RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Auction Details

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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Vice Presidents182 - Vice Presidents
RR Auction
Uncommon full set of autographs of the thirty-three vice presidents who did not go on to become president, primarily comprised of letters, documents,
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
North Carolina Senate183 - North Carolina Senate
RR Auction
Interesting 7.5 x 10 photograph of the 1899 Senate of North Carolina, affixed to its original 13 x 16 mount, listing the names of each state senator w
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Robert F. Kennedy184 - Robert F. Kennedy
RR Auction
TLS, one page, 7 x 9, Attorney General letterhead, August 23, 1963. Letter to Mickey Mehas, in full: “Thank you very much for your expression of sympa
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr185 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
RR Auction
Brother (1915–1944) of John F. Kennedy who served as a bomber pilot during WWII; he was tragically killed due to an airplane malfunction while flying
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Clara Barton186 - Clara Barton
RR Auction
ALS signed “Clara,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, September 12, 1865. Letter to her nephew Sam, in part: “I don’t know what counsel you h
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Julia Ward Howe187 - Julia Ward Howe
RR Auction
Desirable AQS on an off-white 7.75 x 10 sheet, signed and inscribed at the bottom, “Julia Ward Howe, Inscribed for William J. Bok, Brooklyn, N. Y., Bo
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Florence Nightingale188 - Florence Nightingale
RR Auction
ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 10, January 15, 1876. Letter to Miss McDonagh, who intends to apply for a vacancy at St. Thomas’ Hospital. In part: “I b
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Frederick Douglass189 - Frederick Douglass
RR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 14, May 4, 1886. Deed of trust for a real estate transaction b
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Wendell Phillips190 - Wendell Phillips
RR Auction
American abolitionist, eloquent orator, and social reformer (1811–1884). ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, December 15, 1874. Letter to
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Bill Wilson191 - Bill Wilson
RR Auction
Signed book: Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age. First edition. NY: Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc., 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 3
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Stephen F. Austin192 - Stephen F. Austin
RR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “S. F. Austin,” one page, 7.75 x 8.75, January 11, 1836. Ornate financial document headed “Texian Loan,” in part: “Received
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Texas Land Deed193 - Texas Land Deed
RR Auction
Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, February 14, 1837. Deed from Santos Coy to Lucien Navarro. In part: “Before me…personally appeared Juan
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Texas Association Stock Certificate194 - Texas Association Stock Certificate
RR Auction
Ornate 10.5 x 6.75 unissued Texas Association stock certificate for a share of 8,000 square miles on the Trinity River. As the Republic of Texas was s
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
John Sutter195 - John Sutter
RR Auction
Californian pioneer (1803–1880) known for his association with the Gold Rush as the owner of Sutter’s Mill, where gold was first discovered by James W
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Mata Hari197 - Mata Hari
RR Auction
ALS in Dutch, eight pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, Hotel Paulez letterhead, August 8, 1915. To her attorney Mr. E. Eijmans, complai
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Melvin Purvis198 - Melvin Purvis
RR Auction
Collection of twenty-four letters to his wife Rosanne, including twenty-two ALSs totaling over forty pages and two TLSs totaling five pages, dated fro
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Melvin Purvis199 - Melvin Purvis
RR Auction
Collection of forty-five bank checks, 8.5 x 3, most filled out by Purvis and all signed, “Melvin H. Purvis,” dated 1942–1943. In overall very good to
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Melvin Purvis200 - Melvin Purvis
RR Auction
Four of Purvis’s personal membership cards to various organizations, all approximately 4 x 2.5, including: his 1948 card for the Society of Former Spe
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Andrew Carnegie201 - Andrew Carnegie
RR Auction
AQS on an off-white 3 x 2.25 clipped card, in full: “Thine own reproach alone do fear, Andrew Carnegie.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full lett
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Andrew Carnegie and J. Pierpont Morgan202 - Andrew Carnegie and J. Pierpont Morgan
RR Auction
Two signatures: an ink signature, “Truly Yours, Andrew Carnegie,” on a blue 4 x 2.75 clipped slip; and an ink signature, “J. Pierpont Morgan,” on an o
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark