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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Apple: Ronald Wayne210 - Apple: Ronald Wayne
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Co-founder of Apple Computer along with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (born 1934). Laserprint copy of the original logo design for Apple Computer Co.,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Carnegie211 - Andrew Carnegie
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Braemar Cottage letterhead, September 11, 1886. In part: “I beg to acknowledge with thanks the receip
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Carnegie212 - Andrew Carnegie
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Bold ink signature, “Yours truly, Andrew Carnegie,” on an off-white card affixed to a 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Auguste Escoffier213 - Auguste Escoffier
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Legendary French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer (1846–1935) who was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cui
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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J. Paul Getty214 - J. Paul Getty
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Getty’s personal passport, number 177717, issued on March 30, 1926. Passport measures 3.75 x 6 and is filled out in Getty’s hand inside the front cove
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson215 - Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson
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One of the four co-founders of Harley-Davidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. DS, signed
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan216 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Uncommon twice-signed partly-printed DS, one page both sides, 13.5 x 9.5, August 20, 1863. A declaration of dividends made payable between August 10 a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin217 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “C. Darwin,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.5 x 5.25, August 20, 1848. Letter to Dr. Francis Booth, American physician and botanist
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Niels Bohr218 - Niels Bohr
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Vintage matte-finish 3 x 4.75 portrait of Bohr, signed in Danish in fountain pen (translated), “Niels Bohr, Copenhagen, March 1959.” In fine condition
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison219 - Thomas Edison
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Sought-after ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white card with an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligra
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein220 - Albert Einstein
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Choice green fountain pen signature, “Albert Einstein, 1940,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with trivial show-through from toned m
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein221 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, April 3, 1945. Letter to Erich Cohn of the A. Goo
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein222 - Albert Einstein
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Extraordinary pair of ALSs in German, each signed “A. Einstein,” totaling three pages, June–July 1913. Both are to his fellow theoretical physicist Dr
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Estimate : 80,000.00 - 100,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein223 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “Papa,” one page, 8.5 x 8.25, no date. Letter to his son Eduard Einstein, nicknamed “Tetel,” in full (translated): "I was...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein224 - Albert Einstein
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Uncommon vintage glossy 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Einstein with two friends displayed within its original mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in fountain
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Robert Fulton225 - Robert Fulton
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American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur (1765–1815) best known for designing the first commercially successful steamboat. His other endeavors in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William Harvey226 - William Harvey
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English physician (1578–1657) who was the first to describe in detail the circulation of blood. Extraordinarily rare vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wil
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Richard Gatling227 - Richard Gatling
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ALS signed “R. J. Gatling,” one page, 5 x 7.75, January 12, 1894. Written from Hartford, Connecticut, a letter to Lee Slyman, in full: “In compliance
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Lister228 - Joseph Lister
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ALS, one page both sides, 4 x 6, black-bordered 12 Park Crescent letterhead, October 11, 1895. Letter to Dr. William Bulloch, in full: “I am much obli
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Rontgen229 - Wilhelm Rontgen
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Distinguished German physicist (1845–1923) who discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1901. ALS in German, signed “Dr.
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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