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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Syngman Rhee312 - Syngman Rhee
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First President of South Korea (1875–1965) from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. Fountain pen signature, “Syngman Rhee,” on an attractive 6 x 9.5 a
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor313 - Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Fountain pen signature, “Edward” and “Wallis Windsor,” on a blue 6 x 8 sheet of Nassau Government House letterhead. In very good condition, with scatt
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King George III314 - King George III
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Untranslated LS in German, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 8 x 12, 1765. In very good condition, with trimmed edges and a mounting strip along
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria315 - Queen Victoria
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Ink signature, “Victoria RI,” on an off-white 4 x 4.75 slip clipped from a larger document retaining the crisply embossed blue paper seal affixed belo
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Clara Barton316 - Clara Barton
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Lengthy ink signature, “Very sincerely yours, Clara Barton, President American National Red Cross, Washington, D.C.,” on an off-white card with an att
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Frederick Douglass317 - Frederick Douglass
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass,” three pages, 8.5 x 14, October 15, 1883. Deed for a real estate transaction between W. Bowen Moore and Fr
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William Lloyd Garrison318 - William Lloyd Garrison
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Journalist, editor, and social reformer (1805–1879) best known as one of the most ardent and influential abolitionists in the decades leading up to th
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Booker T. Washington319 - Booker T. Washington
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Pencil signature, “Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Alabama, Jan. 30, 1910,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition.
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Elbridge Gerry320 - Elbridge Gerry
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts (1744–1814) who later served as vice president under James Madison. His name entered the
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Robert Treat Paine321 - Robert Treat Paine
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ADS signed “R. T. Paine,” one page, 7.5 x 3.25, no date. Handwritten legal document regarding “the Case Howland v. Briggs,” in part: “As the debt was
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Edwina MacKenzie322 - Edwina MacKenzie
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Second-oldest survivor of the Titanic (1884–1984). Two Christmas cards, one depicting Santa Claus and the other a peaceful dove, measuring 4.5 x 6 and
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Titanic323 - Titanic
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British magazine full of reprinted newspaper articles about the Titanic disaster, forty pages, 7.5 x 11.25, signed on the front cover in black ink, “E
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King Philip’s War: John Sharpe325 - King Philip’s War: John Sharpe
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Excessively rare firsthand primary account of King Philip’s War by one of its participants: an ALS signed “John Sharpe,” one page, 7.5 x 12.25, Januar
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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John Bowman326 - John Bowman
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Pioneer, colonial militia officer, and sheriff (1738–1784) who raised men to support General George Rogers Clark during the Illinois Campaign in the R
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Daniel Brodhead327 - Daniel Brodhead
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Military and political leader (1736–1809) who earned the respect of George Washington for his leadership during the Revolution. DS, one page, 8 x 12.7
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Charles Cornwallis328 - Charles Cornwallis
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ALS signed “Cornwallis,” one page, 7.25 x 5.5, no date. In part: “The bearer appears to me by the inclosed letter to be in great distress—you will lea
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François Joseph Paul de Grasse329 - François Joseph Paul de Grasse
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French Admiral (1732–1788) who commanded the French fleet at the Battle of Chesapeake, blocking the escape route of Cornwallis which subsequently led
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Stephen Decatur330 - Stephen Decatur
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American naval officer (1779–1820) who cemented a reputation as a hero for his leadership during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Rare ALS signed
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Gage331 - Thomas Gage
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British general (1719–1787) who was commander in chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775. Manuscript DS, signed “Thos. Gage,” one page, 8
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Jean-Baptiste Gouvion332 - Jean-Baptiste Gouvion
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French general (1747–1792) who participated in the American and French Revolutionary Wars before being killed by a cannon while serving under Lafayett
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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