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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Gerald Ford207 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: A Vision for America. First edition, limited issue of 500 copies. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10. Si
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Gerald Ford208 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: The War Powers Resolution: A Constitutional Crisis. First edition, limited issue numbered #38/200. Oroville, California: Butte College Pr
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Gerald and Betty Ford209 - Gerald and Betty Ford
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Six photos of various finishes, ranging in size from 3.5 x 7 to 9.75 x 10, three signed in felt tip by Gerald Ford and three signed in felt tip by Bet
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Richard Nixon210 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: In the Arena. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 384 pages. Signed in...
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Richard Nixon211 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. First edition. NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978. Hardcover, 7 x 9.5, 1120 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue
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Richard Nixon212 - Richard Nixon
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Inaugural Day cover with a cachet honoring Nixon’s 1969 inauguration, signed on the front in blue ink. In fine condition.
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Barack Obama213 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition, first printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed
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Barack Obama214 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: President Obama: The Path to the White House. NY: Time-Life, 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket, 8.25 x 11, 95 pages. Signed in black felt t
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Barack Obama215 - Barack Obama
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of President Obama at his inauguration, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a JSA label affixed to the r
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Ronald Reagan216 - Ronald Reagan
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Glossy 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Reagan as governor of California, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip “To Harry Cream, with every good wish, Ronald Reag
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Ronald Reagan217 - Ronald Reagan
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Matte-finish 12.75 x 17 photo of a younger Reagan in a sport coat, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Michael Mattera, With every good wish—Sincer
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Ronald Reagan218 - Ronald Reagan
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Original vintage 1950 membership card for the Ronald Reagan Fan Club, 3.75 x 2.25, filled out in type and signed in pencil by Reagan and blue ballpoin
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Ronald Reagan219 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed book: An American Life. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 748 pages. Sign...
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Ronald Reagan220 - Ronald Reagan
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Patriotic-themed flyer for the Nassau County Republican Committee Annual Dinner in New York, May 3, 1979, 10.75 x 4, signed in blue ballpoint by Reaga
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan221 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Ballpoint signatures, “Ronald Reagan” and “Nancy Reagan,” on the reverse of an off-white 3.5 x 2 business card. In fine condition.
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Chester A. Arthur222 - Chester A. Arthur
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Original personal calling card bearing Arthur’s name, 3.25 x 1.75, signed in pencil, “I will be at your house at one tomorrow, C. A. A., Jan 6.” In fi
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John Jacob Astor223 - John Jacob Astor
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Original personal calling card bearing Astor’s name and Fifth Avenue address, 3 x 1.5, signed in black ink, “J. J. Astor, New York, March 1st, 1881.”
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Sarah Bernhardt224 - Sarah Bernhardt
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Original black-bordered personal calling card bearing Bernhardt’s name, 3 x 1.75, signed in black ink with an untranslated French sentiment, “Sarah Be
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Grover Cleveland225 - Grover Cleveland
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Original personal calling card bearing Cleveland's name, 3.25 x 1.5, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Grover Cleveland, Jan. 17, 1898.” In f...
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Gago Coutinho226 - Gago Coutinho
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Aviation pioneer (1869–1959) who was the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air in 1922. Original personal calling card bearing Coutinho’s nam
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Edith Bolling Wilson247 - Edith Bolling Wilson
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Original personal calling card bearing Wilson’s name, 3.25 x 2.25, signed at the top in black ink, “Edith Bolling Wilson.” In fine condition, with a s
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Samuel Adams248 - Samuel Adams
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts (1722–1803). Adams emerged as one of the early leaders of the movement against the Stamp
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Susan B. Anthony249 - Susan B. Anthony
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Ink signature, “Susan B. Anthony,” on an off-white 5.75 x 3 slip clipped from the closing of a letter. In fine condition, with some mild toning and an
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H. H. Asquith250 - H. H. Asquith
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British prime minister from 1908–1916. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, Prime Minister letterhead, January 3, 1913. Letter to Lor
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Antoine Cesar Becquerel251 - Antoine Cesar Becquerel
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Scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788–1878). ALS in French, signed “Becquerel,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, no da
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P. T. Barnum252 - P. T. Barnum
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AQS on a 3.75 x 2.5 off-white card. Barnum writes: “The noblest art is that of making others happy. P. T. Barnum, April 2d 1887.” A uniform shade of m
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Stephen F. Austin253 - Stephen F. Austin
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Manuscript DS, signed by Austin at the age of 17, one page, 8 x 3.5, January 23, 1811. A promissory note signed by Daniel Phelps, in part: “I promise
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell255 - Alexander Graham Bell
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Brief LS, one page, 4 x 2.5, Beinn Breagh, October 20, 1911. Brief letter to a collector. In full: “It gives me pleasure to send you my autograph atta
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Judah P. Benjamin and Stephen A. Douglas256 - Judah P. Benjamin and Stephen A. Douglas
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Ink signatures, “J. P. Benjamin, LA” and “S. A. Douglas, Chicago, Illinois,” on opposite sides of an off-white 6.5 x 3 sheet. Sheet also bears signatu
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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte257 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
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LS in French, signed “J. B. Bernadotte,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, Republique Francaise letterhead, November 3, 1801. Letter, wri
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