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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Grover Cleveland43 - Grover Cleveland
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Early ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10, November 16, 1859. Letter to the law firm of Blatchford, Seward, and Griswold. In part: “Your allusion to
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Benjamin Harrison44 - Benjamin Harrison
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Ink signature, “Benj. Harrison,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1 clipped slip. In very good condition, with a brush to last name of signature, small red penc
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Benjamin Harrison45 - Benjamin Harrison
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Three checks, dating from 1883 and 1900, all signed “Benj. Harrison,” including two filled out by Harrison. Scattered edge wear, cancellation cuts to
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Benjamin Harrison47 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 18.5 x 14.5, January 10, 1891. President Harrison appoints Carl E. Johnson as “Nota
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Benjamin Harrison48 - Benjamin Harrison
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Scarce ALS as president, in pencil, signed “B. Harrison,” on both sides of a 4.75 x 3.5 card bearing an engraving of the White House, no date. Headed
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William McKinley49 - William McKinley
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Very desirable Executive Mansion card, boldly signed in black ink, “William McKinley.” A few insignificant marks and nicks to the surface, and mild mo
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William McKinley50 - William McKinley
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Crisp matte-finish 5.5 x 7.5 three-dimensional photo, matted to a size of 9.5 x 12, signed and inscribed on the mat in black ink, as president, “Many
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William McKinley51 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.75 x 17, September 17, 1898. President McKinley appoints Arthur P. Cheek “Postmaster at Baraboo, in the C
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Theodore Roosevelt52 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 9, 1905. Letter to US diplomats based in South and Central America. In part: “T
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Theodore Roosevelt53 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Metropolitan letterhead, October 31, 1916. Letter to Philip W. Marett. In full: “That is such a nice letter of yours that I m
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Theodore Roosevelt54 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: African Game Trails, Volume II. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 10, 529 pages. B...
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Theodore Roosevelt55 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Superb 5 x 4 photo of Roosevelt wearing his iconic monocle and hat while riding through the city in a horse-driven carriage, affixed to a 6.25 x 5.25
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Theodore Roosevelt56 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 17, December 10, 1902. President Roosevelt appoints John F. Armstrong “to be Register of the Land Offic
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Theodore Roosevelt57 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.25, Vice President’s Chamber letterhead, August 27, 1901. Letter to Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois. In part: “I shall b
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Theodore Roosevelt58 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 6.25 x 7.75, The Outlook letterhead, June 30, 1910. Letter to William Conant Church of the Army and Navy Journal.
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Theodore Roosevelt59 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Original program for the “Ceremony of the Unveiling of the Lincoln Monument Van Horn Request, Newark, New Jersey, May 30, 1911,” 6.25 x 9, eight pages
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Theodore Roosevelt60 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 1, 1901. Brief letter to Joseph Twichell. In full: “I thank you for writing. I wis
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Theodore Roosevelt61 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Two partly printed DSs, both signed as president, both approximately 15.5 x 19, dated 1901 and 1907. Both are military appointments for Michael H. Bar
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William H. Taft63 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 6, 1920. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus Karger. In part: “Thank you for
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William H. Taft64 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, September 29, 1919. Letter to Francis Edward Clark of the United Society of Chri
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