RR Auction: Rare and Obscure Signed Photography

Late 1800s cabinet card photograph, 4.25 x 6, of Chester A. Arthur. Sharp and clear albumen image with light foxing. The bottom portion of the mount i

Original personal calling card bearing Arthur’s name, 3.25 x 1.75, signed in pencil, “I will be at your house at one tomorrow, C. A. A., Jan 6.” In fi

Original 3.5 x 5.5 cabinet photo of the first lady, signed at the bottom of the image in black ink, “Frances F. Cleveland.” In very good condition, wi

TLS as president signed “D. E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal White House letterhead, August 9, 1956. Letter of thanks to David Marx. In part: “I am

Glossy 8 x 10 press photo of Eisenhower kicking a football while a member of the West Point football team in 1915. Two captions are affixed to the rev

Original 4 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Garfield in a suit and hat by W. J. Baker’s of Buffalo, bearing a pre-printed signature and sentiment below the imag

Book: Memorial Address in honor of James A. Garfield given by James G. Blaine on February 27, 1882. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 188

Wife of President Ulysses S. Grant (1826–1902) and First Lady from 1869 to 1877. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered stat

Unusual 5.75 x 7.25 imperial cabinet photo of U. S. Grant affixed to a 7 x 9 grayish green mount. The photograph dates to around the turn of the 20th

Original 1860s albumen 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Grant by Mathew Brady. The front and back of the mount has Brady's imprint. Light wear ...