RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Small glass footed vase originally owned by the Roosevelts. Early American-style handled flaring vase stands 4.5? high on a 2.25? diameter base, with

Roosevelt’s personally-owned stationery rack. Black-painted wooden rack measures 9.5 x 4.5 x 8.75. Rack was originally sold as Lot 813 in the November

Extremely rare advance copy of Looking Forward by Franklin D. Roosevelt. NY: John Day Company, 1933. Softcover, 5 x 7.5, 279 pages. Accompanied by a c

Charming 9.5 x 7 Christmas photo of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt relaxing at a patio table with a book and some knitting, taken on July 4, 1941, sig

Partly-printed DS, one page, 11 x 8.5, February 9, 1932. Governor Roosevelt turns over a fugitive to the state of Massachusetts. In part: “I, Franklin

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, April 1, 1938. Letter to John W. Snyder. In part: “I am pleased to tell you that I have reco

Dipping pen used by President Truman to sign a bill to increase compensation for family hardships caused by deaths in the military passed by the House

Historic and scarce matte-finish 9.75 x 8 UPI News photo of Truman holding the front page of the November 3, 1948, Chicago Tribune with its headline p

Signed book: Year of Decisions, Volume 1. Special Kansas City edition limited to 20,615 copies. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.

Unique program for a ceremony held to honor the 149th anniversary of Castle Clinton in Battery Park becoming a US Army headquarters during the War of

Eisenhower’s personally-owned and -used pen knife. Case knife measures 2.5? long with three different-sized pull-out blades, with the longest blade et

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, War Department, Chief of Staff letterhead, June 27, 1946. Letter to Frank Fortune. In part: “It is indeed gratifying to read you

White China dinner plate, 10? diameter, made for President Eisenhower’s presidential jet, Columbine. The dinner plate features a border in gilt, with

Small hand-made war souvenir in the design of a sword, measuring a total of 6.5? long, with the blade engraved on one side with the stylized palm tree

Collection of materials related to JFK’s inauguration that once belonged to Milton Berle, including: a limited edition hardcover inaugural program; a

TLS as president, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, October 5, 1961. Letter of thanks to Jack Landau. In full: “The performance of Shakespe

Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscribed

TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, United States Senate letterhead, January 31, 1957. Letter to Charles William Lavers in Boston. In part

Collection of 19 items consisting of signed photos and printed testimonies, each signed by a person associated with the Kennedy assassination. Signers

Rectangular piece of clear plexiglass, 7.75 x 6 x 0.25, featuring a bullet hole in the right side, with notations reading, “Front Side. 1-1-85. 1/4? P