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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Partly printed document signed (“G:o Washington''), as president, 12 January 1792. 1 page, folio, on vellum; paper seal. Washington sig
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Extraordinary manuscript DS, signed “G:o Washingto ,” one page, 7.25 x 8.25, April 20, 1775. Draft for an ad to be published in the Virginia Gazette
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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Magnificent manuscript DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 8 x 3, August 1, 1785. Bold Patowmack Navigation Company financial document, in part: ...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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George Washington4 - George Washington
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Striking engraved portrait of George Washington in a full-length pose, 15 x 22.5, circa 1800, titled “General Washington” at the bottom, with smaller
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Adams5 - John Adams
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Scarce twice-signed partly-printed DS, signed on the reverse, “J. Adams” and “Adams,” one page both sides, 8 x 6.5, November 21, 1768. Legal document
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Adams6 - John Adams
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Unsigned handwritten document, one page, 6 x 7.5, 1767. An itemized bill for work done by Benjamin Tirrillo on a boat belonging to William Price, penn
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Adams7 - John Adams
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Third person ADS, one page, 6.25 x 3.75, Braintree, Massachusetts, March 29, 1762. In full: “For value rec’d I promise to pay John Adams, or his order
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Adams8 - John Adams
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Superb ink signature, “J. Adams,” on an off-white 2.25 x 1.25 clipped slip, apparently from a free frank as “Free” is penned above in another hand. In
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson9 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7 x 8, August 26, 1808. Letter to Zebedee Cook on behalf of the Selectmen of Newburyport, Massachus
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson10 - Thomas Jefferson
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Third-person ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 5, October 29, 1803. In full: “Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Picho
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson11 - Thomas Jefferson
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LS signed as secretary of state, “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 9.75, June 25, 1790. Letter to Edward Telfair, in full: “I have the honor to send you
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison12 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 15.5 x 8.5, October 1, 1806. Presid
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison13 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 20.5 x 16.25, no date but circa 1801–1809.
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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James Madison14 - James Madison
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, November 14, 1825. Letter to Dr. Thomas Sewall, who was a founding faculty member of the medical department at Columbian C
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Madison15 - James Madison
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ALS signed “J. Madison, Jr.,” one page, 7.25 x 7.5, no date but circa April 1788. Letter to Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia. In full: “I find tha
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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James Madison16 - James Madison
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 8.25, April 18, 1815. Land grant issued to Franz Germand for a quarter lot of land under “'An a...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James and Dolley Madison17 - James and Dolley Madison
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Unusual compilation of three items: a manuscript bank check made payable to James M. Cutts in the amount of $8.75, May 15, 1845, signed at the conclus
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dolley Madison18 - Dolley Madison
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Scarce free franked mailing envelope, 5.25 x 2.75, addressed in Dolley Madison’s hand to “Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, Hartford, Connecticut,” and franked in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe19 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Ink signatures, “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state on a vellum 6.5 x 2.75 slip clipped from a document. In very good
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe20 - James Monroe
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ALS as president, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, August 21, 1819. Letter to an unidentified recipient, in part: “The papers enclosed relate to Judg
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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