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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Joseph Pulitzer248 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.75 x 5, November 2, 1896. Pulitzer appoints Charles H. Jones as a voting proxy at “the meeting of stockholders of the P
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon249 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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ALS in French, signed “P.-J. Proudhon,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Le Peuple de 1850 letterhead, October 2, 1851. Letter to a colleagu
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Queen Anne250 - Queen Anne
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Queen of England (born 1665), the last British monarch in the Stuart dynasty, who reigned from 1702 until her death in 1714. Manuscript DS, signed “An
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Salem Witch Trial: Thomas Newton251 - Salem Witch Trial: Thomas Newton
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Manuscript DS, signed at the conclusion, “Tho: Newton, attorney for the Defendt,” one page, 9 x 2.5, April, 1718. Legal document relating to the case
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Sitting Bull252 - Sitting Bull
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Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man (circa 1831–1890) known for his steadfast opposition to the intrusion of the US government into Sioux lands and leading
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson253 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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Canadian explorer and ethnologist (1879–1962) best known for his expeditions to the Arctic and for his studies of the native peoples there. Interestin
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Supreme Court: Burger Court254 - Supreme Court: Burger Court
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Color matte-finish 14 x 9 formal official portrait of the Burger Court, affixed to an 18 x 14 mount, signed on the mount in ink by Byron R. White, Wil
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: Warren Court256 - Supreme Court: Warren Court
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A sheet of 10 three-cent USPS Supreme Court postage stamps affixed to an off-white 8 x 10 sheet of Supreme Court stationery, with two additional stamp
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Sutter257 - John Sutter
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Californian pioneer (1803–1880) known for his association with the Gold Rush as the owner of Sutter’s Mill, where gold was first discovered by James W
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Texas: David Ayers258 - Texas: David Ayers
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Docketing signature, “D. Ayers,” on the reverse of a manuscript document, 8 x 12.75, dated November 10, 1837. Document is a land survey done by J. E.
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Texas: Jose Maria Bermudez259 - Texas: Jose Maria Bermudez
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ALS in Spanish, signed “Jose Maria Bermudez,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.25, stamped Comandancia Pral. del Estado de Neuvo Leon lett
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Texas: William Barret Travis260 - Texas: William Barret Travis
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Manuscript DS, signed “W. Barret Travis,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.75, October 15, 1833. An inventory of the estate of William Robinson, all in
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Texas: Manuel Rosas261 - Texas: Manuel Rosas
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Texas Revolution-dated ALS in Spanish, signed “Manl Rosas,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 8, November 24, 1835. Letter to Jesus de la Garci
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Texas: Adrian Woll262 - Texas: Adrian Woll
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Uncommon printed broadside, in Spanish, one page, both sides, 8.5 x 12.5, signed “Adrian Woll,” dated May 25, 1853. Broadside is a decree on behalf of
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Henry Vane263 - Henry Vane
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English Puritan (1613–1662), and one of the most capable administrators in Parliament during the Civil Wars between the Parliamentarians and Royalists
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa264 - Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa
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ALS in pencil in Spanish, signed “Francisco Villa,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, November 20, 1919. A quietly threatening letter to “Sr. G
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Feliks Volkhovsky265 - Feliks Volkhovsky
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Russian revolutionary, journalist, and writer (1846–1914). ALS in English, signed “F. Volkhovsky,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Octob
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Raoul Wallenberg266 - Raoul Wallenberg
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DS in German and Hungarian, quickly signed with an ink scribble (as typical on documents of this type), one page, 8.25 x 13.25, September 24, 1944. Bl
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Chaim Weizmann267 - Chaim Weizmann
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Jewish chemist and statesman (1874–1952) who helped secure the Balfour Declaration of 1917, served as President of the World Zionist Organization, and
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Chaim Weizmann268 - Chaim Weizmann
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LS signed “Ch. Weizmann,” one page, 8 x 10.25, personal letterhead, February 16, 1915. Letter to Dr. Gaster, in part: “I hope that this makes our poin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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