower62 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, July 13, 1967. Letter to his older brother Edgar, in full: “The people that conduct these Oral History
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John F. Kennedy63 - John F. Kennedy
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Unsigned glossy 7 x 5 photo of John F. Kennedy with John O’Rourke at a Knights of Columbus communion breakfast in Northampton, Massachusetts, on March
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John F. Kennedy64 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 6.25 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, March 27, 1951. Letter to Eileen O’Rourke, the wife of Massachusetts repre
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John F. Kennedy65 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 6.25 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, February 23, 1952. Letter to Eileen O’Rourke, the wife of Massachu
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John F. Kennedy66 - John F. Kennedy
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ALS signed “Jack,” three pages on two sheets, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, no date but postmarked April 14, 1955. Letter to Massachusett
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John F. Kennedy67 - John F. Kennedy
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Secretarially signed TLS with a postscript in Kennedy’s hand, one page, 6 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, January 7, 1955. Letter to Mr. and Mrs
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John and Joseph Kennedy68 - John and Joseph Kennedy
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Two unsigned Western Union telegrams sent to Raymond O’Connell: one from Senator John F. Kennedy, 8 x 5.75, May 25, 1955, in full: “Mrs Kennedy and I
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John F. Kennedy69 - John F. Kennedy
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Clip-on gold-tone presidential campaign pin in the shape of PT-109, engraved with the lettering, “Kennedy 60,” measuring 1.75? long, given by Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy70 - John F. Kennedy
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Flyer for John F. Kennedy’s appearance in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the day before the 1960 presidential election, one page, 8.5 x 11, November 7
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John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt71 - John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt
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Unsigned semi-glossy 7.25 x 9.25 photo of the young John F. Kennedy with Eleanor Roosevelt. Affixed to a thick mount. In very good condition, with ove
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John F. Kennedy72 - John F. Kennedy
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Collection of twelve pieces of Massachusetts representative John O’Rourke’s ephemera from the inauguration of John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961, inc
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John F. Kennedy: Biuku Gasa73 - John F. Kennedy: Biuku Gasa
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Important dictated manuscript in the Melanesian dialect of Roviana, five pages, 7.75 x 9.75, no date but circa 1961. Biuku Gasa's own account of...
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John F. Kennedy: W.F. Liebenow74 - John F. Kennedy: W.F. Liebenow
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ALS signed “W. F. Liebenow,” nine pages, 8.5 x 11, October 17, 1988. A detailed letter describing the circumstances surrounding the sinking of PT-109
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John F. Kennedy75 - John F. Kennedy
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Flyer for a debate to be held at the University of Toronto's Hart House on November 14, 1957, one page, 5.5 x 8, signed and inscribed on the rev...
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John F. Kennedy and His Cabinet76 - John F. Kennedy and His Cabinet
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Exceptional glossy 6.25 x 8 composite photo of Kennedy bordered by images of his cabinet, presented in an off-white 11 x 13.5 mat, signed on the mat i
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John F. Kennedy77 - John F. Kennedy
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.25 x 15.25, May 12, 1962. President Kennedy appoints Dr. Walter Johnson of Illinois “a Member of the Unit
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John F. Kennedy78 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS as president, one page, 6 x 8.5, pale green White House letterhead, March 29, 1961. Letter of thanks for a book sent by Lewis Mumford of New York.
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John F. Kennedy79 - John F. Kennedy
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Fountain pen signature, “John F. Kennedy, U. S. Senator, Mass—June 1953,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with light toning. Originally
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John F. Kennedy80 - John F. Kennedy
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Unsigned program for Kennedy’s famous birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, titled ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President,’ two
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John F. Kennedy81 - John F. Kennedy
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Esterbrook dipping pen used by President Kennedy to sign Executive Order 10988, entitled ‘Employee-Management Cooperation in the Federal Service.’ The
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John F. Kennedy: Malcolm Kilduff82 - John F. Kennedy: Malcolm Kilduff
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Assistant White House Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff’s personally-owned and -used green vinyl souvenir document portfolio case, 15 x 11, gilt-stamped
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Jacqueline Kennedy83 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ANS signed “Jackie,” at the end of a letter by John F. Kennedy’s secretary Evelyn Lincoln, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, May 1, 1962.
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Jacqueline Kennedy84 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Scarce color 13.25 x 9.75 photo of the front of the White House, affixed to its original 17.5 x 14.25 mount, and signed on the mount in blue ballpoint
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Lyndon B. Johnson85 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Collection of fifty commemorative pens used during the signing of major consumer legislation and landmark laws of the Lyndon B. Johnson administration
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Lyndon B. Johnson86 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Printed uncirculated presidential proclamation, signed as president, “Lyndon B. Johnson,” 9.25 x 16.75, declaring a day of National Thanksgiving. In p
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Lyndon B. Johnson87 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 28, 1969. Letter to former Secretary of State Robert S. McNamara, in full: “I have had many oc
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Lyndon B. Johnson88 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Two items: a color glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Johnson, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Arnold Gates, with warm best wish
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Richard Nixon89 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, June 12, 1973. Letter to Representative C. W. ‘Bill’ Young, in full: “I have
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Richard Nixon90 - Richard Nixon
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Two TLSs, both signed, “Dick Nixon,” each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead. Both letters are to Helen Copley, the widow of newspaper publish
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Ronald Reagan91 - Ronald Reagan
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TLS as president signed “Dutch,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, June 27, 1984. Letter to his longtime friend Lydia ‘Hup’ MacArthur. In fu
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Ronald Reagan92 - Ronald Reagan
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Two unique souvenir proclamation typescripts, each one page on embossed presidential sheets, 8.25 x 12.75, featuring the text of Reagan’s proclamation
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Ronald Reagan93 - Ronald Reagan
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Uncommon personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Reagan, payable to Mr. Michael Gray for $50, October 9, 1989. In fine condition. Gray was
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Ronald Reagan94 - Ronald Reagan
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TLS as president signed “Dutch,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 1, 1984. Letter to Lydia Hupfer McArthur, in part: “Thanks so
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Bill and Hillary Clinton95 - Bill and Hillary Clinton
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Two letters, each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, dated August 18, 2000, and addressed to Peter Paul. First, an ALS from Bill Clinton as p
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Presidents96 - Presidents
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Desirable color matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the five presidents who served between 1969 and 1993, signed by each in black felt tip, “George Bush,” “R
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Chester A. Arthur97 - Chester A. Arthur
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Executive Mansion card boldly signed in black ink, “Chester A. Arthur.” Mild bends, slight soiling, and toned tape remnants to reverse, otherwise fine
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Grover Cleveland98 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Westland letterhead, June 17, 1897. Letter to Gen. Francis H. Appleton. In full: “I acknowledge with thanks your co
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William H. Taft99 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 19, 1912. Letter to General Felix Agnus, in full: “I want to se
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William H. Taft100 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8 x 10, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, August 5, 1921. Letter to publisher Cyrus Curtis, in part:
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