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 Augustine Washington144 - John Augustine Washington
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Brother of George Washington and member of the fifth Virginia Convention (1736–1787). Revolutionary War–dated ADS signed “John Aug’t Washington,” one
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert F. Kennedy145 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Nice collection of three items: a 1965 pass for entry to the United States Senate Chamber, 4 x 2.75, signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint; a TLS to
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Watergate146 - Watergate
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Historic archive comprised of the papers of John J. Sirica, who presided over the trial of the Watergate burglars and later ordered President Nixon to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Susan B. Anthony147 - Susan B. Anthony
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AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card. In full: “Perfect equality of rights for women; civil and political. Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N. Y., March 2/
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Otto Frank148 - Otto Frank
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Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. TLS, one page, 5.7
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe149 - Julia Ward Howe
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 7.75 x 10 sheet, signed and inscribed at the bottom, “Julia Ward Howe, Inscribed for William J. Bok, Brooklyn, N. Y., Bo
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr150 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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TLS signed “Martin,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, July 19, 1963. Letter to Dr. Hamilton T. Boswell of the
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr151 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Block of four five-cent stamps issued in 1963 to honor the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, 2.25 x 4, signed in blue ballpoint, “Best wish
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Malcolm X152 - Malcolm X
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Muslim Mosque, Inc. letterhead, May 25, 1964. Letter to Robert Franke, in part: “Thank you very much for your letter of M
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Butch Cassidy155 - Butch Cassidy
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Remarkable one-of-a-kind archive of nine documents relating to the reputed killing of Butch Cassidy and ‘Wild Bunch’ desperado Joe Walker. Items inclu
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody156 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Scarce matte-finish 5.25 x 3.25 postcard photo of the Western showman on horseback, signed in white ink, “W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill.” A collector’s not
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody157 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Cody’s personal calling card, 3.5 x 2, signed on the reverse in black ink, “True to friend & foe, W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, 1887.” In fine condi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Geronimo158 - Geronimo
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Ink signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.5 card with a collector’s pencil notation below claiming that his name is Mexican and means ‘Willi
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Gold Rush159 - Gold Rush
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Ornately engraved partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. H. Clark,” one page, 10 x 5.75, May 3, 1854. Stock certificate for the Tuolumne County Water Company
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel Houston160 - Samuel Houston
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Partly-printed DS, one page both sides, 8 x 4.25, January 29, 1861. Treasury warrant for $120.83 issued to Elijah Southward for “protection of the fro
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Old West: Terrence Cantwell161 - Old West: Terrence Cantwell
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Personal leatherbound trail diary of Terrence Cantwell, a cowboy who rode in the Utah Territory, 3 x 6, dated 1869. Cantwell’s entries are in pencil a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Sutter162 - John Sutter
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Californian pioneer (1803–1880) known for his association with the Gold Rush as the owner of Sutter’s Mill, where gold was first discovered by James W
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Bonnie and Clyde163 - Bonnie and Clyde
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Original 8 x 8 wanted poster for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, identification order No. 1227, issued on May 21, 1934, by the US Department of Justic
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Wilkes Booth164 - John Wilkes Booth
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Desirable printed broadside playbill, 5 x 14, advertising a performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Boston Museum on January 30, 1863, starring John Wi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Wilkes Booth165 - John Wilkes Booth
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Extremely rare ink signature, “Yours as ever, J. Wilkes Booth,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2 slip. Affixed to a raised display, then triple matted and fra
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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