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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John Adams1 - John Adams
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Supremely desirable partial ALS as president, one page, 8 x 3.75, September 1, 1797. Letter to “Col. McHenry, Secretary at War.” In full: “I return al
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John Adams2 - John Adams
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Unsigned handwritten document, one page, 6.25 x 4, dated 1862–63. Adams writes a document concerning a payment from “Benja. Thayer to Enoch Wiswall” i
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Thomas Jefferson3 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS signed “Th: Jeffers ,” one page, 7.5 x 10, October 26, 1817. Letter to Patrick Gibson, his brother’s business partner, concerning financial mat
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison4 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 12.25 x 10.25, February 15, 1802. P
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James Madison and James Monroe5 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Desirable partly-printed DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 16 x 10.25, no date but circa 1812
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Dolley Madison6 - Dolley Madison
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ALS signed “D. P. Madison,” one page, 8 x 4.5, March 28, 1804. Letter of invitation to Mrs. Wingate, in full: “Will you be so good as to join us &am...
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Andrew Jackson7 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 11.25 x 9, January 6, 1832. President Jackson appoints Samuel Larkin, Jr., as “a Midshipman in the Navy of t
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Andrew Jackson8 - Andrew Jackson
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Exceptionally bold ALS as president, one page, 7.25 x 8.25, May 4, 1831. In full: “You will take charge of the 2’d Auditors Office and discharge the d
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Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren9 - Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Andrew Jackson” as president and “M. Van Buren” as secretary of state, two pages, 11.25 x 14.5, September 11, 1829.
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William Henry Harrison10 - William Henry Harrison
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Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison,” one page, 7 x 4, July 11, 1795. A “return for provision for the Barge Crew for 2 Days,” issued from Greenvill
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William Henry Harrison11 - William Henry Harrison
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Endorsement signature, “Wm. H. Harrison,” on the reverse of a manuscript document, one page, 7.5 x 2.75, October 31, 1823. A promissory note signed “R
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John Tyler12 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 8 x 10, November 23, 1842. President Tyler directs the Secretary of State to “affix the S
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John Tyler13 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 16.75 x 12.75, January 9, 1844. President Tyler appoints Bladen Forrest of Washing
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James K. Polk14 - James K. Polk
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Choice partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, November 25, 1848. President Polk recognizes the service of Wendle Hull. In part: “We
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Zachary Taylor15 - Zachary Taylor
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Manuscript DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col. Comdg,” one page, 7.75 x 4.75, March 1834. A military requisition document. In part: “Requisition for Fuel for
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James Buchanan16 - James Buchanan
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ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, July 25, 1867. Letter to Laura Pleasonton, daughter of Buchanan’s deceased friend Stephen Pleasonton, in full: “I
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Abraham Lincoln17 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated handwritten endorsement of a prisoner’s release signed as president, one lightly-lined page, 7.5 x 1.75, May 3, 1864. Lincoln writes,
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Abraham Lincoln18 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War–dated manuscript DS as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.5 x 3, April 10, 1863. In full: “Guard and Patrols will pa
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Abraham Lincoln19 - Abraham Lincoln
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War-dated handwritten endorsement, signed as president, “Respectfully submitted to the War Department, A. Lincoln, March 27, 1862,” on the reverse of
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Abraham Lincoln20 - Abraham Lincoln
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Brief ALS as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 4.5 x 3.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 11, 1863. Brief letter to Senator Charles Sumne
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