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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Leonid Brezhnev269 - Leonid Brezhnev
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Glossy 9.75 x 7.5 photo of Brezhnev conversing with a fellow politician, signed on the reverse in black ink. In fine condition, with trivial wear to e
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Andy Card270 - Andy Card
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Former White House Cabinet member and Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of Card informing President Bush of
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George Washington Carver271 - George Washington Carver
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Partial ALS, unsigned, one page, both sides, 8.5 x 11, The Carver Products Company letterhead, no date. Page from a deeply spiritual letter concerning
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Arthur H. Compton272 - Arthur H. Compton
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American physicist (1892–1962) who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his discovery of the Compton effect. TQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card,
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Civil War Politicians273 - Civil War Politicians
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Three ink signatures of Civil War politicians on individual off-white slips, including: Lyman Trumbull, a Lincoln ally and author of the 13th Amendmen
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Anthony Comstock274 - Anthony Comstock
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Politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality (1844–1915). TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, New York Society for the Suppression of Vice letterhead,
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Dalai Lama275 - Dalai Lama
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Signed book: Tibet. First edition. London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.75 x 12, 296 pages. Signed and inscribed on t
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Moshe Dayan276 - Moshe Dayan
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Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981) who served as defence minister during the Six–Day War and later as the country’s foreign minister.
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Moshe Dayan277 - Moshe Dayan
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TLS in Hebrew, one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal letterhead, 1973. Untranslated letter of condolences to the widow of an Israeli officer who h
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Eugene de Beauharnais278 - Eugene de Beauharnais
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Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy (1781–1824) and the adopted stepson of Napoleon. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Eugene,” one page both sides, 5 x
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Lee De Forest279 - Lee De Forest
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Matte-finish 3.5 x 4.5 head-and-shoulders photo of de Forest, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Suzanne Widge, Lee de Forest, June 22 55.” In
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Ferdinand de Lesseps280 - Ferdinand de Lesseps
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French diplomat (1805–1894) who spearheaded the project to build the Suez Canal. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by the London Stereoscopic Company,
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DNA: Watson and Crick281 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Commemorative cover, 7 x 4.75, honoring the Nobel Prize for “Fysiologi Eller Medicin,” signed in black ballpoint by Watson, adding a small sketch of a
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Frederick Douglass282 - Frederick Douglass
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DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 14, December 1, 1882. A release for a real estate transaction between Charles
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor283 - Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Desirable Christmas Card depicting the lovely Chateau de la Croe, measuring 13.5 x 5 open, signed inside below a printed holiday greeting in bold foun
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William Fargo284 - William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 11.5 x 8.5, December 13, 1868. A certificate for five shares of stock in the American Merchants Un
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Ferdinand I285 - Ferdinand I
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Member of the House of Habsburg (1503–1564) who ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 until his death, a reign characterized by conflict with the Otto
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Harvey Firestone286 - Harvey Firestone
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TQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, signed in fountain pen, “Harvey S. Firestone.” Quote reads, in full: “Every useful occupation gives ample opportunity
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James Fisk, Jr287 - James Fisk, Jr
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Colorful American financier (1834–1872) who made his fortune on army contracts during the Civil War. He was shot and killed after becoming involved in
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William Franklin288 - William Franklin
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Illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin (1730–1813) who served as the last colonial Governor of New Jersey. Scarce ink signature, “Wm. Franklin,” on an
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