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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Queen Victoria393 - Queen Victoria
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Black-bordered 4.5 x 2.75 envelope addressed in Queen Victoria’s hand to “The Viscountess Jocelyn,” and signed in the lower left, “The Queen.” Affixed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Syngman Rhee394 - Syngman Rhee
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First president of South Korea (1875–1965) from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. Fountain pen signature, “Syngman Rhee,” on an off-white 6.5 x 5 sh
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bertrand Russell395 - Bertrand Russell
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Booklet entitled ‘History of the World in Epitome,’ ten pages, 3.25 x 4.75, published by the Gaberbocchus Press on May 18, 1962, signed on the title p
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jonas Salk396 - Jonas Salk
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Glossy 9 x 7 press photo of Salk displaying the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him for his achievement in eradicating polio, signed and inscribed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Albert Schweitzer397 - Albert Schweitzer
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German-born theologian and philosopher (1875–1965) who received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of ‘Reverence for Life.’ ALS in German,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ernest Shackleton398 - Ernest Shackleton
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Shackleton’s personal calling card, 3 x 1.5, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Ernest Shackleton.” Front bears his contact address, “St. James Club
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James Smith399 - James Smith
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1719–1806). Manuscript DS, signed “Smith Jams.,” one page, 8 x 13, July 1784. Cumberland
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Henry M. Stanley400 - Henry M. Stanley
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, 2 Richmond Terrace letterhead, January 29, 1901. Letter to Reverend Cunningham Geikie, in part: “We
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Titanic401 - Titanic
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British magazine full of reprinted newspaper articles about the Titanic disaster, forty pages, 7.5 x 11.25, signed on the front cover in ink by surviv
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Josip Tito402 - Josip Tito
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Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892–1980) who served as his country’s prime minister and later as its first president. Satin-finish 4.75 x 6.75
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James Wilson403 - James Wilson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constituti
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Benedict Arnold405 - Benedict Arnold
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ALS signed “B. Arnold,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.75, April 30, 1787. Letter to James Hayt in New Brunswick. In part: “I have wrote you several time
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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William Heath406 - William Heath
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Distinguished major general in the Continental Army (1737–1814) who organized and trained the undisciplined forces at Cambridge before the Battle of B
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Artemas Ward408 - Artemas Ward
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Major general in the Revolutionary War (1727–1800), second in command to George Washington, and, later, congressman from Massachusetts. Manuscript DS,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Sullivan409 - John Sullivan
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American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress (1740–1795) who served as governor of New Hampshire and commanded
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Civil War410 - Civil War
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Scarce Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, June 3, 1863. An official “Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance” administered to a Confed
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charleston Harbor411 - Charleston Harbor
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Original manuscript account of the controversial career of Brigadier General Henry Washington Benham, with his own perspective on the “James Island Af
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson412 - Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson
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Partly-printed ADS, filled out entirely in Jackson’s hand and signed “T. J. Jackson, Prof.,” one page, 7.75 x 10, June 17, 1859. A Virginia Military I
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson413 - Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “T. J. Jackson,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 24, 1861. Letter to his banker J. H. Myers, written from “Hd. Qrs. 1st Brigade
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer414 - George A. Custer
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope from New York’s Hotel Brunswick, 5 x 3, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs Genl Custer, Monroe, Mich,” bearing an a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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