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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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Herbert Hoover52 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 24, 1937. Brief letter of thanks. In full: “That was a kindly telegram and I deeply apprecia
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Eleanor Roosevelt53 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, October 19, 1932. Letter to a young collector. In full: “I am very glad to have sent to you, under separate
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Eleanor Roosevelt54 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6 x 9.25, White House letterhead, April 18, 1945. Letter to Harry Marks, station master at Union Station. In full: “You have been so ve
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Eleanor Roosevelt55 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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State of New York Executive Mansion card bearing an embossed state seal, 5 x 3.25, signed in fountain pen, “Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosev
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Eleanor Roosevelt56 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, February 19, 1947. Letter to an admirer. In part: “It was more than kind of you to send me the letters.
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Eleanor Roosevelt57 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, September 11, 1953. Letter declining an invitation. In part: “In order to participate in your program I wou
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Franklin D. Roosevelt58 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Vintage clipped political cartoon, 6.25 x 8, depicting caricatures of Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover giving blustery speeches, signed in fountain pen by
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Franklin D. Roosevelt59 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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White House card boldly signed in fountain pen, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” In fine condition. A scarce and attractive format with a bold 4 inch signatur
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Franklin D. Roosevelt60 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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State of New York Executive Mansion card bearing an embossed state seal, 5 x 3.25, signed in fountain pen, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” In fine condition,
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Franklin D. Roosevelt61 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Signed book: The Democratic Book: 1936. Gilt-stamped leather (including “L. E. Dixon,” the original owner), 11.5 x 14.5, 384 pages. Limited edition (l
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt62 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS signed “F. D. Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Navy Department letterhead, May 25, 1918. Letter to a would-be donor. In part: “Your prompt and patr
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Franklin D. Roosevelt63 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Rare ALS as president signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, no date [circa September, 1938]. Letter to Frederic Delano, his moth
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt64 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, May 11, 1936. Letter to Robert Rice Reynolds of North Carolina. In part: “The constructi
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Franklin D. Roosevelt65 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Splendid vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 15 bust-length portrait of Roosevelt by Pach Bros. of New York, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Fran
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt66 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.5, White House letterhead, December 27, 1933. Letter to South Carolina Governor I. C. Blackwood. In full: “I have re
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First Ladies67 - First Ladies
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Four items: three FDCs with cachets honoring presidents or first ladies, individually signed in black felt tip by Bess Truman, Mamie Doud Eisenhower,
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Harry S. Truman68 - Harry S. Truman
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Ballpoint signature, “Harry S. Truman,” on an off-white 6 x 6 card to which was later added a printed image of Truman holding up the memorable ‘Dewey
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Harry S. Truman69 - Harry S. Truman
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Dignified matte-finish 3.5 x 5 portrait of Truman, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint. In fine condition.
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Harry S. Truman70 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, March 22, 1972. Letter to Margot Chadwell of Santa Barbara, California. In full: “I was pleased to h
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman71 - Harry S. Truman
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Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Hon. C. H. Wildman, Sheriff, Scott Co. Iowa, Kindest regards from Harry S.
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Harry S. Truman72 - Harry S. Truman
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Color vintage 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, affixed to an 8.5 x 11.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black i
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Harry S. Truman73 - Harry S. Truman
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ANS signed “HST,” one page, 3.75 x 3.75, no date. Brief note to White House aide Bill Simmons. In full: “Get Adm. Leahy & Chip Bohlen to sign th...
