RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” one page, 7.25 x 4, docketed November 20, 1864. Letter to a "Provost Marshal" in Balti...

LS, one page, 8.25 x 11, Mexican Southern Railroad Company letterhead, April 5, 1883. Letter to J. N. Burritt, in full: "Your favor of March 31...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 17, August 8, 1877. Four-language ship’s papers issued to Charles Grant, "master or commander of...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 21 x 16, February 9, 1880. President Hayes appoints Speed S. Fry of Danville, Kentucky

ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 7.75, Fortieth Congress, US House of Representatives letterhead, March 12, 1869. Letter to Secretary of the

Signed book: A Copious and Critical Latin-English Lexicon by E. A. Andrews. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1858. Leatherbound hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25, 1...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, January 30, 1884. President Arthur appoints Robert H. Hall as "Major of the Twenty-second Re...

Signed book: Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley. Later printing. NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1894. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.25, 664 pages. Boldly s

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, August 30, 1899. President McKinley appoints Conant S. Buttrick as "First Lieutenant in the ...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 28, 1898. Letter to historian William Laird Clowes, in full: “I understand your third volume is very nearly out. Par

TLS as president, two pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 13, 1906. Letter to Judson C. Clements, acting chairman of the Interstate Comme

Signed book: Present Day Problems. First edition. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 355 pages. Neatly signed on the first ...

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 6, 1915. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus J. Karger, in part: &quo...

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, May 3, 1915. Letter to his former private secretary, Charles D. Hilles, in full: ...

Signed book: The New Freedom. Later printing. NY and Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5, 294 pages. Boldly signe...

Incredible original "D–Day Prayer" lithographic broadside presented to members of the White House staff by President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Twice-signed DS, one page, 8.5 x 3.75, February 1, 1927. Promissory note signed by Roosevelt as president of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation for r

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Harvard Class of 1904, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Reunion letterhead, May 23, 1929. Letter for his Harvard classmates, in part:

Four items signed by Truman: an ALS signed “Harry,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Grand Lodge of Missouri letterhead, November 27, 1940. Letter to John W. Snyde

TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, July 16, 1948. Memorandum for the director of the Bureau of the Budget, James E. Webb. I

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 4, 1945. Letter to Jerome M. Joffee, in full: "I have noted with much interest a...

Huge vintage color matte-finish 15.5 x 19.75 portrait of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, "For Moe and Lucill...

Unsigned handwritten letter, one page, 5 x 8, no date, but circa November 1962. Letter to Kennedy Secretary Evelyn Lincoln, in full: "Will you ...

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 close-up photo of President Kennedy smiling in profile, with the first lady pictured just behind him, signed and inscri

ALS signed “Dick,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 7, 1990. Letter to Jack Dreyfus, Jr., in full: "What a magnificent floral ...

TLS signed “Dick,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 17, 1961. Letter to financier Jack Dreyfus, Jr., in full: "I am enclosing m...

Color satin-finish 7.5 x 9.5 full-length photo of Ronald and Nancy Reagan during a peaceful stroll, affixed to the original 11 x 14 mount, calligraphi

Wonderful color satin-finish 8 x 10 three-quarter-length photo of Reagan and Bush, signed and inscribed in black ink as president, "To Ron Wade...

ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, vice presidential letterhead, September 2, 1983. Letter to "Bruce," in full: "I write this fro...

TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 8, 1990. Letter to Sergeant Alex Suarez, USMC. In full: "Word has reac...

ALS as vice president, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, vice presidential letterhead, December 22, 1988. A letter offering condolences on the death o

Russell Athletic Dallas Cowboys football jersey, with an embroidered "25" star sewn on left chest, and screened with the numbers "84&...

TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, September 25, 2003. Letter to Ron Wade, in full: "That advertisement appeared when I was at Yal...

Maryland farmer and postmaster (1794–1883) who created the first known presidential seal; he also made early seals for the Senate, House of Representa

ALS, one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, February 6, 1995. Letter to his biographer Herbert Parmet, in full: "Thanks for both your good...

