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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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ADS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 2.5, May 10, 1768. Document reads, in full: “Then Received from Mr. Josh Valentine the Currt. Sum of Fi
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Martha Washington2 - Martha Washington
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Piece of black lace belonging to Martha Washington, 14.75 x 3, possibly mourning lace. Accompanied by a color copy of the decorative cover of the box
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John Adams3 - John Adams
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Unsigned handwritten document, one page, 4 x 6.25, July 1763. Adams writes out a bill for legal services in the amount of £2.2.10, with itemize...
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Unsigned printed acts, three pages on two sheets, 8.25 x 13.25, February 25 and March 2, 1799. Two acts passed by the Fifth Congress of the United Sta
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John Adams5 - John Adams
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Broadside printing of a presidential proclamation, one page, 12.75 x 15.5, March 23, 1798. Proclamation issued by President John Adams. In part: “As t
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Thomas Jefferson6 - Thomas Jefferson
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Printed DS, signed twice, “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 9.5 x 14.25, February 1793. Congressional broadside publishing two acts passed by the Second Cong
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Thomas Jefferson7 - Thomas Jefferson
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LS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” three pages, 7.5 x 9.75, August 26, 1808. Response to a petition by the inhabitants of Newbury Port, Massachus
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Thomas Jefferson Estate8 - Thomas Jefferson Estate
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Partly-printed DS, signed three times on the reverse by Jefferson’s grandson and the executor of his estate, “Th. J. Randolph,” one page, 7.75 x 3.75,
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James Madison and James Monroe9 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed scallop-top vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 10.75 x 15, February 14,
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James Monroe10 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 8.25, April 20, 1818. President Monroe grants James Crosby a parcel of land in “the South Wes
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John Quincy Adams11 - John Quincy Adams
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LS signed “John Quincy Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, October 25, 1821. Letter to Andrew Gregg, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In part: “I
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John Quincy Adams12 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7 x 11.75, December 29, 1820. Official document issued as secretary of state certifying that “Aaron
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Andrew Jackson13 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 9.75, August 1, 1831. President Jackson grants George Campbell of Autauga County, Alabama, a par
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Andrew Jackson14 - Andrew Jackson
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ALS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, February 1837. Letter to Secretary of State John Forsythe, written on the second integral page of a letter to Ja
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Andrew Jackson15 - Andrew Jackson
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Ink signature, “Andrew Jackson,” on an off-white 4 x 1.25 slip clipped from a letter. Affixed to a larger sheet. In fine condition, with irregularly t
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Martin Van Buren16 - Martin Van Buren
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Full free frank as secretary of state, measuring 10.75 x 8 unfolded with a 5.75 x 3.25 center panel, addressed in another hand to the “Marshal of the
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William Henry Harrison17 - William Henry Harrison
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Third-person ADS, one page, 8 x 4.25, docketed 1796 on the reverse. Harrison sends a group of books. In full: “Wm. H. Harrison sends to Colo. Gano sev
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John Tyler18 - John Tyler
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Boldly penned ALS signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Confidential letter to a gentleman. In part: “The papers sent with the China Treaty a
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James K. Polk19 - James K. Polk
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ALS as president, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, May 26, 1847. Letter to Edward Mallet of New York. In part: “Judge Mason and myself, will visit th
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Millard Fillmore20 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: Loco Foco Congressional Speeches 1840. Washington: Globe Office, 1840. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, over 1100 pages. Signed vertically on the ins
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