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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Alfred Dreyfus291 - Alfred Dreyfus
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French military officer (1859–1935) whose central role in the Dreyfus Affair, which tore French society apart and shook their faith in the military, t
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Emperor Francis I292 - Emperor Francis I
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Holy Roman Emperor who, with his wife Maria Theresa, was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty (1708–1765). ALS in French, signed “Francois,” o
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Abiel Foster293 - Abiel Foster
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Clergyman and statesman (1735–1806) who represented New Hampshire in the Continental and US Congress. Printed broadside, 8 x 12.75, “to amend the Act,
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Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville294 - Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
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French revolutionary and public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal (1746–1795). He personified the ruthlessness of the Reign of Terror and claim
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French Presidents295 - French Presidents
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Collection of 14 ALSs from different French presidents, dated between 1876 and 1921. Signers are: Albert Lebrun, Armand Fallieres, Adolphe Thiers, Gas
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William Lloyd Garrison296 - William Lloyd Garrison
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Journalist, editor, and social reformer (1805–1879) best known as one of the most ardent and influential abolitionists in the decades leading up to th
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Mikhail Gorbachev297 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Two color glossy photos of Gorbachev embracing Ronald Reagan, 10 x 8 and 14 x 11, both signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a slight creas
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German Politicians298 - German Politicians
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Collection of 13 cardstock and glossy photos of German presidents and chancellors, 4 x 5.75 and 5.75 x 4, signed in various ink types by Angela Merkel
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Billy Graham299 - Billy Graham
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8, personal letterhead, February 11, 1976. Letter to the principal of a school in Texas. In part: “It was my great privilege to b
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Horace Greeley300 - Horace Greeley
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, January 17, 1858. Letter to a gentleman looking for a photo of Greeley, in full, “I believe M. B. Brady of this city has made a
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Ernst Haeckel301 - Ernst Haeckel
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Influential German evolutionist, morphologist, and developmental biologist (1834–1919). ALS in German, one page, 5.75 x 8.75, October 16, 1914. Letter
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Hermann von Helmholtz302 - Hermann von Helmholtz
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Versatile German scientist (1821–1894) known for his discoveries related to visual and aural perception, electrodynamics, and the conservation of ener
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Albert Hofmann303 - Albert Hofmann
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Uncommon signed and inscribed ballpoint sketch of the chemical structure of LSD on a glossy white 3.75 x 5.5 sheet. In fine condition, with a bit of s
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L. Ron Hubbard304 - L. Ron Hubbard
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Pulp and science-fiction author (1911–1986) who became a lightning rod for controversy as the founder of the Church of Scientology. DS, four pages bot
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Ernest Jones305 - Ernest Jones
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British neurologist and psychoanalyst (1879–1958) and Sigmund Freud’s biographer. ALS, one page on a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard, January 8, [1954]. Letter to
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King Hussein and Queen Noor306 - King Hussein and Queen Noor
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Printed copy of King Hussein’s address to the joint session of Congress, nine pages, 8.5 x 11, given in July of 1994. Signed on the front cover in blu
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Ferruccio Lamborghini307 - Ferruccio Lamborghini
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Italian industrialist (1916–1993) who famously founded Automobili Lamborghini, a maker of high-end sports cars. Matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 portrait of Lam
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon308 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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French naturalist, mathematician, and author (1707–1788). Five-line handwritten endorsement, in French, signed “Buffon,” dated April 11, 1765, Montbar
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Lee Teng-hui309 - Lee Teng-hui
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Politician (born 1923) sometimes called the ‘father of Taiwan's democracy’ who served as president of the Republic of China from 1988 to 2000
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Lee Teng-hui and Tseng Wen-hui310 - Lee Teng-hui and Tseng Wen-hui
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Politician (born 1923) sometimes called the ‘father of Taiwan's democracy’ who served as president of the Republic of China from 1988 to 2000
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