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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Emperor Taisho316 - Emperor Taisho
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Scarce DS in Japanese, one page, 23 x 18, circa 1912–1926. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Fifth Class, Order of the G
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Emperor Hirohito317 - Emperor Hirohito
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Desirable manuscript DS in Japanese, one page, 23.5 x 18, April 18, 1940. Document in which the Emperor of Japan confers the Imperial Order of Meiji u
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi318 - Mohandas Gandhi
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Extraordinary official circa 1942 matte-finish 3 x 4 candid portrait of Gandhi taken by his grandnephew, showing the bespectacled Indian leader shirtl
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Victoriano Huerta319 - Victoriano Huerta
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Military officer and former president of Mexico (1850–1916). TLS signed “V. Huerta,” one page, 8 x 10.25, Presidente del los Estados Unidos Mexcianos
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela320 - Nelson Mandela
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Rare inauguration cover, 7.5 x 4, with a cachet honoring the presidential commencement of Mandela on May 10, 1994, signed in black ink as president, “
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela321 - Nelson Mandela
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Wonderful color semi-glossy 11.25 x 16.25 portrait of the revered South African president, signed and inscribed in silver ink, “To Priscilla Jana, Bes
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela322 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom. Limited first edition, numbered 236/425. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Hardcover with sl
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon III and Eugenie323 - Napoleon III and Eugenie
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Uncommon pairing of AQSs in French on a single 5 x 8 sheet, royal crest letterhead, December 28, 1853, signed “Napoleon” and “Eugenie.” As emperor of
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Napoleon: Laetitia Ramolino Bonaparte324 - Napoleon: Laetitia Ramolino Bonaparte
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Mother of Napoleon (1750–1836). ALS in Italian, signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, July 3, 1801. Letter to Francisco Braccini. In part (transl
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky326 - Leon Trotsky
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DS in Cyrillic, signed “L. Trotsky,” one page, 7 x 9, March 21, 1919. Decree from the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic issued to Comrade
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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