ALS signed “GB,” one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, May 12, 1998. Letter to his biographer Herbert Parmet, in full: "Jean showed me yo...

Rare printed circular campaign disk featuring an image of a baseball, reading "Hit a Home Run for America, Bush 2000," measuring 6.5? in d...

ALS signed “Bill,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Office of the Attorney General, Little Rock letterhead, June 22, 1977. Letter to Lee Jones, in full: "...

Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed on the title page in blue fel

World War II-dated Official Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force mailing envelope, 8.25 x 3.75, addressed in type to his wife at the Wardm

TLS as president, signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead. Letter to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead of California, in full: “L

ALS signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6 x 8.25, personal letterhead, August 17, 1977. Letter to Ambassador John P. Humes, in part: "Jamie delivere...

TLS as president signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 13, 1974. Letter to Capital University Dean Richard L. P

Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Ford taking the oath of office, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford" and "Betty...

Union soldier and diplomat (1837–1921) who served as the personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S. Grant and to General William T. Sherma

Signed book: The National Capitol: Its Architecture, Art and History. Later printing. NY: J. F. Taylor & Company, 1919. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, ...

Fletcher's Bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to Anna H. Morris for $5, December 15...

Desirable Executive Mansion card signed in black ink, "R. B. Hayes." In fine condition, with puncture holes near the top edge. Accompanied...

Signed book: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, 1874–1920: Years of Adventure. Fifth printing. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket

Handsome color 5.75 x 4.5 print of a Robert Cruikshank engraving entitled “President's Levee, or all Creation going to the White House,” which s...

United States Senate admission pass to the President's Gallery, 4.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed in black ink, " r & Mrs. Danny Thoma...

Vintage fountain pen signature, "Lyndon B. Johnson,” on an off-white 3.75 x 4.75 gilt-stamped bookplate, affixed to a slightly larger card, sta...

Original printed proclamation, 5.5 x 8.75, three pages on two adjoining sheets, dated April 12, 1865. Three proclamations made by President Abraham Li

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 5, 1970. Letter to Jack Dreyfus, Jr., in full: "The book ...

Felt tip signature, "Richard Nixon,” on an off-white 6 x 4 La Casa Pacifica autograph card bearing a typed inscription, "The Pupils of Lor...

TLS signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 9, personal letterhead, January 2, 1991. Letter to historian Herbert Parmet, in full: "I thought you might be...

Signed book: Real Peace. First edition, first printing. NY: Privately printed, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x .5, 106 pages. Signed on the f

Vintage ballpoint signature, “Ronald Reagan,” on a light blue 6.25 x 4 album page. In fine condition, with toning to edges which could be matted out.

Fountain pen signatures, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” and “Eleanor Roosevelt (Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt),” on separate 5.25 x 3.25 State of New York Exec

TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 23, 1940. Written from Hyde Park, a letter to Gustavus A. Rogers, in full: "It was mighty...

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, February 19, 1931. Letter to A. S. Houghton, in full: "Thanks much fo...

Ink signatures, “Wm. H. Taft, Duluth, April 25th 1916,” and “Frances Cleveland,” on opposite sides of a beige 5.25 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition.

Iconic red "Make America Great Again" trucker snapback cap popularized during the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, prominently signe...

Series 2009 A one hundred dollar bill, signed in black felt tip by Trump. In fine condition.

Signed book: Crippled America. First edition. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193 pages. Signed on the first fr

Ink signature, "M. Van Buren,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card, with an inscription penciled above in another hand. In very good condition, wi...

ANS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carrollton,” one page, 8 x 2.75, August 24, 1828. A note to "Doctor Richardson," in full: "My servant Harr...

Third-person ADS, signed within the text, “William Ellery,” one page, 3.5 x 1.5, April 10, 1773. A short receipt, in full: "Received, Newport A...

