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 D. Rockefeller156 - John D. Rockefeller
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. D. Rockefeller,” one page, 11.5 x 7.25, December 22, 1883. Stock certificate for ten shares in the Standard Oil Trust is
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John D. Rockefeller157 - John D. Rockefeller
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TLS signed “John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 29, 1915. Letter to Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane, i
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel Sotheby158 - Samuel Sotheby
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English auctioneer and antiquary who was a founding father of the famous auction house (1771–1842). ALS signed “S. Sotheby,” one page, 7.5 x 9, Septem
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Andre-Marie Ampere160 - Andre-Marie Ampere
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Influential French physicist (1775–1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi
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Andre-Marie Ampere161 - Andre-Marie Ampere
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Influential French physicist (1775–1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Niels Bohr162 - Niels Bohr
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TLS, one onionskin page, 7.75 x 10, Institute of Theoretical Physics letterhead, December 7, 1950. Letter to H. H. Nielsen, professor of physics at Oh
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ludwig Boltzmann163 - Ludwig Boltzmann
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Spectacular archive of approximately seven hundred letters and reply postcards sent to Austrian physicist Stefan Meyer in response to an invitation to
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Harvey Cushing164 - Harvey Cushing
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.25, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital letterhead, April 18, 1932. Letter to Dr. James Golden, in full: “For your information, I am sen
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin165 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page, 5 x 8, December 21, no date. Letter to a gentleman, presumably a printer or publisher. In full: “Be so kind as to m
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Charles Darwin166 - Charles Darwin
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LS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I am staying in London for a
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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