RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction celebrates Presidents’ Day in February 2018! Our featured section boasts autographs from every American president, including a variety of virtually unobtainable examples—an Abraham Lincoln land grant, a James A. Garfield autograph letter as president, and a Theodore Roosevelt speech are among the highlights. Other top items include: Olympic medals and torches; artistic autographs from the likes of Matisse, Picasso, and Renoir; literary letters by Proust, Kafka, Dickens, and Voltaire; and autographs of music icons such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Woody Guthrie. 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 February 2018.
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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Bill Clinton153 - Bill Clinton
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Scarce ALS as president, signed “Bill,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 4, 1993. Letter to Paul Bursey, Jr., of the nonprofit Putt
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton154 - Bill Clinton
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Uncommon DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, State of Arkansas letterhead, December 8, 1980. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton commutes a murderer's sentence...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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George W. Bush155 - George W. Bush
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ALS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 10, 2006. Letter to Ronald Wade, in full: "The Oval Office is a shrin...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Barack Obama156 - Barack Obama
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Rare ALS as president, one page, 6.5 x 4, White House stationery card letterhead, postmarked January 11, 2010. Letter to Jennifer Cline, in full: &q...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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White House Cane157 - White House Cane
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Handsome cane crafted from wood removed from the White House during the expansive renovations undertaken by Harry S. Truman, measuring 36? in length,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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White House Flag158 - White House Flag
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Very rare and impressive official presidential flag of the finest handcrafted quality, used in the White House during the administrations of four US p
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Estimate : 22,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams159 - John Quincy Adams
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Ink signature, "J. Q. Adams,” on an off-white 2 x .75 slip. Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Buchanan160 - James Buchanan
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Ink signature, "from your friend, very respectfully, James Buchanan,” on an off-white 4.75 x 1.5 slip. In very good to fine condition, with two...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Buchanan161 - James Buchanan
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Free frank panel, 5.75 x 2.75, addressed by another hand to “W. Sayre Heysham Esq., Philadelphia,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, James Buchan
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush162 - George Bush
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Festive collection of six items relating to Christmas celebrations at the White House in 1990 and 1991, all of which are unsigned. The 1990 lot includ
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush163 - George Bush
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Signed book: Speaking of Freedom. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2009. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 302 pages. Signed o...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush164 - George Bush
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TLS as vice president, signed “George Bush,” on an embossed 6.25 x 4.25 vice presidential card, November 15, 1985. Letter to J. Knox McConnell, in ful
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George and Barbara Bush165 - George and Barbara Bush
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Two books: a copy of All the Best, George Bush, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page in black ballpoint,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George W. Bush166 - George W. Bush
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Two deluxe first edition books signed by George W. Bush, both hardcover with slipcase, including: a limited edition of Decision Points, number 4139, p
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter167 - Jimmy Carter
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Signed book: Always a Reckoning. Limited collector's edition, numbered 715/3000. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1995. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter168 - Jimmy Carter
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Signed book: A Full Life. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2016. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 257 pages. Signed on the colo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter169 - Jimmy Carter
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Plains Mercantile Co. check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Carter, "J. E. Carter, Jr.," payable to Leonard Wright for...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland170 - Grover Cleveland
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10, Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay letterhead, August 4, 1892. Letter to Joseph Oberfelder, in full: "I desire through you to ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland171 - Grover Cleveland
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Ink signature, "Grover Cleveland,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.25 slip. Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fine con...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland172 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, February 3, 1896. President Cleveland appoints James Seymour Rogers a “Captain of Infan
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton173 - Bill Clinton
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Color satin-finish 12 x 18 photo reproducing an invitation to Clinton's presidential inauguration in 1993, signed in black felt tip, "Thank...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton174 - Bill Clinton
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Semi-glossy 10 x 8 paperstock photo of Bill Clinton speaking into a bank of microphones as Governor of Arkansas, signed and inscribed in blue ink, &...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton175 - Bill Clinton
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Correspondence card bearing a golden embossed state seal of Arkansas, measuring 6.25 x 9 open, July 6, 1979. The inside of the card features a brief t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill and Hillary Clinton176 - Bill and Hillary Clinton
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Two first edition books, My Life and Hard Choices, both hardcover with dust jackets, individually signed on the respective title page in black felt ti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hillary Clinton177 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Living History. Special limited edition, numbered 89/1500. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.55 x 10, 562 page...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge178 - Calvin Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.5 x 15.5, February 2, 1926. President Coolidge appoints Merlin O’Neill as “Lieutenant in the Coast Guard
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower179 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS signed “Ike E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, January 16, 1965. Letter to Eisenhower’s former White House Chief of Staff Wilton B. Pe
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower180 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Uncommon partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 11.75, February 5, 1958. President Eisenhower appoints John Wesley Jones, of Iowa, as “Ambas
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower181 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 13.75 x 11.75, February 11, 1953. President Eisenhower designates Joseph M. Gazzam, Jr., to “serve as a member of The Ann
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Dwight D. Eisenhower182 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS signed “Uncle Ike,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 12, 1961. Letter to Marge and Lowell B. Eisenhower in Los Angeles, in par
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower183 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Distinguished pearl-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "For Edw...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Eisenhower Family184 - Eisenhower Family
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Three items: a brochure for The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, 6 x 8.5, signed and inscribed on the front in blue ink, "To Jacob Bacal, Dwight D...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore185 - Millard Fillmore
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Free franked mailing envelope panel, 5.25 x 3, addressed in another hand to "Day O. Kellogg, Esq., New York city," and franked in the uppe...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore186 - Millard Fillmore
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Ink signature, "Millard Fillmore," on an off-white 3.5 x 1 slip. Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fine co...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford187 - Gerald Ford
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White house card signed in black felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford." In very fine condition. Ford is uncommon in White House cards.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford188 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: Humor and the Presidency. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2014. Leatherbound hardcover, 7.75 x 9.5, 162 pages. Sign...
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Gerald Ford189 - Gerald Ford
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TLS as president signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 22, 1976. Letter to Ida Nessen, in part: "Your kind ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford190 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: The Thirty-eighth President. Limited edition, numbered 204/300. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2001. Clothbound hardcover, 8.2...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant191 - U. S. Grant
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Crisp ink signature, "U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1 slip. Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fine condit...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding192 - Warren G. Harding
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Fountain pen signature, "Warren G. Harding,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1 slip. Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fi...
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Warren G. Harding193 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 14, March 2, 1922. President Harding appoints DeWitt T. Welborn as “Postmaster at Williamston, in th
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Benjamin Harrison194 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpe's Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to N. Y. Draft for $100, Aug...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison195 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 22 x 18, December 21, 1889. President Harrison appoints Robert W. Turner as “Consul
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William Henry Harrison196 - William Henry Harrison
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Ink signature, "W. H. Harrison,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1 slip. Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fine conditio...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes197 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Neat ink signature, "R. B. Hayes,” on an off-white 5 x 2.5 lightly-lined sheet. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes198 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.75 x 12.5, January 24, 1881. President Hayes appoints P. Henry Carpenter as "...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover199 - Herbert Hoover
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Handsome matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait by Underwood & Underwood, crisply signed in fountain pen, "Kind regards of Herbert Hoover." F...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover200 - Herbert Hoover
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Bold fountain pen signature, "Herbert Hoover,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip. Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fi...
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Herbert Hoover201 - Herbert Hoover
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White House card signed in fountain pen, "Herbert Hoover." In fine condition, with a light bend to the lower right corner, and a small sta...
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Herbert Hoover202 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 28, 1935. Letter to James Ernest King, Jr., in full: "That was a fine letter you wrot...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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