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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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 Roosevelt56 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 4.5 photo of Roosevelt on the deck of the steamship Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, posing with her Captain and crew, signed in
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Theodore Roosevelt57 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Metropolitan letterhead, November 3, 1916. Brief letter of thanks for a sent letter. In full: “That’s a
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Theodore Roosevelt58 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6 x 5, The Outlook letterhead, January 2, 1912. Letter to Mr. Collins. In full: “That is very nice of you; but do see that that letter
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William  H. Taft59 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 17 x 13, January 27, 1911. President Taft appoints Elias R. Monfort as “Postmaster at
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William H. Taft60 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 9, War Department letterhead, December 1, 1905. Letter to Lazard Kahn. In full: “I beg to acknowledge your k
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William H. Taft61 - William H. Taft
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Ink signature, “Wm. H. Taft,” on an off-white 6.25 x 8 album page, with a pencil notation, “The President,” above the signature in an unknown hand. In
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William H. Taft62 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 23 x 19, June 7, 1911. President Taft appoints Drew Linard “Consul of Honduras at Mobi
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William H. Taft63 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, April 25, 1915. Letter to H. Addington Bruce. In part: “I thank you for your courte
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Woodrow Wilson64 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 19.5, August 3, 1916. President Wilson appoints Augustin M. Prentiss as “First Lieutenant in the Coas
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Woodrow Wilson65 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 27, 1915. Letter to Michael F. Phelan. In part: “I wish sincerely that it were poss
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Woodrow Wilson66 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7, State of New Jersey Executive Department letterhead, January 26, 1911. Letter to an admirer. In full: “Thank you very heartily f
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Woodrow Wilson67 - Woodrow Wilson
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Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9.25 portrait affixed to its original 9.5 x 13.25 Harris and Ewing mount, boldly signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Wood
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Woodrow Wilson68 - Woodrow Wilson
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Printed speech in booklet form, “Address of the President of the United States, Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress, April 2, 1
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Florence Kling Harding69 - Florence Kling Harding
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 10.25 photo by Edmonston Studios, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mary Yeager—With a message of good wishes, Sin
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Warren G. Harding70 - Warren G. Harding
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ALS signed “W. G. Harding,” one page, 8.5 x 11, The Marion Star letterhead, December 13, 1904. Letter to a friend. In part: “Glad you are coming…You c
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Warren G. Harding71 - Warren G. Harding
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, March 30, 1923. President Harding appoints Drew Linard, “a Consul of Class seven of the United Stat
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Warren G. Harding72 - Warren G. Harding
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Vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 13.75 portrait of Harding by Moffett of Chicago, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Al Jolson, president of the Hardin
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Warren G. Harding73 - Warren G. Harding
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10.25 Edmonston photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Mr. Maris Chamber, with very best wishes
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Warren G. Harding74 - Warren G. Harding
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Ink signature, “W. G. Harding,” on an off-white slip clipped from a larger document. Matted with a portrait of Harding to an overall size of 8.5 x 11.
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Calvin Coolidge75 - Calvin Coolidge
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Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Coolidge, payable to Irving Sobotky for $25.00, February 20, 1909. In fine condition, with a central
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Calvin Coolidge76 - Calvin Coolidge
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, December 17, 1923. Coolidge appoints Drew Linard “a Consul of Class seven of the United States of A
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Calvin Coolidge77 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 1, 1930. Letter to a gentleman tracing a family lineage. In full: “Please accept my thanks for
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Calvin Coolidge78 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, February 21, 1924. Letter to Edward W. Bok, former editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal. In full: “Your qu
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Calvin Coolidge79 - Calvin Coolidge
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 6, 1924. Letter of thanks to Warren Ryder. In full: “Thank you very much for your lette
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Calvin and Grace Coolidge80 - Calvin and Grace Coolidge
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Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.5 photo of Calvin and Grace Coolidge posing outside the White House with their dog, signed in fountain pen, “Calvin Coolidg
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Herbert Hoover81 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Volumes I–III. First edition, first printing. NY: Macmillan Company, 1951 and 1952. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5.
