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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Elbridge Gerry163 - Elbridge Gerry
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts (1744–1814) who later served as vice president under James Madison. His name entered the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Stephen Hopkins164 - Stephen Hopkins
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785). Partly-printed DS, signed “Step. Hopkins,” one page, 11.75 x 7.75, July 6, 17
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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William Hooper165 - William Hooper
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Manuscript DS with substantial portions of the document filled out in Hooper's hand, signed “Will. Hooper,” one page, 7.25 x 12, September 5, 17...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Francis Hopkinson166 - Francis Hopkinson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737–1791). ALS signed “Fra’s Hopkinson,” one page, 7.75 x 10, March 17, 1788. Letter to th
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Francis Hopkinson167 - Francis Hopkinson
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Manuscript DS, signed “Fras Hopkinson,” one page, 12.5 x 7.75, May 3, 1785. An order to examine a ship in the port of Philadelphia. In part: “Applicat
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Huntington168 - Samuel Huntington
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1796) and seventh President of the Continental Congress. Manuscript DS, signed “Sam’l
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Thomas McKean169 - Thomas McKean
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1734–1817) who later served as president of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsy
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Robert Morris170 - Robert Morris
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Important financier who signed the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution (1734–1806). LS signed “Rob’t Morris,” one
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Edward Rutledge171 - Edward Rutledge
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Revolutionary War–dated ADS signed three times, “Edward Rutledge,” one page, 14.25 x 19, April 2, 1778. Lengthy legal document in which Rutledge draws
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Robert Treat Paine172 - Robert Treat Paine
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Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declar
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Roger Sherman173 - Roger Sherman
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1721–1793) who was the only man to also sign the Articles of Association, the Articles of
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Oliver Wolcott174 - Oliver Wolcott
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut who commanded troops in the defense of New York during the American Revolution (1726–1797).
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William Williams175 - William Williams
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1811). Partly-printed DS, signed “W. Williams,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, May 27, 1789.
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American Leaders176 - American Leaders
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Collection of twenty letters from important figures from a variety of fields, mostly Americans, written to author Charles Degan, including an ALS by C
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John C. Calhoun177 - John C. Calhoun
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American politician (1782–1850) who served as vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. LS signed “J. C. Calhoun,” one page, 7.75 x 9
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Colonial New York178 - Colonial New York
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Manuscript DS, signed “Matthias Nicolls,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, September 6, 1676. Document concerning an estate. In part: “Know all men by these pres
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Colonial Plymouth179 - Colonial Plymouth
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Manuscript document, one page, 7.75 x 4.5, July 5, 1688. An invoice for Captain James Leonard, Jr., for goods purchased from a Boston merchant, headed
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Early American Politicians180 - Early American Politicians
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Collection of three ALSs, each by an early American politician, including: a 1782 letter by Federalist leader Fisher Ames, one page on a 8 x 3.25 slip
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Founding Fathers: Jay, Livingston, and Morris181 - Founding Fathers: Jay, Livingston, and Morris
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Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed by Philip Livingston, John Jay, and Gouverneur Morris, one page, 8 x 6, June 22, 1776. In part: “Forbes…
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Alexander Hamilton182 - Alexander Hamilton
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ALS signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 8 x 10, January 12, 1794. Letter to Thomas Willing, president of the First National Bank of the United States. In
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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