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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Joseph F. Smith206 - Joseph F. Smith
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Sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1838–1918) and nephew of its founder, Joseph Smith. ALS, one page, 6 x 7.75, Churc
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Brigham Young207 - Brigham Young
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Ink signature, “Brigham Young,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card affixed to a 5 x 4 sheet bearing collector’s ink notations. In fine condition.
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David Ben-Gurion210 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS in Hebrew, signed “D. B. G.,” two pages, 4.5 x 8.5, July 15, 1954. Letter concerning social programs and services. In part: “A few weeks ago I ask
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David Ben-Gurion211 - David Ben-Gurion
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TMS in Hebrew, ten pages, 8.5 x 11, January 27, 1958. An exhaustive historical and philosophical treatise tracing the identity and Sitz-im-Leben [“li
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Fidel Castro213 - Fidel Castro
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DS in Spanish, one page with cover sheet, 9 x 13.75, January 22, 1960. Official document for “Law No. 709,” declaring the dissolution of the regulator
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek214 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Blue felt tip signature, “Mayling Song Chiang,” on an off-white 6.5 x 3.5 postal cover. In fine condition.
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Winston Churchill215 - Winston Churchill
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Ink signature, “W. Churchill,” on a light green 2 x 1 slip. Matted with a handsome portrait of Churchill to an overall size of 12.25 x 15.5. In fine c
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Emperor Meiji216 - Emperor Meiji
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Rare pairing of two DSs in Japanese, each one page, approximately 23 x 18, circa 1890–1912. Two untranslated documents in which the emperor of Japan c
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Emperor Hirohito217 - Emperor Hirohito
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Scarce manuscript DS in Japanese, boldly signed at the top of the first page by Hirohito as emperor, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.5 x 12.5 (me
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Mohandas Gandhi218 - Mohandas Gandhi
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Scarce unsigned pamphlet by the group ‘The Bond’ entitled “Two Letters to Gandhi, from Martin Buber and J. L. Magnes,” 44 pages, 5.25 x 7.5, published
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Giuseppe Garibaldi219 - Giuseppe Garibaldi
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ALS signed “G. Garibaldi,” one page, 8.25 x 3.5, February 8, 1865. In full: “It being impossible for me to visit England this year—I thank with all my
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Nikita Khrushchev220 - Nikita Khrushchev
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TLS in Cyrillic, signed “N. Khrushchev,” three pages, 8 x 11.75, October 8, 1947. Letter to Mykola F. Alyshev and Oleksandr I. Struyev. In part: “The
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Nelson Mandela221 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom. Limited edition, numbered 333/425. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Hardcover with clamshel
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Napoleon222 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7 x 9, June 1, 1811. Untranslated military dispatch to a duke concerning his desired strategy for the movement of
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Napoleon223 - Napoleon
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Autograph endorsement, “Refuse, Np,” penned in the left margin of a manuscript document in French, signed “C. de Hunebourg,” one page, 8.75 x 12.75, M
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Napoleon: Josephine224 - Napoleon: Josephine
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LS in French, signed “Lapagerie Bonaparte,” one page, 7.5 x 6.5, no date. In part (translated): “I have written to you, Minister, to ask you to do eve
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Joseph Stalin225 - Joseph Stalin
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Lengthy DS in Cyrillic, signed on the first page in blue pencil by Stalin, fifteen pages, 8.5 x 12, May 1938. Top secret minutes of a meeting of the M
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Joseph Stalin226 - Joseph Stalin
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Joseph Stalin
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Sun Yat-sen227 - Sun Yat-sen
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Sun Yat-sen
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UN Secretary Generals228 - UN Secretary Generals
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UN Secretary Generals
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