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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Bold ink signature as president, "G:o Washington," on an off-white 4.25 x 3.25 slip clipped from a larger document. Handsomely mounted, do...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Adams2 - John Adams
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Third-person ADS, one page, 6 x 3.75, December 22, 1763. Receipt for a payment signed within the text by Adams. In full: “Rec’d of John Adams Four Pou
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Adams3 - John Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12 x 14, April 19, 1800. President Adams issues a military land grant. In part: “In consideration of
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Free franked address panel, 5 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to his grandson Thomas Boylston Adams, Jr., “Cadet Thomas B. Adams, West Point Academy,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson5 - Thomas Jefferson
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Superlative ink signature, "Th: Jefferson," on an off-white 2.5 x 1.25 slip. Double-matted and framed with a color portrait and nameplate ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison6 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 12.5 x 16, July 13, 1804. Scallop-t
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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James Madison7 - James Madison
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ALS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, May 17, 1816. Letter to Virginia Governor William C. Nicholas. In part: “It is true as you have understood, that
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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James Madison8 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12 x 15.25, September 20, 1815. President Madison grants “Stephen Young, Captain for three years, to
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Madison9 - James Madison
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Free-franked mailing envelope panel, 5 x 3.25, addressed in another hand to "James Maury Esqr, Late Consul of the U. S. at Liverpool, City of N...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe10 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of war, one page, 15.5 x 10.5, February 20, 1815. Preside
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe11 - James Monroe
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ALS as president, one page both sides, 8 x 10, June 25, 1821. Letter to Secretary of War John C. Calhoun concerning several important legal matters. I
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe12 - James Monroe
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War–dated DS as secretary of state, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 7.5, no date but circa 1812. Printed State Department circular issued “by c
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe13 - James Monroe
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Desirable hand-addressed free frank, 4.75 x 3, addressed by Monroe to "William Dabney Esqr., Richmond, Virga," and franked in the upper ri...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams14 - John Quincy Adams
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Bold ink signature, "J. Q. Adams," on an off-white 2 x .75 slip. Double-matted with a color portrait bearing a facsimile signature and a n...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay15 - John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Q. Adams,” as president and “H. Clay,” as secretary of state, one page, 20.25 x 16.25, October 29, 1825. A four-language
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson16 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 10.75 x 13.25, April 8, 1833. Jackson issues a patent to Peter L. Grosh and George Grosh for having “invente
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson17 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.25 x 16.25, May 26, 1835. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “John Tucker master or commander of the Sh
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren18 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.5 x 8, October 11, 1849. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I thank you warmly for your kind invitation but as I
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Anna Harrison19 - Anna Harrison
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Full free frank, measuring 10 x 7.75 unfolded with a 4.5 x 3.25 center panel, addressed in her own hand to “Richard E. Stillwell Esqr, New York,” and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison20 - William Henry Harrison
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Very early ADS signed "Wm. H. Harrison," one page, 7 x 2, August 12, 1795. A requisition order issued from Greeneville, in full: "For...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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