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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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr456 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
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ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 5 x 6.5, Beverly Farms letterhead, September 16, 1911. Letter to Lee M. Friedman, in part: “I have no photographs
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J. Edgar Hoover457 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Color textured semi-glossy 6.5 x 8 photo of Hoover by Autrey of Hollywood, affixed to its original 8.25 x 11.25 mount, signed on the mount in fountain
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Inventors458 - Inventors
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Collection of items signed by a trio of notable inventors: a matte-finish 3.5 x 4.5 head-and-shoulders photo of de Forest, signed and inscribed in fou
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Andrew Huxley459 - Andrew Huxley
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Physiologist and biophysicist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1917–2012). AMS, one page both sides, 8 x 10, no date. Handwrit
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Karl Jaspers460 - Karl Jaspers
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German psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969) who attempted to develop an innovative philosophical system. Uncommon signed book: Die Grossen Philoso
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Samuel Johnston461 - Samuel Johnston
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American planter, lawyer, and statesman (1733–1816) who represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress and US Senate. Partly-printed DS, signe
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Robert F. Kennedy462 - Robert F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Bob,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 3, 1964. Letter to Richard E. Byrd, Jr., son of the legendary explorer, in full: “
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Ethel Kennedy463 - Ethel Kennedy
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Two items: a TLS signed “Ethel Kennedy,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, Hickory Hill letterhead, June 5, 1973, in full: “Paul Corbin has told me of your since
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Kennedy Assassination: Clint Hill464 - Kennedy Assassination: Clint Hill
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Set of three satin-finish photos from the day President Kennedy was assassinated, 10 x 8 and 12 x 8, each signed by former United States Secret Servic
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King Edward VII465 - King Edward VII
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Prince of Wales and first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward’s reign (1901–1910) was named the Edwardian era. Ink signature
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King Frederick William III466 - King Frederick William III
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King of Prussia during the Napoleonic wars (1770–1840) who ruled from 1797 until his death. Untranslated LS in French, signed “Frederic Guillaume,” on
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Bernard Germain de Lacepede467 - Bernard Germain de Lacepede
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French naturalist (1756–1825) who contributed to the Comte de Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. Manuscript DS in French, signed “B. G. Et. l. Cte. de Lacep
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Urbain Le Verrier468 - Urbain Le Verrier
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French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics (1811–1877) best known for his part in the discovery of Neptune. Untranslated LS in French
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Arthur Lee469 - Arthur Lee
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American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War (1740–1792). Unsigned document, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 13.5, January 6, 1804
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Willard Libby470 - Willard Libby
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American physical chemist (1908–1980) whose role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology and palaeon
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Edward Livingston471 - Edward Livingston
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American statesman (1764–1836) who helped draft the Louisiana Civil Code and served as Andrew Jackson’s secretary of state. Partly-printed DS, signed
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William Livingston472 - William Livingston
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Signer of the US Constitution from New Jersey (1723–1790) who also served as governor of that state. Ink signature, “I have the honor to be, Dear sir,
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Georgy Malenkov473 - Georgy Malenkov
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Soviet politician and Communist Party leader (1901–1988) who became closely aligned with Joseph Stalin and who was given sole responsibility for the S
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Guglielmo Marconi474 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Fountain pen signature, “To Professor Siegfried Buxbaum, very friendly, Guglielmo Marconi, 19 Sept. 1934—,” on the reverse of an off-white 4 x 2 perso
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Maritime Trade475 - Maritime Trade
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Partly-printed document, one page, 17 x 21.25, August 5, 1843. Shipping document outlining rules for the seamen on board a ship, including “no profane
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