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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Wilhelm Liebknecht307 - Wilhelm Liebknecht
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German social democrat (1826–1900) whose philosophy combined Marxist revolutionary theory with practical politics, leading him to become a principal f
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners308 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Collection of twenty items, primarily comprised of signatures with a few letters and biographical sheets, each signed by a Nobel Prize–winning economi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bertrand Russell309 - Bertrand Russell
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Booklet entitled ‘History of the World in Epitome,’ ten pages, 3.25 x 4.75, published by the Gaberbocchus Press on May 18, 1962, signed on the title p
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Bertrand Russell310 - Bertrand Russell
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, October 2, 1960. Written from Plas Penrhyn, a letter to R. E. Muirhead, in full: ”The rapidity with which we are moving towards
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Saint John Bosco311 - Saint John Bosco
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Italian priest (1815–1888), who, in recognition of his work on behalf of disadvantaged youth, was canonized in 1934. ALS in Italian, signed “Sac. Bosc
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Joseph Calasanz312 - Joseph Calasanz
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Spanish Catholic priest and educator (1557–1648) who founded the Pious Schools to provide free education to the sons of the poor and is honored as a s
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Mother Teresa313 - Mother Teresa
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Mother Teresa, signed in the lower border in blue ink, “God bless you, M. Teresa MC.” In fine condition, with trivial creasing
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Pope Benedict XVI314 - Pope Benedict XVI
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Rare official Rawlings American League (Budig) baseball signed in black ink on the sweet spot, “Joseph Card Ratzinger.” In fine condition, with light
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Pope Pius XII315 - Pope Pius XII
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Born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (1876–1958), he served as pope from 1939 until his death. Beautiful hand-illuminated manuscript vellum DS
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Pope John XXIII316 - Pope John XXIII
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Italian Pope (1881–1963), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who ascended the papal throne in 1958 and served until his death. As the guiding force behind
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin317 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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French philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man (1881–1955). Lengthy A
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Abd el-Kader318 - Abd el-Kader
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Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion (1808–1883). ALS in Arabic, one page, 5.25 x 8, Novembe
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David Ben-Gurion319 - David Ben-Gurion
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TLS in Hebrew, two pages, 8.5 x 11, embossed letterhead, February 22, 1956. Interesting military content from soon before the Sinai Campaign. In part
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David Ben-Gurion320 - David Ben-Gurion
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Untranslated ALS in Hebrew, one page, 4.5 x 6, April 22, 1954. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Ben-Gurion
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leonid Brezhnev321 - Leonid Brezhnev
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DS in Cyrillic, signed “Brezhnev,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, July 21, 1949. Letter to Nikita Khrushchev, who was serving as first secretary of the Commu
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek322 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Attractive lightweight satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, signed in Chinese in black felt tip, and again in English, “May Ling Song
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Fidel Castro323 - Fidel Castro
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Exceptional archive of rare material from the Cuban Revolution, comprising a DS signed by Fidel Castro and Manuel Urrutia Lleo; a flag, banner, and sl
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill324 - Winston Churchill
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Fountain pen signature, “Winston S. Churchill, 1952,” on a light green 4.5 x 3.75 album page. Some toning to edges, creasing to upper left corner, and
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill325 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 4.75 x 7, personal Chartwell letterhead, July 2, 1955. Letter to Desmond Flower. In part: “I will willing
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Winston Churchill326 - Winston Churchill
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Menu for the Third Reunion Dinner of the Officers of the Tank Corps, held at the Hyde Park Hotel on November 19, 1921, 4 x 5.5, signed on the back cov
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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