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Harry S. Truman74 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 2, 1945. Letter to Congressman John M. Coffee. In part: “The understanding expressions
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Dwight D. Eisenhower75 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 11.5, June 24, 1960. President Eisenhower appoints Raymond A. Hare as “a Foreign Service Officer of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower76 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Rare and desirable ALS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, July 28, 1953. Letter to his secretary, Warrant Officer Helen Weaver. I
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 14,000.00
 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower77 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “Dwight D. Eisenhower,” on an off-white 5.25 x 2 slip clipped from a larger document. In fine condition.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower78 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Distinguished vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Eisenhower, neatly signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Matted to an overall size of 1
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Dwight D. Eisenhower79 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, May 16, 1961. Letter to an admirer concerning the public view of his presidency. In part: “I assure you
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Dwight D. Eisenhower80 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8, Office of Dwight D. Eisenhower letterhead, August 16, 1952. Letter to opera star Lauritz Melchior. In part: “I have only now
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Jacqueline Kennedy81 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS signed “Jacqueline B. Kennedy,” four pages, lightly-lined, 8 x 12.5, November 25, 1957. Letter to M. Wohlgemuth regarding the design and decoratio
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy82 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS signed “Jackie,” one page both sides, 5 x 3.5, black-bordered blind embossed JFK coat of arms letterhead, dated in pencil at the top October 8, 19
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy83 - John F. Kennedy
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Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscribed
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Lyndon B. Johnson84 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Typed memorandum, as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, March 26, 1964. Issued to the Secretary of Defense, memo reads, in part: “
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Lyndon B. Johnson85 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Very early vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 Underwood and Underwood photo of a 30-year-old Johnson seated at his desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Four Presidents86 - Four Presidents
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of former presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter standing alongside then-president Ronald Reagan as they deliver a memorial statement
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon and Cabinet87 - Richard Nixon and Cabinet
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Uncommon 9.25 x 7.25 official White House photo, signed in felt tip and ballpoint by Nixon and cabinet secretaries John Connally, Jim Hodgson, George
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford88 - Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
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Two bookplates: an embossed Ford bookplate, 3.25 x 4.75, signed in black felt tip, “Gerald R. Ford,” and a Richard Nixon Memoirs bookplate, 4 x 5, sig
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Richard Nixon89 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 14, 1970. Letter to famous singer/actor Rudy Vallee. In part: “Pat and I join
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Richard Nixon90 - Richard Nixon
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Ballpoint signature, “Richard Nixon,” on an off-white 5.25 x 5.75 sheet to which was later added a printed image of Nixon leaving the White House afte
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Richard Nixon91 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: Victory Without War. Limited edition of 600 copies (this being No. 434). NY: Simon & Schuster, 1988. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 ...
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Richard Nixon92 - Richard Nixon
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Typed souvenir presidential resignation, one page, 4.75 x 7.75, on mock White House letterhead, dated August 9, 1974 (but signed later). Nixon’s famou
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter93 - Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
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Two hardcover books: an Easton Press edition of A Time to Heal, signed in black felt tip on a special prefatory page; and Why Not the Best, signed on
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Gerald Ford94 - Gerald Ford
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Two letters: one uncommon ALS signed “Gerald R. Ford,” one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 2, no year. In part: “I deeply appreciate yo
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Gerald Ford95 - Gerald Ford
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Four identical color paperstock 8 x 10 photos, each signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Gerald R. Ford”; and a blue felt tip signature, “Ge
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Gerald Ford96 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Congress of the United States, Office of the Minority Leader letterhead, July 12, 1968. Letter to Mrs. Fr
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Gerald and Betty Ford97 - Gerald and Betty Ford
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Fords posing together after Gerald’s inauguration, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “Betty Ford,” and “Ge
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Fords and Chaffees98 - Fords and Chaffees
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Fords with Don and Blanche Chaffee (parents of astronaut Roger Chaffee), signed in blue and black felt tip by all fou
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Jimmy Carter99 - Jimmy Carter
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A three-page questionnaire sent to Carter in 1987 by Kids World, to be published by Macmillan Publishing. The form contains five questions, with Carte
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter100 - Jimmy Carter
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Souvenir typescript of the Oath of Office, 5.75 x 7.5, signed at the bottom in black felt tip, “Jimmy Carter.” In full, “I do solemnly swear that I wi
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Jimmy Carter101 - Jimmy Carter
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 White House photo of Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski walking outside the White House, signed in black felt tip, “J. Carter,”
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