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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Cosimo I de Medici290 - Cosimo I de Medici
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Duke of Florence from 1537 until his death in 1574, reigning as the first Grand Duke of Tuscany beginning in 1569. LS in Italian, signed “Il Duca di F
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Princess Diana291 - Princess Diana
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Exceptional Christmas card with embossed coats of arms on the front, measuring 12 x 8 open, featuring a photo of Prince William and Prince Harry affix
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Princess Diana292 - Princess Diana
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ALS signed “Diana,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, Kensington Palace letterhead, April 15, 1987. Letter to Margaret, in full: “I am sorry to hear th
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria293 - Queen Victoria
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Signed book: Biography of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. First edition. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1866. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 469 pages, illus
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carl Asplund294 - Carl Asplund
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A single iron key with quatrefoil head made by Yale and Town circa 1900, measuring approximately two inches long, recovered from the body of third-cla
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Edith Haisman and Millvina Dean295 - Edith Haisman and Millvina Dean
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Two items: a souvenir menu for the 1992 British Titanic Society Convention, 5 x 7, signed on the reverse in ballpoint, “Millvina Dean” and “E. E. Hais
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jack Phillips296 - Jack Phillips
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Extremely rare ALS signed “Love all, Jack,” on a 5.5 x 3.25 photo postcard of the Titanic at Southampton by Will Steed, April 6, 1912. Postcard to Mis
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Titanic O. B. R. Kentucky Whiskey Bottle297 - Titanic O. B. R. Kentucky Whiskey Bottle
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Limited edition O. B. R. Kentucky Straight Bourbon 86 Proof Whiskey 4/5 quart ceramic Titanic replica, 17 x 5.5, featuring a spout and a portion of th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Titanic Relief Fund298 - Titanic Relief Fund
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Capital & Counties Bank, Limited Titanic Relief Fund check, 8 x 4, filled out and signed in another hand and stamped “Titanic Relief Fund,” paya...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alexander von Humboldt299 - Alexander von Humboldt
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Short handwritten manuscript in German, unsigned, one page, 3 x 5.25, no date. Untranslated excerpt from a scientific work. In very good condition, wi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Howard Carter300 - Howard Carter
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10, January 9, 1925. Letter to the secretary of the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid. In part: “I have just received with
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Fridtjof Nansen301 - Fridtjof Nansen
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LS in French, one page, 8.5 x 11, polar expedition letterhead, June 14, 1893. Untranslated letter responding to a newspaper article. Central vertical
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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17th-Century Trade302 - 17th-Century Trade
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Manuscript document, one page, 7 x 11.5, January 29, 1695. Unsigned British document concerning the slave trade. In part (spelling and grammar retaine
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Roald Amundsen303 - Roald Amundsen
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Fountain pen signature, “Roald Amundsen,” on the reverse of an off-white 2.75 x 1.5 personal calling card. In very good condition, with toned tape rem
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone304 - Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone
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Two signatures: an ink signature, “Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N. Y., June 22/87,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2 beveled calling card; and an ink signatur
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francois Arago305 - Francois Arago
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French Catalan mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (1786-1853). ALS in French, signed “F. Arago,” one page, 8 x 10.25, August 25, 183
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Jacob Astor306 - John Jacob Astor
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Businessman who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multimillionaire in the United States (1763–1848). Partly-printed DS,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Christiaan Barnard307 - Christiaan Barnard
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South African surgeon (1922–2001) who, in 1967, performed the first human-to-human heart transplant. AMS signed “Ch. Barnard,” four pages on three she
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Barr308 - James Barr
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Senior Commodore of the Cunard line (1856–1937) who served as master of the RMS Carmania and the RMS Carpathia. Postcard of the RMS Carpathia, 5.5 x 3
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion309 - David Ben-Gurion
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Book page in Hebrew featuring biographical information on Ben-Gurion, 5.5 x 8.25, signed in Hebrew in blue ballpoint. Matted and framed with an adjace
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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