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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Cornelius Vanderbilt391Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Partly-printed DS, signed “C. Vanderbilt,” one page, 8.25 x 4, March 12, 1884. Beech Creek, Clearfield & South Western R. R. Co. receipt for an ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Cornelius Vanderbilt392Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Ink signature, “C. VanDerbilt,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.75 card. Double-matted with a nameplate and artistic depiction of Vanderbilt to an overall siz
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Earl Warren393Earl Warren
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Warren delivering a speech, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Columbia University, w
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Duke of Wellington394Duke of Wellington
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Third-person ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, April 30, 1835. In part: “The Duke of Wellington presents his Compliments to Mr. Cockburn and beg leave to inc
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Benedict Arnold395Benedict Arnold
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Manuscript DS, signed “B. Arnold,” one page, 7 x 8, October 5, 1790. A legal document in which “Benedict Arnold the plaintiff in this cause maketh oat
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Philip St. George Cocke396Philip St. George Cocke
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Confederate officer (1809–1861) best known for organizing the defense of Virginia along the Potomac River after the state's secession, and brief...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Civil War Figures397Civil War Figures
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Hearty and comprehensive collection of 173 items, including a wide range of formats such as letters, documents, checks, and signatures from a variety
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
George A. Custer398George A. Custer
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.75 x 3.5, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs. Genl. Custer, Fort L’worth, Kansas,” bearing an affixed three-cent
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Stephen Decatur399Stephen Decatur
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American naval officer (1779–1820) who cemented a reputation as a hero for his leadership during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. ADS, one page,
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Jefferson Davis400Jefferson Davis
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Choice original 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Davis as president of the Confederacy circa 1864, boldly signed at the bottom of the imag
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00