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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Chester A. Arthur81 - Chester A. Arthur
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Scarce ALS as president, two pages, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, December 19, 1883. Letter to Judge Edwards Pierrepont, in full: "My ti...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland82 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 21, 1887. Letter to "Dear Doctor," in full...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland83 - 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 ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland84 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS as president, one page, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 19, 1893. Letter to Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont, in part: "Gov...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison85 - Benjamin Harrison
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ALS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 25, 1889. Letter to Pennsylvania Congressman Samuel J.
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William McKinley86 - William McKinley
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ALS as president, one page, 4.75 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 18, 1898. Letter to the Diplomatic and Consular Offices of the United States
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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William McKinley87 - William McKinley
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ALS as president, signed “W. McK.,” one page, 4.25 x 2.75, Executive Mansion stationery card, July 23, 1898. Letter to Adjutant General H. C. Corbin,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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William McKinley88 - William McKinley
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Uncommon 4.25 x 5 bookplate photo of McKinley working at his desk, affixed to the original 5.75 x 7.25 cardstock mount, signed and inscribed on the mo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William McKinley89 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15, September 12, 1899. President McKinley appoints Wallace N. Batchelder as "First Lieutenant i...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt90 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: Message of the President of the United States, Fifty-Seventh Congress, First Session. First edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt91 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS as president, one page, White House letterhead, May 14, 1905. Letter to John Murray Brown, in full: "It was a pleasure to hear of you throu...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt92 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Printed draft of a speech made by Theodore Roosevelt at an event held in his honor by the Illinois Bar Association (IBA) at Chicago’s Hotel La Salle o
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt93 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Historic TLS from Roosevelt asserting his readiness to accept the Republican nomination for President of the United States, one page, 7.5 x 9, no date
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt94 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Amazing archive related to Rough Rider Tilden W. Dawson, one of the first Americans killed in the Spanish-American War, highlighted by a war-dated TLS
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Theodore Roosevelt95 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, Oyster Bay letterhead, August 6, 1915. Letter to famed Deadwood sheriff Seth Bullock, who was one of Roosevelt's life-...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt96 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 26, 1905. Letter to former New York Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff, in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt97 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, February 1, 1909. A traveler's letter of credit from Lee, Higginson & Co., in part: "...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft98 - 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, 15.5 x 19.25, March 21, 1908. Roos
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William H. Taft99 - William H. Taft
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Vintage matte-finish 5 x 8 seated 1908 portrait of Taft by I. Benjamin of Cincinnati, Ohio, signed in bold fountain pen as president, "Sincerel...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft100 - William H. Taft
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Original manuscript draft of William H. Taft’s biographical entry for the American Encyclopedia of National Biography by pastor and magazine editor Jo
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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