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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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Ronald Reagan152 - Ronald Reagan
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Color glossy 14 x 11 photo of Bobby Knight and his Indiana Hoosiers meeting Reagan after winning the 1987 NCAA championship, signed and inscribed in b
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Ronald Reagan153 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Ronald,” one page, 5.5 x 5.75, no date. Letter to Mrs. Walgreen. In full: “Thanks so much for your letter, good wishes & kind words....
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Ronald Reagan154 - Ronald Reagan
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Handwritten endorsement, signed “Ronald Reagan,” on one onionskin page TLS from editor of the Monitor Whitman Daniels to Mr. W. Glynn Roehr, of Neenah
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan155 - Ronald Reagan
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Early carbon DS signed in ink “Ronald Reagan” as captain in the US Army Air Corps, one page on onionskin, 8 x 10.5, October 14, 1944 (but signed later
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan156 - Ronald Reagan
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Uncommon White House card, 4 x 2.5, signed in black ink, “Ronald Reagan.” In fine condition, with a couple of trivial brushes to signature.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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George Bush157 - George Bush
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Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in black ballpoint on the sweet spot. In fine condition.
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George Bush158 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 20, 2006. Brief letter of thanks for a gift. In full: “What a fantastic present! We Bushes lov
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George Bush159 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 6 x 8.5, personal letterhead, February 26, 2007. Letter of thanks for a gift. In part: “Thanks, too, for your kind words about my remar
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George Bush160 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 6, 1997. Letter of thanks for a gift. In part: “I loved Toy Train Vol. 2 and am returning it h
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George Bush161 - George Bush
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Scarce ALS as president, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, embossed The President letterhead, April 10, 1992. Letter to Joseph Kingsbury-Smith. In ful
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George Bush162 - George Bush
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ALS signed “Hastily, George Bush,” one page, 6.25 x 3.25, Walker’s Point letterhead, August 20, 1998. Brief letter to Harold Wiesenthal. In full: “Her
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Bill Clinton163 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed on the title page in black fe
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Bill Clinton164 - Bill Clinton
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Two TLSs, both signed “Bill,” each 7.25 x 10.25, both dated 2004, and both to the Osbourne family, both sending thanks for sent bottles of champagne.
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Bill Clinton165 - Bill Clinton
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Two TLSs, both signed “Bill,” each 6.25 x 9.25, both dated 2006, and both to the Osbourne family, both sending thanks for sent bottles of champagne an
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Bill Clinton166 - Bill Clinton
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Color satin-finish 9.5 x 7.75 photo of Clinton with golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange, matted to an overall size of 12.5 x 11, inscribed on the mat in
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Barack Obama167 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition, later printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.75, 375 pages. Signe
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Susan B. Anthony170 - Susan B. Anthony
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AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card. Anthony writes, “Perfect equality of rights for women; civil and political. Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N. Y., M
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Susan B. Anthony171 - Susan B. Anthony
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, National American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead, November 13, 1899. Anthony writes to an unidentified woman. In full:
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Susan B. Anthony172 - Susan B. Anthony
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Ink signature, “As ever sincerely, Susan B. Anthony,” on an off-white 8.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a longer letter. Reverse bears several partial lines
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Francois Arago173 - Francois Arago
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French Catalan mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (1786-1853). ALS in French, signed “F. Arago,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8, Conse
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John Jacob Astor174 - John Jacob Astor
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Business magnate and merchant (1763–1848) who became the first multi-millionaire in the United States. Manuscript DS, one page, 7.5 x 6.25, February 6
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Charles Babbage175 - Charles Babbage
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Pioneering British mathematician and mechanical engineer (1791–1871) whose Difference Engine and Analytical Engine are generally acknowledged as the f
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P. T. Barnum176 - P. T. Barnum
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Ink signature, “Compliments of P. T. Barnum, Museum June 27/60,” on an off-white 4.75 x 7 book page. In very good condition, with scattered edge wear
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Clara Barton177 - Clara Barton
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, American National Red Cross letterhead, December 14, 1890. Letter to E. P. Sheffield. In part: “Your kind letter of some week
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Alexander Graham Bell179 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TLS, one page, 7 x 4, personal letterhead, January 20, 1899. Letter of thanks to a woman in Massachusetts. In full: “Thank you very much for sending m
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David Ben-Gurion180 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS signed “D. Ben-Gurion,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8.5, March 24, 1971. In full: “Peace here depends largely on Russia and—in a degree—to the ne
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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte181 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
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French marshall of Napoleon who became King of Sweden (as Charles XIV Johan) and King of Norway (as Charles III John) from 1818 until his death. Manus
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Otto von Bismarck182 - Otto von Bismarck
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Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815–1898). Serious vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 half-length portrait of von Bismarck in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Otto von Bismarck183 - Otto von Bismarck
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ANS in pencil in German, one page, 5.5 x 5.5, docketed April 30, 1874. Untranslated draft telegram to his Minister of War, Albrecht von Roon regarding
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Lyman Bloomingdale184 - Lyman Bloomingdale
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Businessman (1841–1905) who, along with his brother Joseph, founded Bloomingdale’s Department Store. TLS, signed “Lyman G. Bloomingdale,” one page, 7.
