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 Roosevelt42 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Handsome 3.75 x 5 engraved bust portrait, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Good luck to Mr. Walter Orr, from Theodore Roosevelt.” Double-matted and
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt43 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.75, September 12, 1905. President Roosevelt appoints Frank H. Schofield as “a Lieutenant-Commander i
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt44 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as vice president, three pages, 8 x 10.5, The Vice President’s chamber letterhead, July 13, 1901. Letter to Major William H. H. Llewellyn, who ser
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt45 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8, The Outlook letterhead, March 12, 1909. Letter to Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the ‘Maxim Silencer,’ and son of Maxim machine
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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William H. Taft46 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” four pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 26, 1919. Letter to newspaper correspondent Gus Karger. In part: “I am afrai
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding47 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 12, September 5, 1922. President Harding appoints Harry M. Kinney as “Postmaster at Westminster, in the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge48 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9, personal letterhead, November 5, 1930. Response to an admirer. In part: “Please accept my thanks for your cordial comment upo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Calvin Coolidge49 - Calvin Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.5 x 15, June 8, 1927. President Coolidge appoints Leland B. Morris, as “a Foreign Service Officer of Clas
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover50 - Herbert Hoover
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Scarce ALS in pencil, two pages, 8.25 x 7, Western Union letterhead, July 26, 1934. Draft for a telegram to renowned American newspaper editor William
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt51 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Dignified matte-finish 9 x 13 Harris and Ewing photo of Roosevelt at his desk, nicely signed and inscribed in fountain pen to renowned surgeon and col
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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