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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Abraham Lincoln51 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War–dated autograph endorsement, signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” dated June 9, 1863, on the reverse of a letter of recommendation sent to him
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln52 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rare war-dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 19, 1863. President Lincoln approves an international agreement, in part: “I here
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln53 - Abraham Lincoln
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ALS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 4.25 x 7.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 7, 1864. In full: “Herewith I give you my autograph, as
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln54 - Abraham Lincoln
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Ink signature, “A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 2.25 x .5 clipped slip. A vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature and heavy overal
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson55 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.5, June 1, 1865. President Johnson appoints John S. Mason as “Major in the Seventeenth Regime
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant56 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” one page, 5 x 8, February 27, 1863. Letter to General James B. McPherson. In full: “Come down her
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant57 - U. S. Grant
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ALS, four pages, 4.5 x 7, June 6, 1879. Letter to his son U. S. Grant, Jr., written from “Peking, China.” In full: “We have now been in this Capital t
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant58 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10.25, October 21, 1867. Official War Department document issued to Stewart Van Vliet. In part: “You are hereby infor
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant59 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated document handwritten by Grant but unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, June 18, 1863. Special Order 164 relieving Major General McClernand o
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant60 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card. In very good condition, with heavy wrinkling from adhesive to reverse, and remnants of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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