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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James Monroe21 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 9.75, November 13, 1822. President Monroe grants Samuel Ream of Ohio a parcel of land “containin
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Monroe22 - James Monroe
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War-dated DS, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 6.5, August 28, 1812. Printed circular headed “Additional Instruction to the public and private a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe: John Jacob Astor23 - James Monroe: John Jacob Astor
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Manuscript bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by John Jacob Astor, payable to James Monroe for $3,400, April 21, 1815. In fin
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams24 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 11.5 x 15, April 16, 1823. Scall
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John Quincy Adams25 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS signed “Your father, J. Q. Adams,” one page, 6.75 x 3, July 27, 1830. Letter to his son Charles Francis Adams, in full: “I enclose a Power to you
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John Quincy Adams26 - John Quincy Adams
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Free franked mailing envelope, 4.5 x 3, addressed in Adams’s hand to “Richard Rush Esqr, York, Pennsylvania,” and franked in the upper right, “J. Q. A
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John Quincy Adams and Millard Fillmore27 - John Quincy Adams and Millard Fillmore
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Softcover autograph book, 5 x 8, signed throughout by approximately 120 members of the 1840s US Congress, some signatures clipped and affixed, includi
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Andrew Jackson28 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, two pages, 11 x 14, September 28, 1831. A patent issued to “Benjamin Myers, A Citizen of the United States
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Andrew Jackson and His Cabinet29 - Andrew Jackson and His Cabinet
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Ink signatures of Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Samuel D. Ingham, John H. Eaton, John Branch, Edward Livingston, William J. Duane, and Levi Woodbu
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Andrew Jackson30 - Andrew Jackson
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Third-person ALS as president, signed within the body as “The President of the United States” and “The President,” one page, 8 x 10, April 29, 1835. L
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren31 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, June 20, 1829. Letter to the secretary of war. In part: “Major Sproult of N. York is a ca
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Martin Van Buren32 - Martin Van Buren
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Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded with a center panel of 5.5 x 3.5, addressed in Van Buren’s hand to “B. Bates Esqr, Post Office, N. Yor
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison33 - William Henry Harrison
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ANS signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 6 x 3.5, July 24, 1840. Brief note regarding a thirty-five dollar payment to “Dr. Thornton.” In very good condi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison34 - William Henry Harrison
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ALS signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, Cincinnati, February 15, 1824. Letter to John Scott, congressman from Missouri, in part:...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler35 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11.5 x 17.75, June 1, 1843. Uncommon land office grant approved by Tyler, in part: “Whereas, Mary Wel
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John Tyler36 - John Tyler
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ALS as president signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 8 x 9.75, October 20, 1841. Letter to Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, in full: “Your letter of this day as well as
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John Tyler37 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 9.5, July 2, 1844. President Tyler appoints Hezekiah W. Scovell as “Deputy Postmaster of Lockport, in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk38 - James K. Polk
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 17, April 30, 1847. President Polk promotes Allen Lowd to “the rank of Major by Brevet…For gallant c
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk39 - James K. Polk
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 16, 1839. Letter to James E. Root, in full: “In compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 9th I
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Zachary Taylor40 - Zachary Taylor
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 14.5 x 13, January 14, 1850. President Taylor appoints Charles Noble of Michigan
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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