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 Washington Custis Lee511 - George Washington Custis Lee
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Eldest son of Robert E. Lee, who served as a Confederate general and aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis (1832–1913). Civil War–dated ink endorsement sign
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Robert E. Lee512 - Robert E. Lee
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Impressive original painting of Robert E. Lee, oil on canvas, 17.5 x 23.5, showing the Confederate commander in a distinguished half-length pose, sign
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Fitzhugh Lee and James H. Wilson513 - Fitzhugh Lee and James H. Wilson
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Two letters accusing Secretary of War Elihu Root of lying about Leonard Wood’s gallantry at the Battle of San Juan Hill: an ALS signed “Fitz Lee,” one
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Benjamin Lincoln and Thomas Melvill514 - Benjamin Lincoln and Thomas Melvill
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Partly-printed DS, signed “B. Lincoln” and “T. Melvill,” one page, 9.75 x 5, July 13, 1807. Port of Boston and Charlestown document certifying an impo
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Douglas MacArthur515 - Douglas MacArthur
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Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of MacArthur in uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Alexander Thayer, with
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Douglas MacArthur516 - Douglas MacArthur
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Two items: a circa 1942 bust of the general, measuring approximately 5.5 x 8.5 x 3.5, with the base reading, “‘We Shall Win or We Shall Die’—MacArthur
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George C. Marshall517 - George C. Marshall
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Exceptional vintage color matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Marshall seated at his desk and wearing a suit and tie, affixed to its original 8.5 x 10.75 mou
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Chester Nimitz518 - Chester Nimitz
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World War II-dated TLS signed “C. W. Nimitz,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Pacific Fleet letterhead, April 6, 1943. Letter to Mason A. Bowen, in
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George Pickett519 - George Pickett
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Original painting of George Pickett, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, showing the famed Confederate general in uniform. Signed in the lower right by the ar
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David D. Porter520 - David D. Porter
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DS, signed “David Porter,” one page, 7.5 x 5.25, January 11, 1830. Porter authorizes the Office of Discount and Deposit in Washington to “Pay to Willi
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