RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale is highlighted by a featured literature section, offering a remarkable array of autographs from literary legends—from American icons like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, and Henry David Thoreau, to world-renowned authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Boris Pasternak, Victor Hugo, Vladimir Nabokov, and Maxim Gorky, it is a robust selection of exemplary material. Political leaders are also well-represented, with outstanding items including signatures of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, autograph letters by Vladimir Lenin, a letter signed by Sun Yat-sen, and a superb George Washington document associated with the Revolutionary War. Rounding out the catalog are items from the realms of music, Hollywood, sports, art, space, and aviation. 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 2019.
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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Ornately engraved partly-printed vellum DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 20 x 13.75, December 10, 1785. A Society of Cincinnati membership certi
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Attractively penned free-franked address panel, 6.25 x 3.5, accomplished entirely in Washington's own hand, "To John Parke Custis Esq'r...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Adams3 - John Adams
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.5 x 17.5, April 2, 1799. Four-language ship's paper issued to "Elkanah Talman of New Bedford, ...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Very desirable free-franked address panel, 4.75 x 3.5, addressed and dated in another hand, "Quincy, M., July 15th, Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, Atk...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe5 - James Monroe
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ALS signed “Ja's Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, March 6, 1792. Letter to "The honble Mr. Giles," in full: "I had appropriated in ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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James Monroe6 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 9.75, April 15, 1825. President Monroe grants John Allen of Monroe County, Indiana, a tract of
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams7 - John Quincy Adams
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Ink signature, "J. Q. Adams,” on an off-white 1.75 x .75 slip, dated "1826" in another hand. Affixed to a slightly larger slip and in...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren8 - Martin Van Buren
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Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8 with a center panel of 5.25 x 3.25, postmarked May 6 [circa 1829–31], addressed by Van Buren to "Genl. Samu...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Tyler9 - John Tyler
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, November 17, 1851. Letter to the Hon. Robert F. Stockton, a commodore notable for the capture of California dur
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln10 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 11.25, July 16, 1861. President Lincoln appoints Jonathan C. Havens as "Deputy Postmaster at ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln11 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rare free-franked transmittal envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed in Lincoln's hand to "Hon. S. L. Casey, National Hotel," and franked in the...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln12 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original limited edition 1.75 x 1.75 swatch of black horsehair upholstery, numbered 18/85, removed from the ‘Lincoln Courting Couch,’ a sofa owned by
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant13 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, March 26, 1870. President Grant directs the "Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the Unit...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant14 - U. S. Grant
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Choice ink signature, "U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.25 slip. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of General Grant at C...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes15 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Twice-signed partly-printed DS, signed “R. B. Hayes, Notary Public,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, May 10, 1852. Warranty deed concerning the sale of
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield16 - James A. Garfield
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ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 10.5, May 19, 1871. Letter to Wallace J. Ford in Corry, Pennsylvania, in part: "I have read with ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield17 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 10, May 7, 1873. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison in Cleveland, in part: "Your letter is exac...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield18 - James A. Garfield
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ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, October 21, 1873. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison, in full: "I have just returned home, fro...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland19 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, March 24, 1885. President Cleveland authorizes and directs the "Secretary of State to cause t...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland20 - Grover Cleveland
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Attractive partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, August 31, 1893. President Cleveland appoints John H. Janeway as "Depu...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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