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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Benjamin Franklin155 - Benjamin Franklin
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Partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.25 x 11.75, January 29, 1787. Land grant reads, in part “That in consideration of the services r
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock156 - John Hancock
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Manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 11.75, September 11, 1784. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock certifies “that Joseph Greenleaf of Boston is a Justi
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John Hancock157 - John Hancock
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Unsigned handwritten endorsement by Hancock, “Capt. St Loe Recd 17 March 1760, 2 box Spr Candles, Garden Seeds,” on the reverse of a letter to his unc
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George Clymer158 - George Clymer
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Philadelphia Bank check, 6.25 x 2.25, signed “Geo. Clymer,” filled out and signed by Clymer for $30, January 30, 1804. Soiling to edges, a vertical fo
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Elbridge Gerry159 - Elbridge Gerry
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts (1744–1814) who later served as vice president under James Madison. His name entered the
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Francis Hopkinson and Nicholas Gilman160 - Francis Hopkinson and Nicholas Gilman
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Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “F. Hopkinson” and “Nich. Gilman,” one page, 8 x 3.75, June 12, 1780. An international currency exch
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Thomas Heyward, Jr161 - Thomas Heyward, Jr
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1746–1809). Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho. Heyward, Jr.,” one page, 13 x 8.25, August
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Samuel Adams162 - Samuel Adams
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 9.5 x 15, December 17, 1794. As governor of Massachusetts, Adams orders the selectmen of Flintstown, Massachusetts “to ca
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Elias Boudinot163 - Elias Boudinot
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American lawyer and statesman (1740–1821) who served as President of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 and later became a US Representative f
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Aaron Burr164 - Aaron Burr
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Autograph check, 8 x 3.5, written entirely in Burr’s hand and signed in full, “Aaron Burr,” payable to “Bearer James Dwight” for $75, August 4, 1784.
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