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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Charles Darwin369 - Charles Darwin
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Unsigned 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Darwin circa 1881, published by Barraud of London. An unusual image in that his beard was heavily re
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Frederick Douglass370 - Frederick Douglass
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Manuscript DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass,” three pages both sides, 8 x 12.5, December 7, 1882. A release for a transaction between John D. McPherson and
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Edward, Duke of Windsor371 - Edward, Duke of Windsor
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Seminole Golf Club scorecard, 3.75 x 4.75, signed at the top in blue ballpoint, “Edward, Duke of Windsor.” Matted and framed with three images to an o
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother372 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Christmas card from 1977 featuring an embossed royal crown on the front, measuring 18.5 x 7.25 open, with a photo of the Queen Mother and her grandchi
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Charles E. Duryea373 - Charles E. Duryea
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Co-creator of the first commercially produced automobile (1861–1938). Set of twenty-four ink signatures, “Chas. E. Duryea,” on individual off-white sl
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William Fargo374 - William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 11.5 x 8, February 1, 1881. Certificate for twenty shares of stock in the American Express Company
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Francisco Franco375 - Francisco Franco
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Matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 three-quarter length portrait of Franco in his military uniform by Jalon Angel, signed in blue fountain pen, “F. Franco, 15.10
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Felix Frankfurter376 - Felix Frankfurter
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TLS signed “Felix,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, February 5, 1941. Letter to friend and Boston lawyer Arthur D.
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Indira Gandhi377 - Indira Gandhi
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Ink signature, “Indira Gandhi, 1975,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip bearing a printed Indian emblem. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original
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William Lloyd Garrison378 - William Lloyd Garrison
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Journalist, editor, and social reformer (1805–1879) best known as one of the most influential abolitionists in the decades leading up to the Civil War
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Mikhail Gorbachev379 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 14 x 11 photo of Gorbachev embracing Ronald Reagan, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authentic
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Mikhail Gorbachev380 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Signed book: A Time for Peace. First edition. NY: Richardson & Steirman, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 297 pages. Signed on the ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev381 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Limited edition Time Magazine cover from June 13, 1988, featuring Gorbachev posing with Ronald Reagan, 7.75 x 10.25, numbered 97/175, signed in the lo
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Antony Hewish382 - Antony Hewish
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British radio astronomer (born 1924) who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for his work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its r
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Collis P. Huntington383 - Collis P. Huntington
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Partly-printed DS, signed “C. P. Huntington,” one page, 11.5 x 15.5, September 26, 1889. Stock certificate issued to Huntington for 100 shares of capi
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J. Edgar Hoover384 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Three items: a hardcover first edition of Masters of Deceit, signed on the front free end page in fountain pen, “J. Edgar Hoover”; a TLS signed “J. E.
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John Harvey Kellogg385 - John Harvey Kellogg
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Physician and promoter of health foods (1852–1943) best known for his invention of Corn Flakes. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, Septembe
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Joseph P. Kennedy386 - Joseph P. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Joe,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 11, 1936. Letter to MGM film producer and noted Hollywood ‘fixer’ Edward J. Mannix,
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Robert F. Kennedy387 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Kennedy, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with slight dampstaining to lower right c
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Robert F. Kennedy388 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Original painting of Robert F. Kennedy, oil on canvas, 23.5 x 29.75, showing the former New York senator in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed in the l
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