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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Helen Keller133 - Helen Keller
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TLS signed in pencil, one page, 6.75 x 9.25, personal letterhead, December 1, 1943. Letter to Nancy. In part: “You could not have given two lonely wom
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Malcolm X134 - Malcolm X
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Handwritten manuscript, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1960s. A page of Malcolm X’s handwritten notes in red ballpoint, possibly for one of his
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Texas: William Barret Travis135 - Texas: William Barret Travis
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Lawyer and soldier (1809–1836) who migrated to Texas in the early 1830s and became active in the movement agitating for independence from Mexico. In e
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Penn136 - John Penn
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Descendant of the Penn family (1729–1795) who served as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1762–1776. Partly-printed DS, one page, 12 x 8, Octob
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Watergate: Woodward, Bernstein, and Dean137 - Watergate: Woodward, Bernstein, and Dean
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Signed book: All the President’s Men. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 349 pages. Signed on the title page in ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Western: William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody138 - Western: William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Exceptional matte-finish 6.5 x 9 photo of Cody with a suitable smirk on his face and twinkle in his eye, signed and inscribed in black ink, “W. F. Cod
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Western: William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody139 - Western: William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Color postcard depicting Bois de Boulogne in Paris, 5.5 x 3.5, neatly signed in black ink, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill,’” with a collector’s date notat
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Western: Geronimo140 - Western: Geronimo
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Ink signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 3.25 x 5 lightly-lined sheet also signed by the last Chiricahua chief, “Christian Naiche,” and the interpre
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Western: Simon Kenton141 - Western: Simon Kenton
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American frontiersman and soldier (1755–1836) who served in the Revolution, Northwest Indian War, and War of 1812, and once saved the life of Daniel B
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Western: John Sutter142 - Western: 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 : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Burger Court143 - Burger Court
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Color satin-finish 14 x 10.5 formal photo of the Supreme Court justices, affixed to a 17.5 x 14.5 mount, signed and inscribed at the top of the mount
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Marshall144 - John Marshall
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Influential American statesman and jurist (1755–1835) who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ADS, signed “J. Marshall for P,” th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Marshall145 - John Marshall
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ADS signed as chief justice, “J. Marshall,” one page, 7.75 x 5, August 22, 1829. Document regarding a real estate transaction. In part: “I have agreed
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Warren Court146 - Warren Court
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Color satin-finish 8 x 11 photo of the justices inside an impressive area of the Supreme Court, affixed to a 10 x 13.5 mount, signed on the mount in v
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Meyer Lansky147 - Meyer Lansky
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Amazing archive of 47 ALSs signed "Meyer," totaling 82 pages, dated between 1972 and 1981. All are to Joseph Sheiner, a member of the Isra...
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Bonanno148 - Joseph Bonanno
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Mobster (1905–2002) who became boss of one of the most prominent crime families in the world. A pair of Bonanno’s personally-owned and -worn eyeglasse
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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J. Paul Getty149 - J. Paul Getty
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Getty’s personal passport, number 177717, issued on March 30, 1926. Passport measures 3.75 x 6 and is filled out in Getty’s hand inside the front cove
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Carl F. W. Borgward150 - Carl F. W. Borgward
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German engineer and designer (1890–1963) who founded the Borgward group, which produced four brands of cars: Borgward, Hansa, Goliath, and Lloyd. The
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo151 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8.5, October 13, 1865. Certificate for two shares of capital stock in the A
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan152 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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DS, seven pages, 8 x 13, February 20, 1894. Lengthy Supreme Court of New York legal document in which the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund bring
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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