RR Auction: Presidential Memorabilia Ft. The White House China of Raleigh DeGeer Amyx

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RR Auction's February 2020 presidential auction features more than 30 items from the world-class collection of Raleigh DeGeer Amyx, highlighted by selections from his White House china. Other featured lots in this historic sale are George Washington's birthday feast plate, personally-owned and used by Andrew Jackson as documented in a handwritten letter to his wife; elegant wine decanters from Mount Vernon; a letter from Abraham Lincoln to former Fort Sumter commander Robert Anderson; a rare custom-bound presentation volume of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe; and a silver Tiffany's 'Cuban Missile Crisis' calendar commissioned by John F. Kennedy to give the aides who saw him through the tense thirteen days in October 1962.
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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Chester A. Arthur Autograph Letter Signed4063 - Chester A. Arthur Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed "C. A. Arthur," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 5.75, black-bordered letterhead, December 31, [no year]. Letter to Mr...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur Letter Signed4064 - Chester A. Arthur Letter Signed
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LS as president signed “C. A. Arthur,” one page, 4.75 x 8, black-bordered Washington letterhead, October 15, 1881. Letter to John Davis Long, former g
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Chester A. Arthur Signed Photograph4065 - Chester A. Arthur Signed Photograph
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Rare 4.26 x 6 cabinet photo of Arthur by C. M. Bell of Washington, signed at the bottom of the image in ink, "Chester A. Arthur." In very ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland and Cabinet Signed Photograph4066 - Grover Cleveland and Cabinet Signed Photograph
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Remarkable oversized 21.75 x 15 albumen photo of President Cleveland and his cabinet taken by Prince & Cudlip in 1885, affixed to its original 2...
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Grover Cleveland Signed Book: 'The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland'4067 - Grover Cleveland Signed Book: 'The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland'
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Signed book: The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland, Twenty-Fourth President of the United States, March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1897. First edition. Wash
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Grover Cleveland Signed Booklet: 'Princeton Sesquicentennial Celebration Speech'4068 - Grover Cleveland Signed Booklet: 'Princeton Sesquicentennial Celebration Speech'
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Signed booklet: Speech of Grover Cleveland, President of the United States at Princeton's Sesquicentennial Celebration, October 23, 1896. Washin...
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Benjamin Harrison Signed Book: 'Public Papers and Addresses'4069 - Benjamin Harrison Signed Book: 'Public Papers and Addresses'
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Uncommon signed book: Public Papers and Addresses of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-Third President of the United States, March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893.
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Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'A Book Lover's Holidays in the Open'4070 - Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'A Book Lover's Holidays in the Open'
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Signed book: A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with gilt ...
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Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains'4071 - Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains'
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Signed book: Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains. First edition, limited issue, numbered 402/1000. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, ...
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Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'The Logic of His Career'4072 - Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'The Logic of His Career'
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Signed book: Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of His Career by Charles G. Washburn. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Hardcover bound in nav
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Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'The Winning of the West'4073 - Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book: 'The Winning of the West'
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Signed book: The Winning of the West, Volume III. 'Standard Library' edition. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Hardcover bound in green cl...
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Theodore Roosevelt Signed Engraving4074 - Theodore Roosevelt Signed Engraving
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Handsome engraving of the White House, 6.25 x 4, beautifully signed below the vignette in ink as president, "with the regards of Theodore Roose...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William H. Taft Signed Book: 'Present Day Problems'4075 - William H. Taft Signed Book: 'Present Day Problems'
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Signed book: Present Day Problems: A Collection of Addresses Delivered on Various Occasions. First edition. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908. Hard...
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Warren G. Harding Typed Letter Signed4076 - Warren G. Harding Typed Letter Signed
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 15, 1923. Letter to Myron T. Herrick, US ambassador to France. In full: "I ha...
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Calvin Coolidge Signed Book: 'His First Biography'4077 - Calvin Coolidge Signed Book: 'His First Biography'
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Signed book: Calvin Coolidge: His First Biography by R. M. Washburn. First edition. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1923. Hardcover bound in red c
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Calvin Coolidge Signed Book: 'The Boyhood Days of President Calvin Coolidge'4078 - Calvin Coolidge Signed Book: 'The Boyhood Days of President Calvin Coolidge'
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Signed book: The Boyhood Days of President Calvin Coolidge. First edition. Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, 1925. Hardcover, 6 x 8, 188 pages. Signed
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Herbert Hoover Signed Booklet4079 - Herbert Hoover Signed Booklet
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Signed booklet: American Ideals versus The New Deal. Second printing. NY: The Scribner Press. Paperback, 5.5 x 8, 89 pages. Signed and inscribed on th
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Herbert Hoover Collection of (56) Signed Books and Pamphlets4080 - Herbert Hoover Collection of (56) Signed Books and Pamphlets
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Collection of 56 books and pamphlets signed by Herbert Hoover, including hardcovers and softcovers, with some inscribed. Book titles are: - A Boyhoo
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942 Christmas Card and Checkbook Gift4081 - Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942 Christmas Card and Checkbook Gift
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Desirable pairing of FDR Christmas items from 1942: a black leather checkbook folder, 3 x 6.75, given to Percy E. Nelson by President Roosevelt as a C
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 1944 'D-Day Prayer' Broadside4083 - Franklin D. Roosevelt 1944 'D-Day Prayer' Broadside
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Incredible original "D–Day Prayer" lithographic broadside presented to members of the White House staff by President Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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