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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ALS signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 8.25 x 9, no date [but February 20, 1787]. Letter to Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, his former Continental Army co
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Exceptional Revolutionary War–era hand-addressed free-franked panel, 6.75 x 3.75, addressed in another hand to “Major General St. Clair, Philadelphia,
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Adams3 - John Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12 x 8.25, May 21, 1800. President Adams appoints Gersham R. Jacques as “a Surgeon’s Mate in the Navy
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 10.5, April 22, 1800. President Adams grants Theodorus Bailey a plot of 4,000 acres. In part: “I
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Adams5 - John Adams
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Crisp ink signature, "John Adams," on an off-white 4.5 x 1 slip clipped from the close of a letter, dated May 21, 1819. Double-matted and ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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, 11.75 x 9.25, March 13, 1802. Land
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison7 - 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 x 18, December 16, 1803. Scallop
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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, 10 x 15.5, March 7, 1811. Scallop-top ship’s pass issued for “the Ship Galen of New York, John Rogers
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Madison9 - James Madison
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War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 17.5, May 26, 1812. President Madison appoints Henry B. Brevoort as “a Captain in t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Madison10 - James Madison
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Full free frank, measuring 10 x 8 unfolded with a 5 x 3.25 center panel, addressed in Madison’s hand to “Messrs. Gales & Seaton, Washington,” an...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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