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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Theodore Roosevelt41 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Impressive matte-finish 13 x 10.25 photo of the Harvard Board of Overseers taken in November 1913 by Newcombe & Robinson of Boston, affixed to i...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt42 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Ink signature and inscription, “A Mme. Dumont, with all good wishes from Theodore Roosevelt, April 9th 1909,” on an off-white 5 x 7.75 card featuring
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt43 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: Message of the Governor of the State of New York, 1900. Bound in soft Moroccan leather, 8.25 x 10.25, 53 pages. Nicely signed on the fina
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt44 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 16, 1908. Letter to the War Department. In full: “Mr. Taft saw me the other day
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft45 - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 15 x 19, March 24, 1904. President
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft46 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” four pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 5, 1920. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus J. Karger, discussing the
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Calvin Coolidge47 - Calvin Coolidge
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Crisp bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Coolidge, payable to himself for $50, September 29, 1915, also endorsed on the reverse. In fine
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover48 - Herbert Hoover
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Impressive archive of 62 TLSs from Herbert Hoover, most to either friend and assistant Lewis Strauss or his presidential secretary Lawrence Richey, sp
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover49 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS signed “Herbert,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 26, 1958. Letter to his trusted friend and assistant Lewis Strauss, thankin
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Franklin D. Roosevelt50 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, two pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 25, 1940. Letter to Otto S. Beyer, chairman of the National Mediation Board. In
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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