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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Max Planck306 - Max Planck
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page, 5.75 x 8.25, stamped personal letterhead, June 12, 1938. Letter thanking Samuel Clemens' distant co...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Freelan O. Stanley307 - Freelan O. Stanley
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American inventor and manufacturer (1849-1940) who developed a successful dry-plate photography process and, with his twin brother, Francis, co-founde
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse308 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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Extraordinary archive of documents related to the financing and construction of Morse’s telegraph, consisting primarily of third-person ADSs in the fo
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Peter Kropotkin309 - Peter Kropotkin
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Russian geographer, zoologist, and political theorist (1842–1921) best known for his advocacy of anarchist communism. Humorous ALS signed “P. Kropotki
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Robert Patterson310 - Robert Patterson
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Professor (1787–1854) at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the US Mint, and cryptology enthusiast who frequently exchanged coded messages wi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Frederick Jackson Turner311 - Frederick Jackson Turner
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American historian in the early 20th century (1861–1932) best remembered for his essay The Significance of the Frontier in American History; his accla
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Mother Teresa312 - Mother Teresa
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TLS signed “God bless you, M. Teresa mc,” on the reverse of a 4.25 x 3.75 prayer slip bearing an affixed ‘miraculous medal,’ dated November 19, 1991.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pope Francis313 - Pope Francis
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Color satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 photo of Pope Francis during the 2012 Cardinals’ Reunion in Rome, signed in black ink, adding “Erzbischof von Buenos Ai
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Menachem Schneerson314 - Menachem Schneerson
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Orthodox rabbi (1902–1994) who led the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and is considered one of the most influential Jewish figures of the 20th century. TLS
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Emperor Meiji315 - Emperor Meiji
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DS in Japanese, one page, 24 x 18.5, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Fifth Class, Order of the Rising
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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