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts (1744–1814) who later served as vice president under James Madison. His name entered the

Partly-printed DS, one page, 16 x 12.5, April 16, 1792. Governor Hancock appoints Ezra Sawyer as “Captain of a Company of Cavalry in the Seventh Divis

Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Sam'l Huntington President,” one page, 10.5 x 7, July 20, 1780. As president of Contin...

Landowner and developer from New York who signed the Declaration of Independence and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1726–1798). Man

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1714–1803). Sought-after ADS, signed "Mathew Thornton Justice of Peace," one...

American lawyer and statesman (1740-1821) who served as President of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 and later became a US Representative f

Manuscript document pertaining to the future loyalist governor of Massachusetts Thomas Hutchinson, two pages, 7.75 x 12.5, January 7, 1753. The docume

New Hampshire’s second governor (1741–1819), signer of the Constitution, and president pro tempore of the US Senate under George Washington. Revolutio

Son of President Abraham Lincoln (1843–1926) who served as secretary of war in the Garfield and Arthur administrations. ALS signed “Robert T. Lincoln,

Teacher and humanitarian (1821–1912) best known for founding the relief organization the American Red Cross. Bold purple ink signature, "Very s...

Rare ALS signed "Malcolm X," one page on a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting New York City, postmarked October 22, 1958. Letter to Gloria...

Hand-corrected typed manuscript page from the notes that would become The Autobiography of Malcolm X, one page, 8.25 x 13.75, featuring numerous black

Indian reformer (1772–1833) who challenged traditional Hindu culture and first introduced the word Hinduism into the English language in 1816. LS sign

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6.5, October 18, 1873. Letter to Miss Bourne, in full: "Mrs. Wardooper will be much pleased to accept the Scrap-book offer...

LS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, April 22, 1905. Letter to Samuel Hamilton of New York, in part: "O...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 13.5 x 8, December 1, 1795. As governor of New York, Jay appoints John W. Whiting as "Lieutenant of a Troop of Hor...

Businessman who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multimillionaire in the United States (1763–1848). ADS, one page, 7 x

Businessman who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multimillionaire in the United States (1763–1848). ADS at the top of

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 12, 1850. Letter to the editor of the Republic, in full: "Will you be so good as to announce positively th...

ALS, one page, 6.75 x 8, September 4, 1875. In part: "Yours rec'd—Dwight Manning told me today your salary was $1300 per year & no perq...

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Skibo Castle letterhead, September 11, 1902. Letter to Mr. Laing, in full: "It will give Mrs. ...

ANS in pencil signed “A. C.,” written at the conclusion of a letter addressed to him by a writer from Cosmopolitan magazine, two pages both sides, 4.5

Philadelphia banker and artist (1792–1863) who founded the banking house of Drexel & Co. in 1837, which became one of the largest banks in the U...

Brother of American Express founder William C. Fargo (1829–1915) who himself later served as president of that company for thirty years. ALS signed “J

Businessman (1818–1881) who co-founded the famous express firm Wells, Fargo & Co., served as president of American Express, and later directed t...

Exceptional partly-printed DS, 24 pages, 8.5 x 11, December 15, 1885. A first mortgage bond to fund construction of the Memphis Branch of the St. Loui

Seven pages of poetry handwritten by Hearst, the first in pencil on five sheets and the other in ink on two sheets. The pencil poem, apparently an ode

DS, two pages, 8 x 13, January 17, 1894. Legal document from the City and County of New York Supreme Court concerning a "petition of the Truste...

Clothier, manufacturer, and philanthropist (1862-1932) best known as a part-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Very desirable TLS, one page, 7 x 10.

Ribbon-tie-and-white-suit-wearing fried chicken tycoon (1890-1980). Glossy 7 x 9 photo of Sanders in his trademark white suit, signed vertically in bl

American industrialist and politician (1824–1893) who cofounded the Central Pacific Railroad and later established Stanford University. Manuscript DS,

President of the publisher Charles Scribner's Sons and a trustee at Skidmore College (1854–1930). Partly-printed DS, signed “Charles Scribner, T...