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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Boldly penned ALS signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 6.25 x 7.5, September 25, 1773. Letter to Samuel Athawes of London. In full: “Your letter of the
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Uncommon partial partly-printed DS as president, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 4 x 7.75, July 24, 1793. English panel removed from a multi-langua
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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John Adams3 - John Adams
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 15.5, March 3, 1798. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Absalom Z. Vernon master of commander of th
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Exceptional free franked address panel, 4 x 2.75, crisply addressed in Adams’s hand to his son, “Thomas B. Adams, Attorney at Law, Philadelphia,” and
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Adams5 - John Adams
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Third person ADS, one page, 6.25 x 3.75, Braintree, Massachusetts, March 29, 1762. In full: “For value rec’d I promise to pay John Adams, or his order
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson6 - Thomas Jefferson
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Revolutionary War–dated ADS, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 11.5 x 1.75, May 16, 1780. Exceptional official document entirely in Jefferson’s hand,
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson7 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7 x 8, August 26, 1808. Letter to Zebedee Cook on behalf of the Selectmen of Newburyport, Massachus
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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James Madison8 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 8.25, February 13, 1817. President Madison grants Francis Cooper of Belmont County a parcel of
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Madison9 - James Madison
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Ink signature as president, “James Madison,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 slip clipped from a document. In very good condition, with uniform toning, a vert
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Monroe10 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 8.5, June 22, 1824. President Monroe grants William Whitechurch a parcel of land in Kaskaskia, I
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams11 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 14 x 18.5, April 24, 1828. President Adams appoints Francis H. Gregory as “a Ma
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams12 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9, September 9, 1817. Letter to Richard Rush. In part: “I am stepping into the Carriage on my way to Washington, and have scarce
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams13 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 10.75, November 16, 1818. Department of State circular issued to the editors of the Vermont
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,999.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams14 - John Quincy Adams
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Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 10 x 8 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3.25, addressed in Adams’s hand to “Hon. Joseph Hopkinson, Judge U
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams15 - John Quincy Adams
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Ink signature, “J. Q. Adams,” on an off-white 1.5 x .5 slip. Triple-matted and framed with a color portrait of Adams to an overall size of 10.25 x 16.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson16 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, two pages, 11 x 14, September 28, 1831. A patent issued to “Mordicai Bull, A Citizen of the United States,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson17 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11.75 x 15, November 3, 1837. Scallop-topped ship’s pass issued for “the Ship Lancashire of New York,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson18 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed "Andrew Jackson," one page, 11.25 x 14, November 5, 1829. A document concerning a parcel of land. I...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren19 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 14 x 17, February 20, 1838. President Van Buren appoints Francis H. Gregory as
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren20 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 8 x 9.75, November 4, 1839. President Van Buren directs “the Acting Secretary of Stat
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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