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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Bold manuscript DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 5, June 6, 1785. Receipt for supplies shipped to The Potowmack Company. In full: “Bot of
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Interesting display featuring three desirable Washington relics, including a handwriting sample, a swatch of his coat, and five strands of his hair. W
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Adams3 - John Adams
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Partial manuscript DS, signed “John Adams,” one page, 7 x 5, July 20, 1787. Conclusion of a document crisply signed at the conclusion by Adams at Gros
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson4 - Thomas Jefferson
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Memoires de Maximilien de Bethune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henri le Grand, Vol. 8. Nouvelle Edition. Londres, 1767. Bound in contemporary
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson5 - Thomas Jefferson
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Original painting of Thomas Jefferson by Lawrence Williams, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, showing the president in a stately bust-length pose, signed in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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, 10 x 15, no date but circa 1801–180
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe7 - James Monroe
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ADS, signed “Ja’s Monroe,” one page, 7 x 3.25, May 10, 1790. Interesting autograph legal document submitted to Mr. Campbell, in part: “Mr. Lovell has
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Monroe8 - James Monroe
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Original painting of James Monroe by Lawrence Williams, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, showing the president in a classic stately pose. Elaborately cloth
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams9 - John Quincy Adams
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Exceedingly rare 3.25 x 4.75 engraved portrait of Adams by Nathaniel Dearborn, signed across the top in black ink using his full name, “John Quincy Ad
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams10 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 11, 1826. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush, in full: “I enclose herewith tw
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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