RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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William Penn268 - William Penn
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Rare ALS signed “Wm Penn,” one page, 6 x 7.75, no date but circa 1708–1710. Letter to Henry Boyle, principal secretary of state at Windsor, in part (g
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Reed269 - Joseph Reed
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A president of the Continental Congress and signer of the Articles of Confederation (1741–1785) who also served as Washington’s aide-de-camp during th
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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William H. Seward270 - William H. Seward
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Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 11.25 x 18, July 2, 1862. Official passport issued to Barlow Stevens, providing instructions to “permit s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Daniel Webster271 - Daniel Webster
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ALS signed “Danl. Webster,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, February 24, 1823. Letter to Dudley L. Pickman, in part: “The difficulty in the case, in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed272 - William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed
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Two documents related to the notorious ‘Tweed Ring’: a partly-printed DS, signed “W. M. Tweed,” one page, 8.5 x 6.75, December 10, 1868, approving of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Joseph Warren273 - Joseph Warren
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Boston physician, orator and patriot (1741–1775) who was a pivotal figure in the early revolutionary agitation in Massachusetts. Revolutionary War–dat
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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John Brown275 - John Brown
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 4, 1855. Letter to his son-in-law Henry Thompson in North Elba, New York. In full: “I write just to say I have finall
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Frederick Douglass276 - Frederick Douglass
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ALS signed “Fred’k Douglass,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8.25, Young Men’s Association Library letterhead, February 7, 1868. In part: “I am obliged
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Abbie Hoffman277 - Abbie Hoffman
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ALS signed “Abbie,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Festival of Life letterhead, November 12, 1968. Letter to Playboy executive Mike Laurence, in full: “Here is t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Helen Keller278 - Helen Keller
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Wonderful set of four TLSs signed in pencil, each one page, three measure 7.25 x 10.5 and one 6.75 x 11.75, dated between 1938 and 1949. All four lett
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr279 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Exceptional matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of King with Lawrence Spivak on the set of Meet the Press circa August 1967, signed and inscribed in blue ballpo
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr280 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, September 1, 1964. Letter to Viola Hilpert in West Berlin. In full: “I a
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Carrie A. Nation281 - Carrie A. Nation
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Temperance agitator (1846–1911) known for smashing saloons with a hatchet. ALS in pencil, signed “Carrie Nation,” one page, 7.5 x 5, March 7, 1901. Le
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Christabel Pankhurst282 - Christabel Pankhurst
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ALS signed “(Dame) Christabel Pankhurst,” one page, 5.5 x 7, November 22, 1939. Letter to a publisher, in full: “You are I think the publisher of Arch
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Burger Court283 - Burger Court
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Uncommon color matte-finish 13.5 x 10.5 photo of the Burger Court affixed to a slightly larger mount, signed on the mount in ink by all nine justices:
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Jay284 - John Jay
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 13.75 x 9, March 31, 1798. Governor Jay appoints Ezra Beard as a “Lieutenant of a Company in the Regiment of Militia in t
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Salmon P. Chase285 - Salmon P. Chase
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ALS signed “S. P. Chase,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, October 27, 1867. Letter to a friend, in part: “Your note was received Wednesday…Like everything that
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Salmon P. Chase286 - Salmon P. Chase
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “S. P. Chase,” one page, 5 x 8, March 9, 1865. Letter to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, written while serving as chie
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Salmon P. Chase287 - Salmon P. Chase
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ALS signed “S. P. Chase,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, July 1, 1868. Letter to Thomas Ewing regarding a possible presidential nomination. In part
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John Marshall288 - John Marshall
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Influential American statesman and jurist (1755–1835) who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ADS, signed “J. Marshall for P,” th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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