RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Our first auction of 2021 is led by leaders: icons of the Civil Rights movement, political powerhouses, and social activists that brought about positive change. Highlights include remarkable letters by Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X; multiple Abraham Lincoln documents; a significant signature from Barack Obama; and several Nelson Mandela autographs. Other top lots include an important F. Scott Fitzgerald letter about This Side of Paradise, a first edition of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, a rare Al Capone Document, a fully signed example of Nirvana's breakthrough 'Nevermind' album, and an exceedingly rare check signed twice by Nikola Tesla. 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 January 2021.
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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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Pare Lorentz52 - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Pare Lorentz
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Typed biographical chronology of Franklin D. Roosevelt's life, totaling more than 425 pages, from the papers of documentary filmmaker Pare Loren...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed53 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 9, 1971. Letter to Winston Dabney, Chairman of the Los Alamos Veterans Reunion Committee, in Los
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed54 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 12, 1945. Letter to Martin A. Lewis, in full, “Your kind message regarding my Proclamati
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Autograph Letter Signed55 - Harry S. Truman Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 6.25 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, November 25, 1944. Letter to "Miss Taggart," in full: "Thanks very, very mu...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Signed Free Frank56 - Harry S. Truman Signed Free Frank
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Scarce authentically signed and postally used free-franked mailing envelope, 6.25 x 4.25, addressed in type to the Hon. and Mrs. David Edelstein in Ne
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed57 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 30, 1947. Letter to Budget Bureau director James Webb. In full: "The Acti...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Hand-Corrected Speech58 - Dwight D. Eisenhower Hand-Corrected Speech
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Hand-corrected partial draft of Dwight D. Eisenhower's last speech from his 1956 re-election campaign, two pages, 8 x 10.5, boasting nearly 50 w...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed59 - Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed twice, “Jacqueline Kennedy, Mrs. John F. Kennedy,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, February 1, 1960. Letter to
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed60 - Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Jackie,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, White House stationery card, no date. Letter to "Bob," Robert McNamara, P...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy (5) Original Candid Photographs61 - Jacqueline Kennedy (5) Original Candid Photographs
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Amazing collection of five original vintage circa 1945 glossy candid photos, 3.5 x 5.25 and 5.25 x 3.5, portraying the 16-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Cecil Stoughton's John F. Kennedy Funeral Photo Album63 - Cecil Stoughton's John F. Kennedy Funeral Photo Album
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Official White House photographer Cecil Stoughton's personal photo album containing 34 original vintage color 8 x 10 and 10 x 8 photos of the fu...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed64 - John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, June 6, 1957. Letter to Bascom N. Timmons, a White H
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed65 - Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed "Dutch," one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Lydia Hupfer McArthur, in full: "Just a...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Barack Obama Autograph Note Signed66 - Barack Obama Autograph Note Signed
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ANS as president, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, no date. In full: "To the People of K'Ogelo—Thank you for the prayer...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Joe Biden 'Situation Room' Multi-Signed Photograph68 - Joe Biden 'Situation Room' Multi-Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 12 x 8 photo of the situation room during the raid on Osama bin Laden, signed in black felt tip by Joe Biden, Mike Mullen, John Bre
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Joe Biden Signed Campaign Sign69 - Joe Biden Signed Campaign Sign
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Appealing campaign sign from the 2020 Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, 22 x 14, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Lisa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joe Biden Signed Campaign Sign70 - Joe Biden Signed Campaign Sign
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Attractive campaign sign from the 2020 Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, 22 x 14, prominently signed and inscribed in black felt tip,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joe Biden Signed Photograph71 - Joe Biden Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Senator Biden in a suit and tie, signed in silver ink, "Joe Biden, USS, 90." In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joe Biden Signed Book and Signed Photograph72 - Joe Biden Signed Book and Signed Photograph
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Two items: a first edition of the book Promise Me, Dad, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Flatiron Books in 2017, signed on the first free end
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Joe and Jill Biden Signed Photograph73 - Joe and Jill Biden Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Joe Biden and Jill Biden waving from the steps of Air Force Two during his vice presidency, signed in black felt ti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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