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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John Quincy Adams11 - John Quincy Adams
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Ink signature, “John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts,” on an off-white 5 x 1.75 slip. Nicely double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams12 - John Quincy Adams
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Original painting of John Quincy Adams by Lawrence Williams, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, showing the president in a distinguished bust-length pose, si
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John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay13 - John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “J. Q. Adams” as president and “H. Clay” as secretary of state, two pages, 11 x 15, August 19, 1826. A patent issued
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson14 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11 x 15, October 14, 1835. A patent issued to “James Haven, a citizen of the United States, hat
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson15 - Andrew Jackson
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Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, January 26, 1837. President Jackson directs the “Secretary of State to affix the seal of the Un
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson16 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 9.75, June 1, 1831. President Jackson grants John McCandless of Muskingum County, Ohio, a parc
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison17 - William Henry Harrison
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ADS, signed “Will’m Henry Harrison,” one page, 8 x 4.25, October 18, 1810. Pay order submitted to “the Cashier of the Bank of the United States,” issu
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison18 - William Henry Harrison
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Three items: a black transferware deep plate depicting Harrison’s log cabin, measuring 10? in diameter, marked “Columbian Star” on the bottom and date
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Tyler19 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 11.75 x 17.5, September 8, 1843. Interesting land grant concerning territory awarded to the Creek Indians. I
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor20 - Zachary Taylor
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Manuscript DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col. Comdg.,” one page, 7.75 x 6, January 1834. A military requisition document “for Fuel for Non-Commissioner Staff
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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