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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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153Alexander Graham BellRR Auction
Color postcard depicting the Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., 5.5 x 3.5, signed in fountain pen, “Alexander Graham Bell.” Collector’s notation on the
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
154Alexander Graham BellRR Auction
TLS, one page, 8 x 10, personal Beinn Bhreagh letterhead, October 31, 1916. Letter to Professor W. M. Davis in Cambridge, presumably noted Harvard geo
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
155Niels BohrRR Auction
Matte-finish 3 x 4.75 photo of Bohr, signed in the lower border in blue ink. In fine condition.
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
156Charles DarwinRR Auction
ALS signed “C. Darwin,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, June 1 [1844]. Letter to an unidentified gentleman, most likely entomologist Henry Denny. In fu
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
157DNA: Francis CrickRR Auction
ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.5, March 6, 2002. Letter to a gentleman interested in tracing ancestry. In part: “Eventually it should be possible
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
158Thomas EdisonRR Auction
Color postcard depicting Ilfracombe harbor, 5.5 x 3.5, nicely signed in fountain pen, “Thomas A Edison.” Collector’s notation to reverse indicates tha
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
159Paul EhrlichRR Auction
German scientist and pioneer of chemotherapy (1854–1915) who was co-awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine with Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1908. ALS in Ge
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
160Albert EinsteinRR Auction
AQS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” dated October 2, 1954, written beneath a TLS sent to him by Pastor Wolf-Dieter Zimmermann, one page, 8.25 x 11.75
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
161Albert EinsteinRR Auction
TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, July 15, 1954. Letter to representatives from the British pharmaceutical company Al
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
162Albert EinsteinRR Auction
TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 6.75 x 9.25, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, July 12, 1953. Letter to H. M. Raphaelian. In full: “I th
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00