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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Amazing and extraordinarily well-preserved ALS signed “G. Washington,” three pages on two sheets, 7.25 x 9, Mount Vernon, January 10, 1786. Letter to
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Full hand-addressed free frank, 9.25 x 7.5, with franked panel measuring 5.25 x 3.5. Addressed in Washington’s hand to “Col. Clem. Biddle, Philadelp,”
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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Partial partly-printed DS as president, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 13 x 11.5, March 18, 1796. Fragment of a ship’s paper issued to “the Ship H
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George Washington4 - George Washington
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 21 x 15, January 1, 1784. A Society of Cincinnati membership certificate issued to Peter
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Washington5 - George Washington
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Gorgeous example of the ‘Linked States’ variety of buttons created in 1789 to honor George Washington’s first inauguration, measuring 34mm in diameter
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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George Washington6 - George Washington
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Extremely desirable address panel accomplished entirely in Washington’s hand, 6.25 x 3, no date but circa 1776, in full: “To the Hon. Ab’m Yates Esq’r
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John Adams7 - John Adams
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Revolutionary War–dated ALS, one page, 7 x 9.5, October 24, 1777. Letter to General James Warren, written from Yorktown. In full: “We have got to a Pa
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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John Adams8 - John Adams
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ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, August 15, 1798. Letter to Dr. Samuel Holten of Danvers. In full: “Your letter of 17th of July never reached me ti
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison9 - 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, 19 x 15.5, November 30, 1803. Four-languag
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison10 - 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, 12.75 x 15, March 28, 1807. A grant for a
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson11 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.5 x 9.25, Philadelphia, February 17, 1793. Letter to New York Governor George Clinton. In full: “As it is poss
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson12 - Thomas Jefferson
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DS, signed “Th: Jefferson,” two pages both sides, 9.5 x 15, May 2, 1792. Congressional broadside publishing “An Act for raising a farther Sum of Money
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson13 - Thomas Jefferson
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Rare partially printed Bank of the United States check, 5.75 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Jefferson as secretary of state, “Th: Jefferson,” payabl
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson14 - Thomas Jefferson
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Crisp ink signature as the first secretary of state, “Th: Jefferson, Dec. 14, 1790,” on an off-white 3.75 x 4 slip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe15 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 21 x 17, June 18, 1817. A four-language ship
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe16 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11.75 x 15, November 29, 1814. A patent issued to “Luke M. Laighton, a Citizen of the United States
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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James Madison17 - James Madison
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ALS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10, June 7, 1817. Letter to George Bomford of the Corps of Engineers concerning a government contract for musket stoc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Madison18 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 15.5, August 16, 1811. Scallop-topped ship’s pass issued to “the Ship Citizen of New York…To
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Madison19 - James Madison
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Impressive partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.5 x 16.25, June 13, 1809. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Frederick Slocum master or co
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Monroe20 - James Monroe
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ALS signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, November 10, 1790. Letter to Mr. Browne, in full: “Will Mr. Browne be so obliging as advance
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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