RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With more than 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an impressive assortment of historic collectibles. This month includes a special Literature section, with rare and significant items such as an illustrated, autographed manuscript of Hermann Hesse’s "Piktor's Verwandlungen"; Anton Chekhov's “Stories and Tales,” inscribed; a handwritten quotation from Guo Moruo; and many more top authors like Joyce, Tolkien, Orwell, Sartre, Sendak and Whitman. The Music section features incredible original artwork by Frederic Chopin; a 350-page “Who’s Who in Rock & Roll,” signed by hundreds of the genre’s greatest musicians; and a fully signed Beatles autograph with additional, rare signature from Ray Charles. This catalog also includes items from US History, Space, Art, Entertainment and more. 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 May 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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Warren G. Harding323 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 14, February 27, 1922. President Harding appoints Arthur R. Merritt as a "Postmaster at Egypt, i...
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Benjamin Harrison324 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpe's Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to L. S. Ayres & Co. ...
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Herbert Hoover325 - Herbert Hoover
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Three post-presidency TLSs from Herbert Hoover, each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, dated between April and May 1938, personal letterhead. Each addressed to E
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Herbert Hoover326 - Herbert Hoover
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.5 x 14, December 17, 1929. President Hoover appoints Albert L. Watson of Pennsylvania as a "United...
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Herbert Hoover327 - Herbert Hoover
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Handsome matte-finish 9.75 x 12.5 portrait of the 31st American president, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To J. Butler Wright, with kin...
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Herbert Hoover328 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 20, 1963. Written from his home at the Waldorf-Astoria Towers, a letter to Don Lohbeck, in full
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Andrew Johnson329 - Andrew Johnson
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Pencil signature as governor of Tennessee and vice president–elect, "Andrew Johnson, Nov 17th 1864,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 slip. Matted and f...
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson330 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Signed book: The Vantage Point. First edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 636 pages. Signed and insc
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Lyndon B. Johnson331 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS signed “Lyndon,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 16, 1952. Letter to California Congressman Jack Z. Anderson, in full: ...
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Lyndon B. Johnson332 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Signed book: This America. First edition. NY: Random House, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.75, 174 pages. Signed and inscribed on the fir
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Lyndon B. Johnson333 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Signed book: A Family Album. First edition. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 8.25, 146 pages. Signed on the half-title page in
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John F. Kennedy334 - John F. Kennedy
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Unused original "Press Section, Balcony Only" ticket, number 1388, 2.5 x 6, to the 'Texas Welcome Dinner' presented in honor of Pr...
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Abraham Lincoln335 - Abraham Lincoln
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Front page of The Fort Dodge Republican from Fort Dodge, Iowa, issued on October 4, 1862, 16.25 x 22.25, featuring one of the earliest printings of th
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William McKinley336 - 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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Pat Nixon337 - Pat Nixon
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ALS, one page both sides, measuring 6 x 7.5 open, personal stationery card, no date. Letter to George Viegelmann, in full: "What a thoughtful f...
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Richard Nixon338 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. First edition. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Clothbound hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10, 1120 pages....
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Richard Nixon339 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: Real Peace: A Strategy for the West. Limited first edition, one of 1000 privately printed copies, NY: 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5
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Richard Nixon340 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “Dick Nixon,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Office of the President–Elect letterhead, December 9, 1968. Letter to Pennsylvania Congressman Edwin D. E
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Richard Nixon341 - Richard Nixon
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 25, 1966. Letter to Dick Hyman, in part: "Due to a very heavy backlog of mail, this i...
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Presidents and First Ladies342 - Presidents and First Ladies
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Attractive official engraved portrait of the White House by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 7 x 5.75, signed in ink or felt tip by George and Ba
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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