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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Elbridge Gerry182 - Elbridge Gerry
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Partly-printed DS, signed “E. Gerry,” one page, 15 x 9.25, April 2, 1811. As governor of Massachusetts, Gerry appoints Josiah Colbey as “Major of the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Hancock183 - John Hancock
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Partial partly-printed DS, one page, 7 x 4.25, February 26, 1783. Conclusion of an official Commonwealth of Massachusetts document, signed by Hancock
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Robert Morris184 - Robert Morris
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob’t Morris,” one page, 12.5 x 9.5, March 19, 1795. Document certifying that “James Wadsworth is entitled to five Shares i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Rush185 - Benjamin Rush
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Physician and surgeon general of the Continental Army who signed the Declaration of Independence (1746–1813). Scallop-topped vellum manuscript DS, sig
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Wilson186 - James Wilson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constituti
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George Wythe187 - George Wythe
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Scholar, jurist, opponent of slavery (1726–1806) who was the first of the seven Virginia signatories of the Declaration of Independence. Manuscript DS
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Alexander Hamilton188 - Alexander Hamilton
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Free frank signed, “Alex. Hamilton, Sec’y of the Treasury,” on the reverse address panel of a letter from A. H. Williams to the customs collector at B
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry189 - Patrick Henry
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Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 14.5 x 18, August 20, 1785. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants John Sulsen a “certain Tract or parc
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John Jay190 - John Jay
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Handwritten draft for a letter to his wife Sally, unsigned, three pages on two sheets, 7.5 x 9.25, July 6, 1794. In part: “I have been constantly empl
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Levi P. Morton191 - Levi P. Morton
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American politician who served as congressman, governor, and vice president (1824–1920). TLS, two pages, 7.75 x 10, State of New York Executive Chambe
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Edmund Randolph192 - Edmund Randolph
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American politician (1753–1813) who served as both attorney general and secretary of state in George Washington’s cabinet. Boldly penned ADS, signed “
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Politics, History, and Journalism193 - Politics, History, and Journalism
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Collection of sixty-four books, mostly hardcover, each signed by the author, including: Madeleine Albright; David Axelrod; Carl Bernstein; Ken Burns;
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Susan B. Anthony194 - Susan B. Anthony
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Ink signature, “Susan B. Anthony,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3 slip clipped from the close of a letter. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned sati
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Mikhail Bakunin195 - Mikhail Bakunin
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Russian revolutionary who was a principal founder of the ‘social anarchist’ tradition (1814–1876). ALS in French, signed “M. B.,” three pages on two a
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr196 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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TLS signed “Martin L. King, Jr.,” one page, 8.25 x 8.5, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, November 19, 1962. Letter to Dr. Med O. G
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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NAACP: Walter White197 - NAACP: Walter White
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Collection of sixteen letters praising the work of civil rights activist and NAACP executive officer Walter White, most one page, circa 1943, each sig
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Bertha von Suttner198 - Bertha von Suttner
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Czech-Austrian pacifist and novelist (1843–1914) who became the first woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905. Lengthy AMS in pencil, signed at th
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Simon Wiesenthal199 - Simon Wiesenthal
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AMS in German in pencil, four pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1990s, signed vertically in the left margin in black ballpoint, “S. Wiesenthal,” and
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Burger Court200 - Burger Court
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Printed pamphlet about the Supreme Court of the United States, eight pages, 6 x 9, signed on the front in ink by Warren Burger, Potter Stewart, Thurgo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Burger Court201 - Burger Court
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Biographical sheet featuring images, brief biographies, and facsimile signatures of the justices of the Supreme Court as of October 12, 1970, one page
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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