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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Joseph Valachi235 - Joseph Valachi
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The first Mafia member to publicly acknowledge its existence (1903–1971). ALS signed “Joe,” one lightly-lined page, 8 x 12.5, July 19, 1965. Letter to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo236 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8.5, October 13, 1865. Handsomely engraved certificate for two shares of ca
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Alexander Graham Bell237 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TLS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, black-bordered Twin Oaks letterhead, April 18, 1910. Letter to Arthur McCurdy, Bell’s former private
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Niels Bohr238 - Niels Bohr
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Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. TLS signed “Niels Bohr,” one page, 5.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison239 - Thomas Edison
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Extraordinary, comprehensive archive primarily consisting of correspondence between Thomas Edison and his son Charles about business matters during th
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Pierre Curie240 - Pierre Curie
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ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, Faculte des Sciences de Paris letterhead, April 19, 1905. Letter to a colleague. In full (tran
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison241 - Thomas Edison
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DS, signed “Thos A. Edison,” with his trademark ‘umbrella’ signature, one page, 7.75 x 11, May 27, 1918. A transfer of subscription in which Edison ag
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Thomas Edison242 - Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, “Thos. A. Edison,” payable to The Seymour
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Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann243 - Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann
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Magnificent signed edition of the catalog for a book auction entitled ‘Going, Going, Gone!,’ 47 pages, 6 x 9, held on December 8, 1938, by the Joint D
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein244 - Albert Einstein
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Remarkable scientific AMS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1938 or earlier. An important working manuscript appa
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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