RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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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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ALS signed “G:o Washin ,” one page, 7.5 x 8.75, January 20, 1784. Letter to General Williams in Baltimore. In full: “I have received, & thank you
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson2 - Thomas Jefferson
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Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8.25 unfolded, with panel measuring 5.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to “Colo. Ephraim Kirby, Li
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison3 - 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, 22 x 17, July 9, 1805. Four-language ship’
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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James Madison4 - James Madison
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Bank of Columbia check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Madison as president, “James Madison,” payable to Cudden Davis for $3000, September 28, 1
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe5 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed scallop-top vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15, October 3, 181
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe6 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 9.5, October 6, 1817. President Monroe grants “Henry Sperry, late a private in Pelham’s compan
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams7 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 11 x 15, November 18, 1818. A patent issued to Abraham Taylor who “has invented a new and useful improvement being
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams8 - John Quincy Adams
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Desirable full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded with a 5 x 3.25 center panel, addressed by Adams to “William Russell Esq’r, Corresponding Se
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams9 - John Quincy Adams
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Unsigned docketing notation on the reverse of an invitation to Adams, 8.5 x 7.5, in French, from the Chancellor of Russia inviting Adams to dinner. Ad
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson10 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 9.25, April 2, 1829. President Jackson grants Edward Thomas of Ohio a parcel of land in “Craw
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson11 - Andrew Jackson
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Third-person ALS as president, signed within the body as “The President of the United States” and “The President,” one page, 8 x 10, April 29, 1835. L
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren12 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 20.25 x 16, November 21, 1838. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Timothy Leary,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren13 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 17.5 x 12.5, July 22, 1840. President Van Buren appoints Ramon Leon Sanchez as
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren14 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS as president, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 9, no date but circa October 1839. In full: “Say to Mr Butler Most of it would be more agreeable to him t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren15 - Martin Van Buren
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Full free frank as secretary of state, measuring 13 x 8 unfolded, with center panel measuring 8.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to “His Excellency
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Tyler16 - John Tyler
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Rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, November 1, 1844. President Tyler grants Matthew Allen of Florida a parcel of land “as
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler17 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 10.5 x 8.25, June 14, 1842. President Tyler appoints James Lawrence Blair as “a Midshipman in the Nav
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor18 - Zachary Taylor
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Z. Taylor Col. Comdg.,” one page, 7.75 x 6.5, April 1834. A requisition document “for fuel for Colonel Z. Taylor in the ser
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore19 - Millard Fillmore
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Desirable full free frank as congressman, measuring 10 x 7.75 unfolded, with center panel measuring 5.25 x 3.25, addressed by Fillmore to “S. G Haven
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore20 - Millard Fillmore
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Civil War–dated ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, September 21, 1861. Letter to Dr. Cyrus Powers, nephew of his late wife Abigail. In part: “I have
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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