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 continues to achieve 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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Theodore Roosevelt65 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Superb 7 x 9 engraved portrait of the esteemed president, prominently signed below the small vignette in black ink, “Theodore Roosevelt.” In fine cond
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt66 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Original James Fraser bronze profile portrait plaque of President Theodore Roosevelt. Bas relief plaque measures 10 x 12.75, with portrait of Roosevel
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Woodrow Wilson67 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as governor, one page, 17 x 14, May 2, 1911. Governor Wilson appoints Worthington M. Jacobus “a Member of the Ship Canal Commission
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding68 - Warren G. Harding
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White House card signed in black ink, “Warren G. Harding.” Mild overall toning, minor mounting remnants to reverse corners, and a light ink notation t
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Woodrow Wilson69 - Woodrow Wilson
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Color postcard of the New Jersey State House in Trenton, 3.5 x 5.5, neatly signed in black ink, “Woodrow Wilson, Governor.” Collector’s notation in th
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Franklin D. Roosevelt70 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, January 28, 1936. Letter to Mrs. Nanny Wood Honeyman. In part, “I have seen that delightful
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Franklin D. Roosevelt71 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Signed book: The Democratic Book, 1936. Limited edition, numbered 799 of an unspecified limitation. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, 11.5 x 14.5,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt72 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, embossed State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, December 22, 1930. Letter to George R. Dickson. In full: “I did not
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Franklin D. Roosevelt73 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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World War II–dated TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 30, 1942. Letter to Major Richards Vidmer of the Air Corps Intelligence B
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Franklin D. Roosevelt74 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President Roosevelt’s personally-owned and -used smooth bowl meerschaum pipe with a .75? diameter opening, measuring 4.5? long, from his time at Harva
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt75 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 9, 1941. Letter to Judge Dow Beekman of New York. In part: “I do not have down her
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Franklin D. Roosevelt76 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Wonderful matte-finish 12 x 11 portrait of President Roosevelt at his desk, boldly signed against a light area in fountain pen. A few creases to borde
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman77 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, October 26, 1945. Truman appoints John R. Steelman to be a “Special Assistant to the President of the United State
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,700.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman78 - Harry S. Truman
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Typed memorandum, signed as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, no date. Headed at the top, “Memorandum for The Secretary of the Tr
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman79 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, July 29, 1950. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. In full: “Consistent
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Harry S. Truman80 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. President Truman awards Major Evdokim Ivanovich Sidorov the Legion of Merit for personally coordinating
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman81 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 17, 1956. Letter to former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. In part: “Thank you ver
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman82 - Harry S. Truman
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ANS, one page, 4 x 5.25, United States Senate Memorandum letterhead, July 25, 1944 (dated in another hand). Brief note to John W. Snyder, a bank vice
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman83 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 28, 1952. Letter to General E. E. Schwien. In full: “I read yours of the twenty-
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman84 - Harry S. Truman
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Series 1935 C silver certificate one dollar bill, signed on the portrait side in fountain pen and laminated for protection; and a TLS, one page, 7.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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