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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Millard Fillmore41 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS as vice president, one page, 4.75 x 7.25, April 26. Letter to President Zachary Taylor, in full: “After leaving you this morning I went directly t
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore42 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8, August 21, 1868. Letter to Dr. T. A. Cheney, in full: “Your favor of the 14th came duly to hand &...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce43 - Franklin Pierce
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ALS signed “Frank. Pierce,” one page both sides,, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, September 30, 1851. Letter to New Hampshire congressman and US Commissio
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce44 - Franklin Pierce
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ALS as president signed “Frank. Pierce,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 8.5, October 7, 1855. Letter to Rev. Henry A. Boardman in Philadelphia. In part:
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis45 - Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis
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Rare piece of correspondence between President Franklin Pierce and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis: an ALS signed “Jeff. Davis,” one page, 5 x 7.5, A
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Buchanan46 - James Buchanan
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, December 22, 1855. Letter to Hon. Peter D. Vroom, written while serving as minister to the Unite
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James Buchanan47 - James Buchanan
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ALS as president, one page, 4 x 6.25, April 16, 1858. Letter to Mrs. Ridgale, in part: “I have received your note & feel deeply for your salutat...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln48 - Abraham Lincoln
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Document Signed, “Peters & Lincoln,” one page, 7.75 x 5, docketed on reverse by Lincoln (noting case title), and with a second docket in another...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln49 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly printed check accomplished and signed (“A. Lincoln''), drawn on Riggs & Co., Washington, D.C., 18 February 1865. 1 page, oblong (...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln50 - Abraham Lincoln
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Manuscript DS as president, one page, 8.25 x 7, March 9, 1863. Order issued from the Executive Mansion. In full: “I authorize William T. Otto to perfo
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Abraham Lincoln51 - Abraham Lincoln
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ANS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 3.25 x 2, February 17, 1865. In full: “Allow Mrs. J. K. Dougherty of Clay County, Mo. to remain in New
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln53 - Abraham Lincoln
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Crisp ink signature, “Abraham Lincoln,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip clipped from a larger document. Handsomely double-matted and framed with an engrave
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Assassination54 - Abraham Lincoln Assassination
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Black-bordered printed general orders, one page, 4.25 x 5.75, April 16, 1865. General Orders No. 15 issued by General George G. Meade to inform the Ar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson55 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, June 23, 1868. In full: “I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of
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Andrew Johnson56 - Andrew Johnson
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ANS, one page, lightly-lined, 6.75 x 2.75, March 27, 1866. In full: “I have no objection to the granting of the permission desired, for temporary purp
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U. S. Grant57 - U. S. Grant
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ALS as president, two pages, 7.75 x 9.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 24, 1874. Letter to the departing Postmaster General Hon. John A. J. Cres
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U. S. Grant58 - U. S. Grant
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ALS as president, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, September 24, 1870. Letter sent from Long Branch, New Jersey, to Illinois Congressm
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant59 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U.S.A.,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, April 16,
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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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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10, March 3, 1870. President Grant directs the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to “a Warran
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield61 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, Mentor, Ohio, letterhead, December 1, 1880. Letter to Colonel James Belger, in full: “Acce
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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