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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Woodrow Wilson62 - Woodrow Wilson
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Uncommon endorsed check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed in another hand, payable to Wilson for $1.00, dated February 13, 1911, being a donation for th
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson63 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.745, White House letterhead, April 19, 1915. Letter to Professor Charles B. Wright, who had been Wilson’s classmate during gradua
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson64 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 11.5, September 25, 1911. Wilson commits a woman to the New Jersey State Institution for Feeble Minded Women. In part
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding65 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, December 27, 1921. Harding appoints “Thomas M. Wilson, of Tennessee, a Consul of Class six…I do ass
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge66 - Calvin Coolidge
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LS, one page, 7 x 9, The Vice-President’s Chamber letterhead, April 20, 1923. Letter to a Massachusetts gentleman. In full: “Thank you very much for y
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge67 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 3, 1924. Letter to Warren Ryder of Mill Valley, California. In part: “I am greatly i
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Calvin Coolidge68 - Calvin Coolidge
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A “Record of Registered Matter Received and Delivered” postal ledger from Plymouth, Vermont, 15.5 x 11, bound with string, no covers. Partially filled
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge69 - Calvin Coolidge
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Signed book: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. First trade edition. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 246 pages. Signe
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Franklin D. Roosevelt70 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 26, 1919. A submission form for the 1920-21 edition of Who’s Who in America. Document bears an affixed clipping of R
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt71 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 25, 1937. Letter to Ambassador William E. Dodd. In full: “Frankly, I was delighted w
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt72 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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ANS as president signed “FDR,” one page, 6 x 8.5, White House letterhead, December 1, 1937. The memo reads, in full: “Am sending this to you in blank
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt73 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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ALS, one page, 7 x 10.5, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, no date. Letter to G. V. Haight Company. In full: “I got in so late last
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Franklin D. Roosevelt74 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Signed book: The New Dealers. First edition. NY: The Literary Guild, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 414 pages. Signed on the opening p
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman75 - Harry S. Truman
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 15, November 12, 1946. President Truman appoints Willard L. Thorp “an Assistant Secretary of State…for
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman76 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 12, 1945. Letter to E. J. Short, Sr., of Republic, Missouri. In full: “You don’t know h
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman77 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 30, 1947. Letter to Budget Bureau director James Webb. In full: “The Acting Secr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman78 - Harry S. Truman
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Scarce United States Senate Chamber pass, 4 x 2.75, issued to Dr. Clarence Crawford, a Baptist minister, on April 9, 1945, signed at the bottom, “Harr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman and Cabinet79 - Harry S. Truman and Cabinet
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Matte-finish 12.75 x 11 Harris and Ewing photo of Truman and his cabinet, signed in blue and black ink by all 13 members: Harry S. Truman, John W. Sny
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower80 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Red, white, and blue campaign handkerchief distributed during the 1952 presidential campaign, 25 x 25, picturing a photograph of a smiling Eisenhower
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower81 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 11.5, June 24, 1960. President Eisenhower appoints Raymond A. Hare as “a Foreign Service Officer of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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