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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Herbert Hoover147 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: Campaign Speeches of 1932. First edition. NY: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, Inc., 1933. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 329 pages.
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Eleanor Roosevelt148 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Two items: first, a matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 head-and-shoulders portrait of Roosevelt, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen to NYC r
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Franklin D. Roosevelt149 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 9, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, December 22, 1930. Letter to P. A. Anderson. In full: “I did not have an opportu
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt150 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Mailing envelope, 6 x 3.5, bearing several April 1935 postmarks, addressed in type to a naval officer in San Diego, signed in the upper left corner in
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Eleanor Roosevelt151 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Signed book: On My Own. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 239 pages. Signed in fount...
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Harry S. Truman152 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.25, United States Senate letterhead, February 14, 1940. Letter to Gordon Knight at the National University Law School. In full: “
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Harry S. Truman153 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS signed “H. S. T.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 15, 1948. Memo sent to the secretary of the treasury. In full: “I am attach
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Harry S. Truman154 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, March 25, 1947. Letter to former first lady Frances Cleveland (Mrs. Thomas Preston, since r
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Harry S. Truman155 - Harry S. Truman
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Matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Truman in a handsome suit and tie, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Norman Stamp, Jr.,
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Harry S. Truman156 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x .5, personal letterhead, December 31, 1964. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Edward McKim. In part: “Mrs. Truman and I were highly pleased
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Harry S. Truman157 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 11 x 10, July 16, 1947. Certificate of Merit presented to Lionel J. Noah “for outstanding fidelity and meritorious conduct
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Harry S. Truman158 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 12, 1966. Response to an autograph request. In full: “The autograph, which you requested, is
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Dwight D. Eisenhower159 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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World War II–dated bold fountain pen signature, “Dwight D. Eisenhower,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the origina
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Lyndon B. Johnson160 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7, United States Senate letterhead, January 6, 1959. In full: “Thank you very much for sending me the volume ‘Science and Technolog
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Richard Nixon161 - Richard Nixon
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Fountain pen signature, “Richard Nixon,” on an off-white 6 x 4 La Casa Pacifica card, inscribed in type to “Helen F. Johnson,” and dated September 25,
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Richard Nixon162 - Richard Nixon
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Magazine cover for the April 2, 1990, issue of Time, signed in blue felt tip. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 13 x 16. In fine conditio
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Richard Nixon163 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: The Watergate Tapes. Special limited edition of 94 copies. Tennessee: FlatSigned Press, 2009. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 468 pages. Signed o
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Richard Nixon164 - Richard Nixon
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Uncommon 9 x 12 engraved portrait of Nixon produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, signed below the vignette in black felt tip, “Richard Nix
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Richard Nixon165 - Richard Nixon
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Color 4.5 x 6.25 cardstock photo of Nixon and his wife posing outside at La Casa Pacifica, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition.
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Richard Nixon166 - Richard Nixon
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Bookplate from Nixon’s memoirs, 4 x 5, inscribed along the top in another hand and signed at the bottom, “Richard Nixon 12-20-78.” In very fine condit
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