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 Cleveland41 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 14, January 20, 1896. President Cleveland appoints Rufus E. Bean, “Postmaster at Franklin, in the Count
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland42 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS as president, one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 12, 1886. Letter to well-known investor and philanthropist Herbert Radclyffe. I
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison43 - Benjamin Harrison
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Handsome engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 4.75 x 3.75, crisply signed below the detailed vignette in black ink, “Benj. Harrison.”
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison44 - Benjamin Harrison
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Three bank checks, dated between 1879 and 1883, each filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison.” Expected cancellation cuts, some brushing to
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William McKinley45 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 17, February 3, 1897. President McKinley appoints Arthur P. Cheek “Postmaster at Baraboo, in the County
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Theodore Roosevelt46 - Theodore Roosevelt
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White House card prominently signed in black ink, “Theodore Roosevelt.” In fine condition, with a hint of a paperclip impression and subtle soiling to
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Theodore Roosevelt47 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Print of an etching of Roosevelt, 13 x 17, signed and inscribed in the lower border, “Inscribed for Orville J. Taylor Jr with the best wishes of Theod
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt48 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 26, 1906. Letter to Senator S. M. Cullom. In full: “Having reference to the letter
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Theodore Roosevelt49 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, February 28, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints Arthur P. Cheek as “Postmaster at Baraboo, in the C
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Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft50 - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 14.75 x 9.75, March 17, 1904. Pres
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Ethel Roosevelt51 - Ethel Roosevelt
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ALS signed “Ethel Carow Roosevelt,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Sagamore Hill letterhead, no date, but postmarked October 28, 1912. L
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William H. Taft52 - William H. Taft
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Scarce ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 19, 1911. Letter Miss Marjorie Ide, the daughter of his Min
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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William H. Taft53 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 24, 1909. Letter to the Diplomatic and consular Representati
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William H. Taft54 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” four pages, 8 x 10.5, personal Washington, DC, letterhead, August 30, 1919. Letter to Gus Karger, headed at the top, “Confid
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Woodrow Wilson55 - Woodrow Wilson
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Pearl-finish sepia 19.5 x 14 photo of the U. S. S. George Washington at sea by E. Muller, Jr. of New York, signed in black ink, “Woodrow Wilson,” and
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Woodrow Wilson56 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 6.75 x 9.25, personal letterhead, December 31, 1922. Letter to Reverend Francis Edward Clark of the Society of Christian Endeavor. In f
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Warren G. Harding57 - Warren G. Harding
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DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 13.5, February 8, 1923. President Harding appoints Willard Saulsbury of Delaware as “a Delegate of the United State
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Calvin Coolidge58 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, vice presidential letterhead, April 27, 1921. Letter to Reverend Francis Edward Clark of the Society of Christian Endeavor. In p
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Herbert Hoover59 - Herbert Hoover
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Handsome matte-finish 9.5 x 12 Bachrach photo, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “The Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover.” Double-suede-matted a
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Franklin D. Roosevelt60 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Roosevelt seated in a chair with his leg braces showing, surrounded by three other men, with all four wearing Tri Po Bed-
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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