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Herbert Hoover82 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson. Later printing. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 318 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first
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Herbert Hoover83 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: The Challenge to Liberty. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 212 pages. Signed and inscribed on...
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Herbert Hoover84 - Herbert Hoover
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Vintage glossy 7 x 9 photo of Hoover and his dog, signed in fountain pen. Matted and framed with a small photo of Hoover and a presidential seal to an
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Herbert Hoover85 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, July 22, 1955. Brief letter of thanks. In full: “That was indeed a gracious letter and I want you to kn
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Herbert Hoover86 - Herbert Hoover
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ALS, one page, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Louis Crossette. In full: “I was much distressed to see the evidence of great anxiety th
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Herbert Hoover87 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 31, 1941. Brief letter of thanks. In full: “Many thanks indeed for your letter of the 15th, which
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner88 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner
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Vintage matte-finish 9 x 13 Harris and Ewing portrait, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Alfred W. Phillips, Jr., from his
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Eleanor Roosevelt89 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Signed book: Ten Ever-Lovin’ Years with Pogo by Walt Kelly. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacke...
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Eleanor Roosevelt90 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Three TLSs, each one page, various sizes and letterheads, two dated 1951 and one dated 1958, all to Mrs. Gilkey. One dated September 5, 1951 reads, in
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Eleanor Roosevelt91 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Free franked mailing envelope, 6.25 x 3.75, addressed in type to a gentleman in Australia, and franked in the upper right, “Free Anna Eleanor Roosevel
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Franklin D. Roosevelt92 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Fountain pen signature, most certainly as president, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on a light green 6.25 x 1.25 slip. In fine condition.
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt93 - Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
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Vintage 10 x 8 Christmas photo of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt relaxing with a book and some knitting, signed in fountain pen, as president, “Frankl
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Franklin D. Roosevelt94 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Bold ink signature, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on an off-white 5 x 3 embossed State of New York Executive Mansion card. Removably affixed to an off-whit
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Franklin D. Roosevelt95 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, March 21, 1929. Letter to Fred B. Adams, Jr. In full: “I think the article wa
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Franklin D. Roosevelt96 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 9, Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, June 18, 1915. Letter to Dr. J. D. Harrigan. In full: “I enclose a list of tentati
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Franklin D. Roosevelt97 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 7, 1941. Letter to Cyril Jones of Massachusetts. In part: “I hope much that the
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Franklin D. Roosevelt98 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s personal collection of envelopes sent to him by admirers and critics alike, consisting of a total of 52 covers—most
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Franklin D. Roosevelt99 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, one page both sides, 6 x 4, January 3, 1940. Commercial vehicle registration from 1940 for Roosevelt’s 1935 Ford truck. Filled out in
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Harry S. Truman and Jersey Joe Walcott100 - Harry S. Truman and Jersey Joe Walcott
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Truman shaking the boxer’s hand, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best wishes to Vince Handley, from Harry Truman
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Bess Truman101 - Bess Truman
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White House card, signed in fountain pen, “Bess W. Truman.” Corner-mounted to a TLS from her secretary on White House letterhead transmitting the card
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Harry S. Truman102 - Harry S. Truman
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Matte-finish 3.5 x 5 portrait of Truman, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint; and a ballpoint signature, “Harry S. Truman, 11-27-67.” on an
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Harry S. Truman103 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, February 25, 1942. Letter to a doctor in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. In full: “Appreciate very m
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Harry S. Truman104 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, February 22, 1941. Letter to Sergeant Robert P. Tomlinson of the Marines. In part: “It is ne
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Harry S. Truman105 - Harry S. Truman
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Ballpoint signature, “Harry S. Truman, 10-30-68,” on a 6 x 4 white card with the pre-printed sentiment, “I am pleased to comply with your request for
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