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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Archibald Gracie250 - Archibald Gracie
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Titanic survivor and author (1859-1912), who was drawn under when the vessel sank, but managed to reach a life raft and succeeded in rescuing 29 other
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Titanic251 - Titanic
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Letters concerning a claim by one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster, Eleanor Genevieve Cassebeer, consisting of two TLSs by her attorney, a TLS
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Titanic252 - Titanic
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Partly-printed document, one page, 8.5 x 13.5, notated April 12, 1913. Writ issued by Oppenheimer, Blandford & Co., in the matter “Between Vana ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Adrien de Gerlache253 - Adrien de Gerlache
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Gorgeous sepia 6.25 x 4.25 photo of a ship trapped within an Arctic ice field, affixed to its original photography sheet and mount, signed in French o
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Edmund Hillary254 - Edmund Hillary
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ALS signed “E. P. Hillary,” one page on the inside of an aerogramme, 7.75 x 9.75, September 19, 1954. Letter to Sydney Giles, in full: “I am sorry not
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Fridtjof Nansen255 - Fridtjof Nansen
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Fountain pen signature, “Fridtjof Nansen,” on an off-white slip affixed to a 6 x 9.5 album page attractively hand-embellished with a calligraphic titl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary256 - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
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Two items: an uncommon glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Norgay wearing a sweater with a patch for the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ernest Shackleton257 - Ernest Shackleton
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LS signed “E. H. Shackleton,” one page, 8 x 10, British Antarctic Expedition 1907 letterhead, November 24, 1909. Letter declining an invitation, in fu
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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19th-Century America260 - 19th-Century America
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Pamphlet entitled “British Influence on the Affairs of the United States, Proved and Explained,” 23 pages, 5 x 8, printed in Boston by Young and Minns
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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David Brearley261 - David Brearley
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State of New Jersey banknote printed by Hall and Sellers, no. 1026, 3.5 x 2.75, June 9, 1780, signed on one side by David Brearley, “D. Brearley,” and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Jennings Bryan262 - William Jennings Bryan
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Bryan as the US secretary of state, “W. J. Bryan,” payable to Willards Hotel for $7
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Jennings Bryan263 - William Jennings Bryan
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ALS signed “W. J. Bryan,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 5.5, personal letterhead, November 9, 1900. Letter to Mr. Nathan Cole, Jr., written just three d
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John C. Calhoun264 - John C. Calhoun
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Prominent American politician (1782–1850) who served as vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and later wielded great power and in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Simon Cameron265 - Simon Cameron
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9.75, October 4, 1847. In part: “I saw Mr. Wallen today…I could not tell him the name of your active partner and you will please
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Daniel Carroll266 - Daniel Carroll
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Founding Father of the United States (1730-1796) who is one of only five men to sign both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the Un
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry Clay267 - Henry Clay
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Neat ink signature, “H. Clay,” on an off-white slip clipped from a document, affixed to an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calli
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George Clinton268 - George Clinton
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American soldier and statesman (1739–1812) who served as governor of New York and vice president in the Jefferson and Madison administrations. ALS sig
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John Dickinson269 - John Dickinson
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Lawyer and signer of the US Constitution from Delaware (1732–1808) who also served as an officer during the Revolutionary War. Uncommon vellum DS, sig
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Eliphalet Dyer270 - Eliphalet Dyer
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DS, signed “Elipht Dyer,” one page, 7.25 x 5, April 28, 1788. Pay order issued to Samuel Gray of Windham for “the sum of fifteen pounds seventeen shil
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Washington Goethals271 - George Washington Goethals
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Army officer and civil engineer (1858–1929) appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal. Vintage matte-finish 8.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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