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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Hua Guofeng227 - Hua Guofeng
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Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008) who served from 1976–1980; he was eventually outmaneuvered by Deng Xiaoping, who forced hi...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Jiang Zemin and Helmut Kohl228 - Jiang Zemin and Helmut Kohl
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High-quality color glossy 7 x 9.5 official German press photo of Kohl visiting the People’s Republic of China in November of 1995, signed in black ink
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Nikita Khrushchev229 - Nikita Khrushchev
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DS in Cyrillic, signed “N. S. Khrushchev,” one page, 8.5 x 6, September 15, 1944. A typed governmental telegram. In part (translated): "Under R...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela230 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Higher than Hope. Later printing. London: Penguin Books, 1990. Softcover, 5 x 7.75, 456 pages. Signed on the author’s biographical page i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Klemens von Metternich231 - Klemens von Metternich
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Prominent Austrian politician and diplomat (1773–1859). ALS in French, signed “K. Metternich Winnebourg,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 7
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Napoleon232 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 12.75 x 18.25, February 18, 1813. Untranslated ship's paper issued for "La Neptune,&quo...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon233 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, June 9, 1815. Letter to Count Mollien, his finance minister during the ‘Hundred Days,’ regarding a requ
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon234 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Np,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 12.75, July 10, 1811. A report to Napoleon from Minister of War Henri Jacques Guilla
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Park Chung-Hee235 - Park Chung-Hee
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South Korean military leader (1917–1979) who seized power in a 1961 coup d’etat; he was assassinated by the director of his own security force. An int
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky236 - Leon Trotsky
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ALS in French, signed “L. Trotsky,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, September 28, 1936. Letter to a friend penned while living in exile in Norway, in part (tra
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Emiliano Zapata237 - Emiliano Zapata
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TLS in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 13.25, Liberation Army letterhead, November 13, 1915. Letter to General Genovevo de la O. In part (translated): &quo...
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Marie Antoinette240 - Marie Antoinette
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5, December 31, 1788. The document is addressed “To the Chancellor’s Sec
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Archduke John of Austria241 - Archduke John of Austria
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Member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1782–1859) who was an Austrian field marshal and German Imperial regent during the Revolutions of 1848. Leng
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Emperor Francis II242 - Emperor Francis II
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The last Holy Roman Emperor (1768–1835) who ruled from 1792 to 1806, when he dissolved the empire and became the first Emperor of Austria. LS in Germa
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Ferdinand III243 - Ferdinand III
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Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 until his death, well-known as a patron of music and himself a composer (1608–1657). Large vellum manuscript DS in Latin,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Emperor Francis II244 - Emperor Francis II
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The last Holy Roman Emperor (1768–1835) who ruled from 1792 to 1806, when he dissolved the empire and became the first Emperor of Austria. Manuscript
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Frederick the Great245 - Frederick the Great
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King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frederick the Great246 - Frederick the Great
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Collection of six ALSs and one LS with autograph postscript in French, signed “Frederic,” each one page, 7.5 x 9, dated from 1777 to 1785. All are to
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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King Charles II247 - King Charles II
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British monarch (1630–1685) who ushered in the Restoration of 1660 and ruled until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “Charles R,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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King Francis I248 - King Francis I
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Monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1515 until his death, remembered as a prodigal patron of the arts who initiated the Fr
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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