RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With a wide variety of rare and remarkable material, January’s RR Auction Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features letters by George Washington, John Adams, and Charles Darwin, signed photos of Bruce Lee, Sharon Tate, and Vivien Leigh, and a comprehensive Declaration of Independence section boasting a near-complete set of signers. 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 January 2017.
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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Andrew Johnson21 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.5 x 11.25, July 14, 1865. President Johnson appoints R. L. Brooks as “Collector of Internal Revenue for t
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant22 - U. S. Grant
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ALS, four pages, 4.5 x 7, June 6, 1879. Letter to his son U. S. Grant, Jr., written from “Peking, China.” In full: “We have now been in this Capital t
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant23 - U. S. Grant
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Desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Grant in his military uniform, signed in ink, “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U. S. A.” In fine condition, with a
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant24 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” two pages, 5 x 8, Headquarters Armies of the United States letterhead, January 19, 1865. Letter to
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Estimate : 2,700.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant25 - U. S. Grant
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.5, November 30, 1879. Letter to “Mrs. Hagen.” In part: “Mrs. Grant wants me to answer your letter…Ou
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes26 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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ALS as president-elect, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 7.75 x 10, February 17, 1877. Letter to Col. Henry J. Johnson, presumably responding to an aut
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Rutherford B. Hayes27 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Uncommon printed sheet from Spiegel Grove, dated July 2, 1889, sent out by Hayes after his wife Lucy’s passing, 4.25 x 7, bearing an ANS in the lower
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James A. Garfield28 - James A. Garfield
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Signed book: Vingut’s Ollendorff’s New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak the Spanish Language. Twelfth edition. NY: George Lockwood, 1853.
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Chester A. Arthur29 - Chester A. Arthur
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LS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 9, Executive Mansion letterhead, November 21, 1883. Letter to Truman A. Merriman of the N
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Grover Cleveland30 - Grover Cleveland
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Signed book: The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland, Twenty-Second President of the United States, March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1889. Washington: Governm
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland31 - Grover Cleveland
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Excellent ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, November 26, 1903. Letter to Frank Thorn, in full: “I have received the copies of ‘Wha
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison32 - Benjamin Harrison
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Signed book: The Seventieth Indiana. Extremely rare, little-known signed edition. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.2
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison33 - Benjamin Harrison
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Signed book: This Country of Ours. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 360 pages. Signed on the first free ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt34 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography. First edition. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1913. Hardcover, 6.25 x 8.75, 647 pages. Boldly signed an
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt35 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Fantastic matte-finish 4.5 x 8.5 photo of artist Gari Melchers’s full-length portrait of Roosevelt, affixed to a 6.5 x 12.5 mount, boldly signed and i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt36 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Magnificent matte-finish 9 x 11 portrait of President Roosevelt taken in 1907 by George Prince affixed to its original mount, signed at the bottom in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt37 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 23, 1903. Letter to Mr. Thomas R. Slicer, in full: “I simply do not know how to ad
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Theodore Roosevelt38 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19, May 19, 1908. President Roosevelt appoints Edward H. Campbell as “Lieutenant, junior grade
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William H. Taft39 - William H. Taft
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Fascinating grouping of correspondence from William H. Taft to President Woodrow Wilson in relation to the impending ratification of the Treaty of Ver
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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William H. Taft40 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 10, 1920. Letter to Gus J. Karger of The Times–Star, in part: “I am carry
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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