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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Franklin Pierce21 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, November 21, 1854. President Pierce directs the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce22 - Franklin Pierce
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Crisp franking signature, “Free Franklin Pierce,” on an off-white 5.25 x 1 slip clipped from a larger address panel. Matted and framed with an engrave
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James Buchanan23 - James Buchanan
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, August 26, 1853. Letter written as Ambassador to England, to W. William Richmond. In full: “On my arrival in the c
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James Buchanan24 - James Buchanan
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ALS, one page, 8 x 10, Washington, May 2, 1846. Letter of recommendation. In part: “The bearer hereof, Isaac Angnez…is highly recommended by many of t
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Abraham Lincoln25 - Abraham Lincoln
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Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company business check, 7.5 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Lincoln, “A. Lincoln,” payable to S. L. Whipple...
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Abraham Lincoln26 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 11.25, July 16, 1861. President Lincoln appoints Ezra Farrington as “Deputy Postmaster at Newburgh,
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Abraham Lincoln27 - Abraham Lincoln
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Ink signature, “A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 2.25 x .5 clipped slip. A vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature and heavy overal
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Abraham Lincoln28 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War–dated handwritten endorsement as president, “And I endorse Gov. Tod, A. Lincoln, Feb. 22, 1865,” one page, 5 x 3.75, penned beneath a manusc
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Abraham Lincoln29 - Abraham Lincoln
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ANS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 3.25 x 2, no date. A note to the secretary of state. In full: “These ladies say they live in New Orlea
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Abraham Lincoln Sighting30 - Abraham Lincoln Sighting
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Handwritten letter mentioning Abraham Lincoln, three pages, 8.5 x 10.75, December 18, 1860. In part: “I had the pleasure of extending the right hand o
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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