RR Auction: January Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Chauncey Depew227 - Chauncey Depew
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Original personal calling card bearing Depew’s name and 54th Street address, 3.25 x 1.5, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Yours very truly, Chaunc
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens228 - Charles Dickens
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Original unsigned personal calling card bearing Dickens’s name and Gad’s Hill Place address, 3 x 1.5, with Dickens adding his current address in blue
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison229 - Thomas Edison
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Original personal calling card bearing Edison’s name, 3 x 1.5, boldly signed on the reverse in black ink, “Thomas A. Edison.” In fine condition, with
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes230 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Original personal calling card bearing Hayes’s name, 3.25 x 1.75, signed on the reverse in black ink, “R. B. Hayes.” In fine condition, with a few mil
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Garret Hobart231 - Garret Hobart
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Original vice presidential calling card, 3.75 x 2.25, signed on the reverse in black ink as vice president, “Yours very sincerely, Garret A. Hobart, V
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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David Hunter232 - David Hunter
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Original personal calling card bearing Hunter’s name and rank, 3.25 x 2, signed on the reverse in black ink, “D: Hunter, Maj. Gen.” In fine condition,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John A. Logan233 - John A. Logan
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Original personal calling card bearing Logan’s name and Calumet Place address, 3.5 x 1.75, signed on the reverse in black ink, “John A. Logan, Ills.,
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Jules Massenet234 - Jules Massenet
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Original personal calling card bearing Massenet’s name and title, 4 x 2.25, signed in black ink, “J. Massenet,” below a brief untranslated ANS in Fren
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Nelson A. Miles235 - Nelson A. Miles
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Original personal calling card bearing Miles’s name and rank, 3.25 x 1.5, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Nelson A. Miles, Major General, U. S. A
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Levi P. Morton236 - Levi P. Morton
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Original vice presidential calling card, 4 x 2.5, signed in black ink on his last day as vice president, “Levi P. Morton, March 3, 1893.” In fine cond
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Felix Nadar237 - Felix Nadar
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Pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820–1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. Original personal...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini238 - Giacomo Puccini
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Original black-bordered personal calling card bearing Puccini’s name, 4.25 x 2.75, signed in black ink, “G. Puccini,” below an untranslated ANS in Ita
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin239 - Auguste Rodin
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Original unsigned personal calling card bearing Rodin’s name and Paris address, 3.5 x 2, with Rodin adding five untranslated lines in French on the fr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William T. Sherman240 - William T. Sherman
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Original personal calling card bearing Sherman’s name and rank, 3.5 x 2, signed on the reverse in black ink, “W. T. Sherman, General.” In fine conditi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Daniel Sickles241 - Daniel Sickles
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Original personal calling card bearing Sickles’s name and rank, 4 x 2.25, signed in black ink, “Autograph of D. Sickles, Sept. 30, ’83.” A few light c
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Alexander Stephens242 - Alexander Stephens
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Original personal calling card bearing Stephens’s name and National Hotel address, 3.5 x 2, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Alexander H. Stephens
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: Stephen J. Field243 - Supreme Court: Stephen J. Field
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Original Supreme Court calling card bearing Field’s name, 3.5 x 2, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Stephen J. Field, Justice of U. S. Supreme Cou
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: William Strong244 - Supreme Court: William Strong
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Jurist and politician (1808–1895) who served on the Supreme Court from 1870 to 1880, an appointment he received from U. S. Grant. Original Supreme Cou
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Helen Taft245 - Helen Taft
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Original personal calling card bearing Taft’s name and Wyoming Avenue address, 3 x 2.25, signed in black ink, “H. H. T.,” below an ANS, in full: “Mr.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Joseph Wheeler246 - Joseph Wheeler
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Original personal calling card bearing Wheeler’s name and Alabama address, 3.25 x 1.75, boldly signed on the reverse in black ink, “Jos. Wheeler, Majo
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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