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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Chaim Weizmann235 - 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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Zhou Enlai236 - Zhou Enlai
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First premier of the People's Republic of China (1898–1976) who served under Mao Zedong. Ballpoint signature in Chinese characters on an off-whi...
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Catherine the Great237 - Catherine the Great
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Sought-after vellum DS in Cyrillic, one page, 15.5 x 11, 1764. A military appointment for the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Guards given to Alexan
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Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria238 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
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ALS in German, signed “Rudolf,” one page, 4.5 x 7, April 27, 1885. Letter to the writer Joseph von Weil, head of the German editors of ‘Kronprinzenwer
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Emperor Franz Joseph I: Katharina Schratt239 - Emperor Franz Joseph I: Katharina Schratt
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Austrian actress (1853–1940) who became ‘the uncrowned Empress of Austria’ as a confidante of Emperor Franz Joseph. Choice 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo
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Frederick the Great240 - Frederick the Great
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Manuscript DS in German, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 12.5, October 9, 1748. Untranslated document concerning bargaining power of attor
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King Franz Joseph I241 - King Franz Joseph I
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Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1848 until 1916. Autograph telegram draft in German, signed wi
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King Louis XV: Madame du Barry242 - King Louis XV: Madame du Barry
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Infamous French courtesan (1743–1793) who was the last mistress of Louis XV. Accused of aiding emigres from the Revolution, she was imprisoned, tried,
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King Louis-Philippe: Giuseppe Marco Fieschi243 - King Louis-Philippe: Giuseppe Marco Fieschi
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Chief conspirator in an attempt on the life of King Louis-Philippe, in which he shot a 25-barrel gun of his own design during the annual review of the
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King Philip II244 - King Philip II
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King of Spain (born 1527) from 1556 until his death in 1598; his eventful reign included Spain’s conquest of the Philippines, the establishment of a c
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Marie Antoinette245 - Marie Antoinette
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Unsigned printed booklet in French, containing “Notice Historique sur Le Testament de Louis XVI” and “Notice Historique sur Le Testament de Marie Anto
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Marie Therese246 - Marie Therese
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Queen consort of France as wife of Louis XIV, she was born at the Escorial as the daughter of Philip IV of Spain and Elisabeth of France (1638–1683).
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Nicholas II247 - Nicholas II
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DS in Cyrillic, one page, 4.25 x 7, no date [but pre-1894]. A bill from the Preobrazhensky Regiment Officer’s Club, signed at the bottom in Cyrillic i
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles248 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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Desirable Christmas card from 1991 with embossed coats of arms on the front, measuring 14 x 6 open, featuring a color photo of the royal family affixe
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles249 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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Very nice TLS signed “Yours most sincerely, Charles and Diana,” with Charles’s name in his own hand and the remainder written by Diana, one page, 7.5
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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. ALS in French, signed “An
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Queen Mary of Teck251 - Queen Mary of Teck
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Uncommon matte-finish 6.25 x 8.25 photo of Mary wearing her priceless jewels, affixed to its original 9 x 12.5 mount, signed on the mount in fountain
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Royalty252 - Royalty
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Collection of five letters from different members of royalty, including: a lengthy TLS from Elisabeth of Wied, Queen of Romania, dated March, 20, 1901
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David Dow253 - David Dow
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Captain of the RMS Lusitania (1860-1931) from 1913 until her penultimate voyage in May 1915. Bold fountain pen signature, “Yours faithfully, D. Dow,”
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William Turner254 - William Turner
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Captain of the RMS Lusitania (1856–1933) when it was sunk by a German torpedo in May 1915. Postcard of the RMS Aquitania, 5.5 x 3.5, signed in fountai
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