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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John Gotti176 - John Gotti
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Satin-finish 8.5 x 9.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Gotti in court, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Rebecca, Your friend, John Gotti”; an
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Carnegie177 - Andrew Carnegie
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 9, July 1, 1905. Letter to W. R. Barnhart, written from Skibo Castle in Scotland. In full: “The first Grand House I ev
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan178 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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TLS signed “J. P. Morgan,” two pages, 8.25 x 10, 23 Wall Street letterhead, June 19, 1918. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo, in part
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Nixon179 - John Nixon
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Financier and Pennsylvanian official (1733–1808) who served as a militia officer in the American Revolutionary War. ALS signed “J. Nixon,” one page, 7
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo180 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8, October 7, 1863. Handsomely engraved certificate for one share of capita
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell181 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TLS, one page, 7 x 6.75, personal letterhead, January 31, 1917. Letter to Miss Agnes Shand of the Dana Hall School. In part: “It gives me pleasure to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Marie Curie182 - Marie Curie
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ALS in French, signed “M. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, April 6, 1934. Letter to physicist Jean Surugue. In part (translated): "Returning from ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin183 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, no date. A memorandum headed, “Index for Mr. Darwin's work on the Variation o...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison184 - Thomas Edison
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ALS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, June 5, 1910. Letter to Maria Taylor Ottis, a neighbor fr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison185 - Thomas Edison
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Desirable 8.75 x 7.25 paperstock photo of Edison walking with Hamilton Holt, the president of Rollins College, prior to Edison receiving an honorary d
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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