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Niels Bohr185 - Niels Bohr
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Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. Bold vintage ink signature, “Niels Bo
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Max Born186 - Max Born
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German mathematician and physicist (1882–1970) who won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in quantum mechanics. ALS in German, one page, 5.7
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Josephine Bonaparte187 - Josephine Bonaparte
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ALS in French, signed with her rare full signature “Josephine Bonaparte,” one page, 4 x 7, November 19, 1800. Letter to Napoleon’s Minister of War Ale
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William Jennings Bryan188 - William Jennings Bryan
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Four letters, three signed “W. J. Bryan,” and one bearing a stamped signature, two TLSs and two ALSs. One is an ALS as Wilson’s secretary of state, fo
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Robert Bunsen189 - Robert Bunsen
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German chemist (1811–1899) who discovered the elements cesium and rubidium and who developed the laboratory burner that now bears his name. ALS in Ger
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Aaron Burr190 - Aaron Burr
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Bank check, 6 x 3, filled out and signed by Burr, payable to himself “AB” for £7–10, April 8, 1788. A central vertical fold and an ink cancella...
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Al Capone191 - Al Capone
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ALS signed twice “Your dear old pal, Al,” and “Al Capone,” one page, 6.5 x 10.5, no date, but mid-1940s. Letter written to family friend Gertrude F. C
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Casanova193 - Giacomo Casanova
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Italian adventurer (1725–1798) who spent most of his life traveling through Europe meeting the famous men and women of his time; he is probably best k
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro195 - Fidel Castro
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Very important DS in Spanish, six pages, 9 x 13.5, July 7, 1959. Official document sent to Manuel Urrutia y Lleo, the president of Cuba. In part (tran
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Chou En-Lai196 - Chou En-Lai
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Chinese revolutionary and politician (1898-1976) who was the chief diplomatic representative of the Communist Party as the Premier of the People’s Rep
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill197 - Winston Churchill
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Outstanding fountain pen signature, “Winston S. Churchill,” on an off-white sheet. Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Churchill giving the ‘V
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Winston Churchill198 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “W.,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, December 4, 1964. Letter to the Lord of Normanbrook. In part: “Thank you so much for sendin
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Winston Churchill199 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “W. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, June 19, 1962. Letter to John E. Harvey. In full: “Thank you for your letter of J
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Winston Churchill200 - Winston Churchill
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LS signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Board of Trade letterhead, September 24. Letter, sent w
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Winston Churchill201 - Winston Churchill
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Vintage 4.5 x 6 gelatin print photo of Churchill with his hand in his jacket pocket, originally taken by Edward Steichen, affixed to its original 5.25
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andre Citroen203 - Andre Citroen
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French industrialist (1878–1935) best remembered for the make of car bearing his name. Vintage matte-finish 9 x 13 portrait of Citroen by Champlain St
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Rudolf Clausius204 - Rudolf Clausius
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German physicist and mathematician considered one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics (1822–1888). Uncommon ALS signed “R. Clausi
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody205 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Choice ink signature, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill,’” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse.
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Marie Curie206 - Marie Curie
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Polish-born French physicist (1867–1934), she and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium; for this work they received the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Pierre Curie207 - Pierre Curie
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French physicist (1859–1906), best known for his pioneering investigation of radioactivity, who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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