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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Lucky Luciano320 - Lucky Luciano
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New York Mafia boss (1897–1962) instrumental in the development of organized crime in the US; he was responsible for splitting the Mafia into five dif
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Valachi321 - Joseph Valachi
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The first Mafia member to publicly acknowledge its existence (1903–1971). ALS signed “Joe,” one page, 8 x 12.5, July 19, 1965. Letter to Dorothy Ball.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Businessmen325 - Businessmen
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Six items: a manuscript DS signed “Thomas Danforth,” June 8, 1730, in which Danforth agrees to pay “the full and Just sum of fiftey foure Pounds and t
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Carnegie326 - Andrew Carnegie
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Signed book: An American Four-in-Hand in Britain. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Hardcover, 6.75 x 8.5, 338 pages. Prominent...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Isaac Doolittle327 - Isaac Doolittle
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American clockmaker, printer, and supplier of gunpowder to the Continental Army (1722–1800). Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “Isaac
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Simon Guggenheim328 - Simon Guggenheim
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American businessman, politician, and member of the esteemed Guggenheim family (1867–1941) who served as the senator of Colorado from 1907 to 1913. TL
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan329 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Handsome DS, one page both sides, 9.5 x 13.5, June 30, 1886. A one-hundred year bond issued by the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company for $1000, sig
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Randolph Hearst330 - William Randolph Hearst
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ALS in pencil, signed “WR,” one page on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard depicting two women from Tangiers smoking a hookah, no date. Unusual lette
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Eli Lilly331 - Eli Lilly
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American soldier and pharmacist (1838–1898) who founded the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation; Lilly enlisted in the Union Army and was
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John D. Rockefeller332 - John D. Rockefeller
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Signed book: Forest Hill, September 26, 1905. Limited edition, numbered 152/425. Cleveland: The Vinson and Korner Co., 1905. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10. Nice
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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