RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. 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 March 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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James A. Garfield42 - James A. Garfield
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A lovely cloth-edged 6.75 x 8.5 frame with a green cloth mat subtly decorated in a floral pattern, with an oval opening encircled by gold ribbon, disp
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland43 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS as president, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, July 10, 1887. Letter to Spencer Borden, in part: "I...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William McKinley44 - William McKinley
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ALS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 7.75 x 10, James McKinley & Co. letterhead, May 21, 1881. In part: "Your paper of 13th is excepti...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William McKinley45 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19, January 16, 1899. President McKinley appoints Sidney R. Wiley as "Captain of the Third Vol...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt46 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, black-bordered stationery, May 4, [1884]. Letter to Edwin Packard, in part: "Mr. Doty has w...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt47 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, two pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, November 4, 1903. Letter to Judge Edgar R. Spencer, in full: "I have received yo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt48 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, personal letterhead, March 19, 1915. Letter to his friend Judge William L. Ransom. In part: "I agree entirely with ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt49 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partial TLS, one page, 7 x 4, no date but circa 1902. In full: "It is getting to be a case as to whether I can longer permit great damage to be...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt50 - 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 in the...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft51 - William H. Taft
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President Taft’s exceptional personally-owned and -used two-piece inkwell desk set, consisting of a robust glass inkwell set upon an ornate silver bas
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Estimate : 4,200.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft52 - William H. Taft
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ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 5.25 x 6.75, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to Charles D. Hilles, in full: "This wil...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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William H. Taft53 - William H. Taft
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Signed book: The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858, Vol. I. First edition. Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Library, 1908. Leatherbound hardco
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson54 - Woodrow Wilson
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Fantastic ALS, two pages, 5.25 x 7.75, October 23, 1898. Written from Princeton, a letter to author Burton A. Konkle, in full: "It is certainly...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding55 - Warren G. Harding
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President Harding’s personally-owned and -used ink well, presented by Florence Harding to White House maid Maggie Rogers after the president’s passing
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Estimate : 3,400.00 - 3,600.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding56 - Warren G. Harding
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ALS as president-elect, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, United States Senate letterhead, January 1, 1921. Written from Marion, Ohio, a letter to David L. Piers
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding57 - Warren G. Harding
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Unusual ALS signed “W. G. H.,” seven pages on humorous 5.5 x 3.5 postcards, no date. Letter to his personal physician Charles E. Sawyer, in which Hard
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding58 - Warren G. Harding
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ALS signed “W. G. Harding,” two pages, 8.5 x 10.5, The Marion Star letterhead, October 24, 1904. Lengthy letter concerning travel arrangements. In par
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover59 - Herbert Hoover
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Substantial bronze paperweight in the shape of a woman’s right hand, presented by President Herbert Hoover to his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, complete wit
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt60 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President Roosevelt's personally-owned and -worn off-white cotton tank-top undershirt made by Lord & Taylor, the well-known upscale store in...
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Estimate : 4,200.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt61 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President Roosevelt’s personally-owned positively gorgeous wooden box with a burl veneer, measuring 11 x 7.5 x 2.25, featuring a metal plate on the to
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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