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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Archibald Butt255 - Archibald Butt
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American military officer (born 1865) who served as an influential aide to Presidents Roosevelt and Taft before perishing during the sinking of the Ti
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carl Asplund256 - Carl Asplund
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A single iron key with quatrefoil head made by Yale and Town circa 1900, measuring approximately two inches long, recovered from the body of third-cla
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Carlisle257 - Alexander Carlisle
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General manager and chief draftsman at Harland & Wolff (1854-1926); primarily responsible for the ships’ safety systems, he proposed multiple pl...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Lightoller259 - Charles Lightoller
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Second officer on board the Titanic, and the most senior officer to survive the disaster. He was the last survivor taken on board the rescue ship Carp
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Sidney Conrad Siebert260 - Sidney Conrad Siebert
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ALS, in pencil, signed “Your own ever loving & Davoted Husband hon,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter to his wife Wi
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William T. Stead261 - William T. Stead
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Remarkable pair of letters related to the loss of newspaper editor William Thomas Stead in the Titanic disaster. First is a TLS signed “Norman Croom-J
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Surviving Titanic Crew Members262 - Surviving Titanic Crew Members
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Original vintage glossy 8.5 x 6.5 International News Service photo of Titanic crew survivors receiving dry clothes at the Sailor’s Home in New York. P
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Marconigrams263 - Marconigrams
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Two handwritten Marconigrams in pencil, both 8.5 x 5.5, and affixed to opposite sides of a 13.5 x 8.25 album page, with British Enquiry evidence numbe
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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The Loss of the Steamship Titanic264 - The Loss of the Steamship Titanic
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Ten-stanza poem by John J. Friend of Bangor, Maine, entitled ‘The Loss of the Steamship Titanic: In Loving Remembrance of Those Who Lost Their Lives o
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Loss of the Titanic265 - The Loss of the Titanic
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Poem entitled ‘The Loss of the Titanic’ by A. J. Tilley, printed on black-bordered cardstock, December 7, 1912, featuring a description of the disaste
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic266 - Titanic
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TLS signed “Wm. A. Wiley, A. Ticket Agent,” one page, 8 x 10.25, The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company letterhead, March 11, 1912. Letter
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Titanic267 - Titanic
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Collection of 14 issues of The Evening Wisconsin, no Sunday editions, all approximately dating from April 15–20, 22–27, and 29 and 30, 1912, with the
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Titanic268 - Titanic
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The Titanic by E. J. Pratt. First edition. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1935. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 42 pages. An epic poem about
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic270 - Titanic
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"Wreck of the Titanic" disaster souvenir napkin, 13.25 x 13.25, by the Palatine Printing Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Pink floral bordered napk...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic Account of Wages271 - Titanic Account of Wages
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Partly-printed document, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, May 13, 1912. Titanic ‘Account of Wages’ document for Edneser Edward Wheelton, who worked on the vessel
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Titanic Compensation272 - Titanic Compensation
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, illustrated White Star Line Olympic letterhead, October 17, 1912. Letter to Sir John Gray Hill of the Liverpool & London ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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The Titanic Tragedy273 - The Titanic Tragedy
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The Titanic Tragedy—God Speaking to the Nations by Alma White. Bound Brook, NJ: The Pentecostal Union, 1913. Green hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 211 pages.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Wreck of the Titanic274 - The Wreck of the Titanic
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Two different copies of sheet music for ‘The Wreck of the Titanic,’ five pages, published in 1912 by H. Kirkus Dugdale Co., Washington, D. C. The firs
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic Survivors275 - Titanic Survivors
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Original vintage 9.75 x 7.5 New York Times/American Press Association photo of two Titanic survivors coming off the Carpathia, surrounded by a throng
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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American Bankers Association276 - American Bankers Association
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Color postcard produced by the American Bankers Association, featuring an artist’s depiction of a husband and wife traveling by train and steamship, w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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