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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Massachusetts476 - Massachusetts
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Revolutionary War–dated printed broadside, one page, 14.25 x 18.5, March 18, 1782. Broadside issued to the the selectmen of Ipswich by Massachusetts T
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Thomas Mifflin477 - Thomas Mifflin
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Signer of the US Constitution from Pennsylvania (1744–1800) and first governor of that state. Manuscript DS, signed “Thomas Mifflin,” one page, 6.5 x
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Andre Morellet478 - Andre Morellet
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French intellectual, economist, and encyclopedia contributor (1727–1819). Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Morellet,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August
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Mother Teresa479 - Mother Teresa
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TLS signed “M. Teresa mc,” on the reverse of a 6.25 x 3.5 prayer slip, August 31, 1993. An encouraging letter to an admirer. In part: “This brings you
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Mother Teresa480 - Mother Teresa
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Color glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of Mother Teresa with her hands together in prayer, signed in black ink, “God bless you, M. Teresa.” Reverse is stamp-date
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Notables481 - Notables
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Collection of items related to four significant figures: a TLS signed “Robert Stroud,” March 28, 1940, in part: “There are a great many persons in the
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Notables482 - Notables
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Three items: a satin-finish 6.25 x 8.25 full-length portrait of Queen Mary of Teck, affixed to its original 8.75 x 11.75 mount, signed on the mount in
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Rosa Parks483 - Rosa Parks
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Parks gazing out a window while seated on a bus, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a slightly grainy quality to
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Rosa Parks484 - Rosa Parks
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Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Parks, payable to St. Matthew AME Church for $33, December 31, 1973. In fine condition.
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Charles C. Pinckney485 - Charles C. Pinckney
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Signer of the US Constitution from South Carolina and a South Carolina governor, senator, and representative (1746–1825). ALS signed “Charles Coteswor
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Vladimir Prelog486 - Vladimir Prelog
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Bosnian-Swiss organic chemist (1906–1998) whose research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reaction earned him the 1975 Nobel Prize fo
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Politicians487 - Politicians
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Four items: a TLS signed “Anthony Comstock,” New York Society for the Suppression of Vice letterhead, January 21, 1892, in part: “If this Meeting is t
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Prince Albert488 - Prince Albert
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Ink signature, “Albert,” on an off-white 2.5 x .75 slip. In very good condition, with scattered soiling and mounting remnants to edges.
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Prince Henry of Prussia489 - Prince Henry of Prussia
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Prince of Prussia, army general, and younger brother of Frederick the Great (1726–1802). Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Henri,” one page, 7.5 x 9
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Joseph Pulitzer490 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Journalist and newspaper publisher (1847–1911) who established the Pulitzer Prize ‘for the encouragement of public service, public morals, American li
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Queen Desiree of Sweden491 - Queen Desiree of Sweden
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Queen of Sweden and Norway, and one-time fiancee of Napoleon Bonaparte (1777–1860). Untranslated partial ALS in French, signed “Desiree,” one page bot
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Queen Victoria492 - Queen Victoria
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 16 x 12, March 12, 1877. Queen Victoria appoints Arthur Wagg “to be a Quarter Master in Our Voluntee
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Jack Ruby493 - Jack Ruby
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Empire State of Dallas bank check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Ruby, “Jack Ruby (Spec),” payable to Lone Star Gas Co. for $2.79, July 18, 1956.
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Society of the Colonial Dames of America494 - Society of the Colonial Dames of America
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Attractive partly-printed document, one page, 21 x 15.5, March 8, 1894. Membership certificate for the historical genealogical organization, in part:
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Herbert Spencer495 - Herbert Spencer
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Prominent English philosopher and sociologist (1820–1903). Signed book: Political Institutions: Being Part V of the Principles of Sociology. London: W
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