RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
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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Andrew Johnson104 - Andrew Johnson
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Bold pencil signature, “Andrew Johnson, Greenville, Tenn,” on an off-white slip. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 12
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes105 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Crisp ink signature, “R. B. Hayes,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with a very mild block of toning over signature from previous
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James and Lucretia Garfield106 - James and Lucretia Garfield
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Ink signature, “J. A. Garfield, May 9th 1866”; and a franking signature, “Lucretia R. Garfield,” on a mailing panel addressed in her hand to Colonel A
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Benjamin Harrison107 - Benjamin Harrison
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Bold ink signature, “Benj. Harrison, Indiana,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. In fine condition, with a couple of trivial mounting remnants to reverse
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William McKinley108 - William McKinley
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Ink signature, “Yours very truly, W. McKinley,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.75 State of Ohio Executive Chamber card. Light overall soiling, not affecting
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Theodore Roosevelt109 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Fountain pen signature, as president, “Theodore Roosevelt, Nov. 12th 1908,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 album page. In very good condition, accompanied
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John F. Kennedy110 - John F. Kennedy
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Ballpoint signature, “John Kennedy,” on an off-white 5.5 x 7 sheet, also signed and inscribed, “Helen, Best wishes, E. Kennedy Shriver,” and “Paul Dou
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford111 - Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo taken August 8, 1974—the day that Nixon announced his resignation—showing Ford and Nixon discussing the presidential transition in
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Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford112 - Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
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Four hardcover books, one signed and inscribed on the first free end page by Gerald Ford; and three signed on the first free end page by Nixon (one in
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Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew113 - Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew
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Engraved invitation to the 1973 Inaugural Ball, 5.25 x 7.5, signed along the bottom in blue ink by Nixon and along the right edge vertically in black
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Pat Nixon114 - Pat Nixon
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.5, La Casa Pacifica letterhead, no date. Letter to Mary Lazar, wife of Irving Paul ‘Swifty’ Lazar. In part: “You were ever so k
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Richard Nixon115 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, February 14, 1972. Letter to Representative Albert Quie. In part: “It was go
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Richard Nixon116 - Richard Nixon
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, December 15, 1978. Letter of thanks to Joanne Romatowski. In part: “This is just a note to tell you
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Richard Nixon117 - Richard Nixon
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 3, 1975. Letter of thanks to an admirer. In part: “A friendly letter in the mail bag is alway
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Richard Nixon118 - Richard Nixon
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Color satin-finish 8.5 x 11 photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “To Al Kohl, with best wishes from Richard Nixon.” A few dia
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Richard Nixon119 - Richard Nixon
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Invitation to Nixon’s presidential inauguration on January 20, 1969, 6.5 x 9.75, signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Nixon. In fine condition. A
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Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter120 - Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
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Signed book: The Thirty-Eighth President. First edition, limited issue of 26 lettered copies (this being letter G). Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & C...
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Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter121 - Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
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Embossed “Welcome Aboard Marine One” card, 5 x 3, with a gold presidential seal at the top, signed in black ink, “J. Carter,” and in black felt tip, “
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Gerald Ford and Shirley Temple122 - Gerald Ford and Shirley Temple
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Ford and Temple at a 1976 White House ceremony where she was sworn in as Chief of Protocol, signed in the lower border in
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Gerald Ford123 - Gerald Ford
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Scarce color 22 x 15 ‘presentation copy’ lithograph broadside bearing Ford’s August 9, 1974, Oath of Office and remarks to the American public, as wel
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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