RR Auction: Remarkable Rarities

Rare fantastic quality light brown woolen limousine lap robe used by Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt together on the occasion of FDR’s inaugu

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s handsome personally-owned and -used wooden box, kept on his bedside table and dresser at the White House. Beautiful

President Roosevelt’s personally-owned and -used off-white linen handkerchief, folded to an overall size of 9.25 x 4.75, featuring an exquisite monogr

President Roosevelt’s personally-owned and -used fine quality brown leather matchbook, measuring 2 x 2.25 closed, featuring his gilt-embossed initials

Quality black leather folder given to Dorothy Dow by President Roosevelt as a Christmas gift in 1942, embossed in gold with a presentation inscription

World War II-dated TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 7.5, White House letterhead, October 9, 1944. Letter to Pierre Jay (Federal Reserve Bank of New

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10.25, no date but circa 1943–44. A letter praising Walter Francis White for his work with the NAACP. In full: “I want to add my

Impressively large matte-finish 19.5 x 15.5 photo of Truman signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, affixed to a 24 x 20 mount bearing a

Stunningly well crafted celluloid powder box, presented by President Harry S. Truman to longtime White House seamstress and housekeeper Lillian Rogers

War-dated ALS signed “Ike,” three pages, lightly-lined, 8 x 10.25, [March 26, 1944]. Fantastic letter to his wife, Mamie. In part: “I’m so glad you li