RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings almost 900 lots to the auction block, featuring robust art and literature sections with autographs from icons like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Herman Melville, J. R. R. Tolkien, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dali. Other top offerings include an exceedingly rare signed pair of Air Jordan 1 'Player Sample' Sneakers, Albert Einstein's remarkable musings on the meaning of life, a supremely rare set of oversized Wizard of Oz portraits inscribed to the producer's assistant, and a selection of excellent John F. Kennedy material. 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 June 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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U. S. Grant Oversized Portrait22 - U. S. Grant Oversized Portrait
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Huge original 15 x 17.75 albumen portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform taken by Frederick Gutekunst of Philadelphia after Lincoln's assassinat...
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U. S. Grant Document Signed as President23 - U. S. Grant Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 10.5, May 15, 1869. President Grant appoints James M. Reed as "Deputy Postmaster at Steubenville...
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Theodore Roosevelt Signed White House Card24 - Theodore Roosevelt Signed White House Card
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White House card, 4 x 2.25, signed neatly in fountain pen by Theodore Roosevelt. Matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 12.5 x 15.5.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President25 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President
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ALS as president signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, [September 9, 1938]
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President26 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, August 28, 1935. Letter marked "Personal" and directed to Norman Hapgood, in fu...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President27 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President
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Rare ALS in pencil as president, signed “Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. Handwritten me
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book28 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book
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Signed book: The Democratic Book, 1936. Limited edition, numbered 192 of an unspecified limitation. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, 11.5 x 14.5,
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Harry and Bess Truman Signed White House Place Card29 - Harry and Bess Truman Signed White House Place Card
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White House place card belonging to "Mrs. Clifford," ostensibly Margery Kimball, the wife of Clark Clifford, who served as President Harry...
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Harry S. Truman Documents Signed30 - Harry S. Truman Documents Signed
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Historic custom-made green Morocco leather scrapbook, 14 x 11, imprinted on the front cover, "The Medal for Merit, John W. Snyder," contai...
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed31 - 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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Harry S. Truman Signed Inauguration Photograph32 - Harry S. Truman Signed Inauguration Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 7.25 Harris & Ewing photo of the second inauguration of President Harry S. Truman, displayed in its original 13 x 11...
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed33 - 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 regar
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Harry S. Truman Signed Free Frank34 - 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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Jacqueline Kennedy Gifted Brooch with Autograph Gift Note35 - Jacqueline Kennedy Gifted Brooch with Autograph Gift Note
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Vintage brooch by designer Marcel Boucher, gifted by Jacqueline Kennedy to her personal secretary in 1960. The golden rope pin measures approximately
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Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed36 - Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, two pages both sides, 5.75 x 7.75, Hyannis Port letterhead, October. Letter to "Mrs. Lloyd," written from the Kennedy family's Ca...
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The Kennedys 'Cape Cod Casual' Original Vintage Photographs (42) Taken by Katherine Graham37 - The Kennedys 'Cape Cod Casual' Original Vintage Photographs (42) Taken by Katherine Graham
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Forty-two (42) one-of-a-kind photographs taken in Aug. 1961 by Katherine Graham: Exceedingly rare casual photographs taken in Aug. 1961 of President K
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John F. Kennedy's 1931 French Textbook Used as a 14-Year-Old at Choate, with 77 Partial and Full Sig38 - John F. Kennedy's 1931 French Textbook Used as a 14-Year-Old at Choate, with 77 Partial and Full Sig
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John F. Kennedy's 1931 French textbook: "The New Chardenal," signed in ink by Jack Kennedy and by his older brother Joe Kennedy. Used ...
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John F. Kennedy's Original Reading Copy of His Speech Marking the "Official Beginning of the 1960 Pr39 - John F. Kennedy's Original Reading Copy of His Speech Marking the "Official Beginning of the 1960 Pr
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John F. Kennedy’s 9-page original reading copy of his speech with hand-annotations marking the official beginning of the 1
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John F. Kennedy's 1947–1952 Congressional Address + Telephone Book Including Initialed Invoice40 - John F. Kennedy's 1947–1952 Congressional Address + Telephone Book Including Initialed Invoice
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John F. Kennedy 1947–1952 Congressional Address and Telephone Book with Initialed Invoice for cleaning his apartment: JFK
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John F. Kennedy ALS to Choate Headmaster Mr. St. John Nov. 22 (ironic date), 193441 - John F. Kennedy ALS to Choate Headmaster Mr. St. John Nov. 22 (ironic date), 1934
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John F. Kennedy ALS to Choate Headmaster Mr. St. John Nov. 22 (ironic date), 1934: Three page ALS as a 17 year old senior at Choate in 1934 to the hea
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