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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Grover and Frances Cleveland82 - Grover and Frances Cleveland
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Desirable pair of Executive Mansion cards, 4.5 x 2.25, individually signed in bold black ink, “Grover Cleveland” and “Frances Cleveland.” A contempora
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William McKinley83 - William McKinley
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TLS signed “W. McKinley,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, personal letterhead, May 18, 1896. Letter to George M. Vickers of Philadelphia. In full: “For your co
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Theodore Roosevelt84 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 6.5 x 7.5, personal letterhead, March 15, 1915. Letter to Captain Wilbur C. Kraber. In full: “That’s fine! I than
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William H. Taft85 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8 x 10, War Department letterhead, August 2, 1904. Letter to John T. McDonough. In part: “Acknowledging the receip
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William H. Taft86 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.5 x 12.5, March 2, 1910. President Taft appoints James H. Johnson as “Postmaster at
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William and Helen Taft87 - William and Helen Taft
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Ink signature, “Wm. H. Taft,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card; and an ANS signed “Helen H. Taft,” affixed to a same-size card, in part: “Mr. Taft’s a
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William H. Taft88 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.5 x 19.25, May 16, 1910. President Taft appoints Washington J. Sanborn as “L
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Woodrow Wilson89 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.75, personal letterhead, August 29, 1912. In full: “I very cheerfully comply with your request for my autograph and am complim
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Warren G. Harding90 - 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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Calvin Coolidge91 - Calvin Coolidge
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Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Coolidge, payable to Mary W. Butler for $50, April 21, 1921. In fine condition, with two vertical fol
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Herbert Hoover92 - Herbert Hoover
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Rare ALS signed “Herbert,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 11, 1962. In part: “I do not know the words to express my appreciation f
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Herbert Hoover93 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 4, 1934. Letter to Herman Bernstein of the Hotel Peter Stuyvesant. In part: “I doubt if I sha
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Herbert Hoover94 - Herbert Hoover
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Scarce handwritten draft by Hoover in pencil, unsigned, two pages, 8.5 x 11, no date; stapled to the corresponding transcribed TLS signed "Herb...
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Eleanor Roosevelt95 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS as first lady, one page, 6 x 9.25, White House letterhead, November 11, 1935. Letter to Mrs. Sidney Sherwood. In part: “I will send along Mr. Denn
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Eleanor Roosevelt96 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Glossy 7 x 5 photo of Roosevelt making a radio speech before a group of journalists, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Matted and framed to
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Richard Nixon97 - Richard Nixon
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Typed souvenir presidential resignation, one page, 5 x 8, on mock White House letterhead, dated August 9, 1974 (but signed later). Nixon’s famous comm
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Richard Nixon98 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 16, 1974. Letter to entertainer Rudy Vallee and his wife. In full
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Richard Nixon99 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. First edition, limited issue, numbered 1672/2500. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Leatherbound hardcover,...
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Richard Nixon100 - Richard Nixon
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Unused souvenir travel bag which would have been given to a guest on Air Force One as a memento of their flight. The blue bag measures 12 x 14 and fea
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Richard Nixon101 - Richard Nixon
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Engraved invitation to Nixon’s first inauguration, held on January 20, 1969, 6.5 x 9.75, signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Nixon. In fine cond
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