RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph 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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Benjamin Harrison61 - Benjamin Harrison
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Very scarce ALS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, December 3, 1889. Letter to Vermont Senator
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison62 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fantastic original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Harrison wearing his military uniform in a full-length pose, signed on the mount in black ink, “Benj. H
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison63 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj Harrison,” one page, 8 x 10, December 12, 1891. Harrison orders the secretary of state to affix the seal
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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William McKinley64 - William McKinley
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Typewritten proclamation, signed as president, “William McKinley,” one page, 5.25 x 6.5, Executive Mansion letterhead, no date. Addressed “To The Peop
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William McKinley65 - William McKinley
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Ink signature, “Yrs very truly, W. McKinley, Jr., Canton O,” on an off-white 4 x 3.25 sheet. Sheet is inlaid into a 7.5 x 10 off-white sheet. In fine
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt66 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7.25 x 9, black-bordered Executive Mansion letterhead, October 9, 1901. Brief letter to Hammond Lamont at The Evening Post
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt67 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Ink signature, “Theodore Roosevelt,” on a light blue 4 x 1 slip. Slip is affixed to a slightly larger mount and double-cloth-matted and framed with a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt68 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Impressive oversized etching by Otto Schneider showing Roosevelt wearing his spectacles, 13 x 17, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt69 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Vintage sepia 4.5 x 8.5 photo of Gari Melchers’s full-length portrait of Roosevelt, affixed to a 6.5 x 12.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt’s Family70 - Theodore Roosevelt’s Family
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Seven items, each signed by a member of Roosevelt’s family: unsigned ANS by First Lady Edith K. Roosevelt on a White House card, offering best wishes
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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William H. Taft71 - William H. Taft
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Ink signature, “Wm. H. Taft,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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William H. Taft72 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 6.25 x 8, White House letterhead, March 8, 1911. Letter to W. H. H. Miller. In full: “I sincerely hop
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William H. Taft73 - William H. Taft
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Vintage oversized matte-finish 9.75 x 12.5 Pach Bros. three-quarter length photo, affixed to its original 13.5 x 16.25 photographer’s mount, signed an
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson75 - Woodrow Wilson
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White House card, signed along the top in black ink, “Woodrow Wilson.” Double-matted and framed, with a reproduction of the cover of the 1917 World Se
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge76 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department letterhead, November 4, 1920. Letter to Ernest M. Hortmann, written two
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge77 - Calvin Coolidge
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Uncommon ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.75 x 8.5, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Lieutenant Governor letterhead, June 17, 191
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover78 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: As Ding Saw Hoover. First edition. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State College Press, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 9.25, 138 pages. Signed an
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover79 - Herbert Hoover
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To James C. Austen, with the good wishes of Herbert Hoov
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge80 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, February 21, 1924. Letter to Edward W. Bok, former editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal. In full: “Your qu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover81 - Herbert Hoover
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 12.5 Bachrach photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Robert L. Hogg, with kind regards of Herb
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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