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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David Ben-Gurion310 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS in Hebrew, one page, lightly-lined, 4.5 x 8.25, December 31, 1964. Letter to Isaac Schneerson, in full (translated): “I read your letter of the 15
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Claude Louis Berthollet311 - Claude Louis Berthollet
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French chemist (1748–1822). His contributions to chemistry include the analysis of ammonia and prussic acid and the discovery of the bleaching propert
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Charles H. Best312 - Charles H. Best
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American-Canadian medical scientist (1899–1978) who co-discovered insulin in 1921. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Best in his laboratory, signed and inscribed
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Otto von Bismarck313 - Otto von Bismarck
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Untranslated LS in German, signed “Bismarck,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, April 10, 1866. Expected document wear with central vertical and horizontal fold
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John Wilkes Booth and Boston Corbett314 - John Wilkes Booth and Boston Corbett
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Desirable pairing of 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portraits of the infamous assassin and the heroic Union soldier who pursued, shot, and killed him: one sh
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British Prime Ministers315 - British Prime Ministers
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Collection of four commemorative covers with cachets honoring Winston Churchill, each signed in fountain pen or ballpoint by a British prime minister,
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British Prime Ministers316 - British Prime Ministers
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Five ink signatures of 19th–century British prime ministers on individual slips, including: Melbourne, Robert Peel, Russell, Palmerston, and Salisbury
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Archibald Butt317 - Archibald Butt
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American military officer (born 1865) who served as an influential aide to Presidents Roosevelt and Taft before perishing during the sinking of the Ti
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George Washington Carver318 - George Washington Carver
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ALS signed “G. W. Carver,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, October 12, 1932. Letter to Harry D. Thompson, in
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Chiang Ching-kuo319 - Chiang Ching-kuo
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Chinese leader (1910–1988) and son of Chiang Kai-shek, who succeeded his father as premier and president of China, serving until his death. Bold black
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Walter Chrysler320 - Walter Chrysler
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TLS signed “W. P. Chrysler,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 10, 1935. Letter to New York Supreme Court Judge Morgan J. O’Brien, in
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Civil Rights Leaders321 - Civil Rights Leaders
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FDC with an affixed metallic cachet honoring the Bill of Rights and James Madison, signed in ink and felt tip by eight Civil Rights leaders, including
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Civil Rights Leaders322 - Civil Rights Leaders
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Collection of five photos of various finishes, one 4 x 6 and four 8 x 10, each signed in felt tip by a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement,
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Moshe Dayan323 - Moshe Dayan
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Striking glossy 8 x 10 photo of Dayan, signed in Hebrew in black felt tip, adding the date, “30. 10. 79.” In fine condition, with a spot of toning to
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DNA: Crick and Wilkins324 - DNA: Crick and Wilkins
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Signed book: The Double Helix. NY: Atheneum, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.5, 226 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black ballpoint,
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Oliver Ellsworth325 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 8.5 x 13, October 30, 1776. Pay order issued to Treasurer John Lawrence, in pa
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Indira Gandhi326 - Indira Gandhi
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Satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 three-quarter length photo of Gandhi, signed in blue ink, “Indira Gandhi, 1984.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. Trivial
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Indira and Rajiv Gandhi327 - Indira and Rajiv Gandhi
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Ink signatures, “Indira Gandhi” and “Rajiv Gandhi, 1986,” on individual official 3.5 x 2.25 cards embossed with the emblem of India. In overall fine c
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Jane Goodall328 - Jane Goodall
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Goodall with an orphan chimpanzee, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a slightly grainy quality to th
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Mikhail Gorbachev329 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 10 x 7.75 photo of Gorbachev embracing Ronald Reagan, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with an evenly trimmed bottom edge. Acc
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