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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Mata Hari227 - Mata Hari
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ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.75 x 8.75, personal Rue Windsor letterhead, no date but postmarked December 28, [1909]. Letter to
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Marie de Medici228 - Marie de Medici
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Queen consort of France (1573–1642) as the second wife of King Henry IV of France. She herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medic
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Catherine de Medici229 - Catherine de Medici
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LS in French, signed “Catherine,” one page, 9.5 x 13.5, September 2, 1584. Untranslated letter to Jacques de Germigny, French ambassador to the Ottoma
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Mormon230 - Mormon
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Striking color 28 x 7 chromolithographic print published in 1899 by Millroy & Hayes and issued by the Wilson Hotel, Salt Lake City, depicting th...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ramon Musquiz231 - Ramon Musquiz
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Friend of Stephen F. Austin (1797-1867) and Governor of Texas from 1831-30 and in 1835; he was present at the fall of the Alamo and assisted in identi
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon232 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “approuve, Np,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 12.25, May 29, 1810. Document regarding the publication of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon233 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, April 9, 1809. In part (translated): “Monsieur General Clarke, issue the order that, independently of t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon234 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Granted, Bonaparte,” one page, 9 x 14, circa March 1800. A military document in which Noel Marie Joseph Girard, an in
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Native American235 - Native American
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Original manuscript, signed by eight members of the Hassanamisco tribe with their marks, and also signed, “John Chandler” as justice of the peace and
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Native American236 - Native American
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Partly–printed document entitled, “The Laws of the Colony of Connecticut in New England, Relating to the Church and the Clergy, Religion and Learning,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cardinal John Newman237 - Cardinal John Newman
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Anglican leader of the Oxford Movement (1807–1890) who became a Roman Catholic and wrote the well-known hymn ‘Lead, Kindly Light.’ Ink signature and i
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners238 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Collection of over fifty items, primarily comprised of signatures, as well as a few photos and letters, each signed by a winner of the Nobel Prize, in
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert Oppenheimer239 - Robert Oppenheimer
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Brilliant American physicist (1904–1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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William Osler240 - William Osler
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Canadian-born physician and researcher (1849–1919) who was a founding professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital. TNS signed “W. Osler,” one page, 6.75 x 4,
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Park Chung-Hee241 - Park Chung-Hee
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South Korean military leader (1917–1979) who seized power in a 1961 coup d’etat; he was assassinated by the director of his own security force. TLS in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Park Chung-hee242 - Park Chung-hee
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South Korean military leader (1917–1979) who seized power in a 1961 coup d’etat; he was assassinated by the director of his own security force. Vintag
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Louis Pasteur243 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, April 23, 1873. In part (translated): “The Council of Studies at th
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur244 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8, May 27, 1884. Letter to a gentleman. In part (translated): “Thank you for your kindness on my
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William Penn245 - William Penn
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English-born Quaker (1644–1718) and founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one page, 28
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Politicians247 - Politicians
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Collection of 55 items of various formats, the vast majority being photos of about 4 x 6, each signed by a world politician, including: Menachem Begin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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