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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Thomas Clarkson215 - Thomas Clarkson
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English abolitionist and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire (1760–1846). ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, May 9,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Richard Cobden216 - Richard Cobden
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Influential British statesman (1804–1865) associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League; an immensely important figure in c
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Garibaldi217 - Giuseppe Garibaldi
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ALS in French, signed “G. Garibaldi,” one page, 5.25 x 8, July 10, [1864]. Letter to Francois-Victor Hugo, son of the famous writer. In full (translat
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Che Guevara218 - Che Guevara
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DS in Spanish, signed “Che,” one page, 14 x 10.75, May 30, 1960. Cuban National Bank bond for 1.5 million pesos, consolidating the national debt. Sign
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Leonardus Justinianus219 - Leonardus Justinianus
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ALS in Italian, one page, 8.5 x 12.5, May 5, 1531. Untranslated letter to the Council of Ten in Venice. In very good condition, with intersecting fold
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ioannis Kapodistrias220 - Ioannis Kapodistrias
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Distinguished European politician (1776–1831) considered as the founder of the modern Greek State. ALS in French, signed “Kapodistrias,” one page, 4.7
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ferdinand Lassalle221 - Ferdinand Lassalle
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German-Jewish jurist, philosopher, and socialist political activist (1825–1864). ALS in German, signed “F. Lassalle,” one page, 5 x 8, April 27, 1862.
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Nelson Mandela222 - Nelson Mandela
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Exceptional color matte-finish 8 x 9.75 photo of Mandela, signed in black felt tip as president, “N. Mandela, 26. 5. 99.” In very fine condition.
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Nelson Mandela223 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Collector’s Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed on the
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Benito Mussolini224 - Benito Mussolini
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 13 photo of Mussolini in a three-piece suit, signed in fountain pen. Framed with a pair of official ribbons be
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Napoleon225 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.5 x 9, January 29, 1811. Letter to his chief of staff, General Louis-Alexandre Berthier, concerning the evacuat
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Napoleon226 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Np,” one page both sides, 13.5 x 19.25, April 14, 1813. A document regarding international trade. In part (transl
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Nguyen Cao Ky227 - Nguyen Cao Ky
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Vietnamese leader (1930-2011) who served as chief of the Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, prime minister of South Vietnam from 1965-1967, and vice-pres
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Park Chung-Hee228 - 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. FDC wi
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Park Chung-Hee229 - Park Chung-Hee
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Vintage matte-finish 5.25 x 7.75 portrait of Park Chung-hee in a dignified formal pose, signed in black ink in Korean characters. Housed in its origin
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Mustafa Resid Pasha230 - Mustafa Resid Pasha
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Ottoman statesman and diplomat, known best as the chief architect behind the Ottoman government reforms known as Tanzimat (1779–1858). Rare LS in Fren
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William Pitt the Younger231 - William Pitt the Younger
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ALS signed “W. Pitt,” one page, 7.25 x 9, August 1, 1802. Letter to E. Estcourt. In part: “I shall be very glad to meet you at Sittingbourne (at the R
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Kurt Schuschnigg232 - Kurt Schuschnigg
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Chancellor of the Federal State of Austria from 1934 until the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938, upon which he was arres
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Souvanna Phouma233 - Souvanna Phouma
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Political leader (1901–1984) of the neutralist faction in Laos who served several terms as the kingdom’s prime minister between 1951 and 1975. FDC wit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henrietta Szold234 - Henrietta Szold
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Zionist leader (1860–1945) who worked for the Jewish Publishing Society of America before she founded Hadassah in 1912. TLS, one page, 6.5 x 9.5, Hebr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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