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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Leadville Police265 - Leadville Police
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An exceptionally rare policeman's badge in the shape of a star, measuring approximately 2.5 x 2.5, engraved “Leadville” across the top banner wi...
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Leadville Telephone Co.266 - Leadville Telephone Co.
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Billhead receipt from "The Leadville Telephone Co., Room 20, Quincy Block" for one month's telephone rental, one page, 8.5 x 4.5, Octo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leadville: Boxing267 - Leadville: Boxing
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City of Leadville boxing license issued by the mayor, one page, 9.25 x 7.25, October 10, 1885. In part: “Permission is hereby given to Burke and Clow
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Leadville: Board of Trade268 - Leadville: Board of Trade
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Historically significant collection related to the Board of Trade, including: a three-month license issued by the mayor of Leadville, November 17, 188
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Leadville: Chestnut Street269 - Leadville: Chestnut Street
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Exceptional 6.75 x 4.5 cabinet photo of Leadville's Chestnut Street by important photographer W. H. Jackson, showing horse-drawn wagons in the s...
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Leadville: Cowboys270 - Leadville: Cowboys
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Two items: a fantastic 6.5 x 4.25 cabinet photo by Brisbois of Leadville showing four cowboys on horseback in front of The Saratoga, some of them with
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Leadville: Harrison Avenue271 - Leadville: Harrison Avenue
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Fantastic 7 x 4.5 cabinet photo of Leadville's Harrison Avenue by G. Wakely, depicting the main street filled with locals along the boardwalks, ...
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Leadville: Harrison Avenue272 - Leadville: Harrison Avenue
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Excellent 8 x 5 cabinet photo of Leadville's Harrison Avenue with a sharp, clear image depicting the buildings in detail, with a horse-drawn car...
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Leadville: Horace Tabor273 - Leadville: Horace Tabor
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Announcement for the wedding of Horace Tabor, 4.5 x 3.5, reading: “Horace A. W. Tabor & Lizzie Bonduel McCourt, Married Thursday, March first, E...
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Leadville: Hotel Windsor274 - Leadville: Hotel Windsor
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Two items related to Leadville’s Hotel Windsor: a stereoview photo of Chestnut Street by Chas. Weitfle of Central City, Colorado, featuring an early i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Leadville: Red Light Hall275 - Leadville: Red Light Hall
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Prostitute's punch card for employment at Leadville's “Bartley, Rochon & Johnson, Red Light Hall, 114 West Second Street,” 4 x 2.25, fea...
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Leadville: Humphrey Hose Firemen276 - Leadville: Humphrey Hose Firemen
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Gorgeous silver-plated ceremonial fireman’s trumpet presented to a Leadville fire chief, measuring 23.5? tall with a 9? diameter bell, engraved on one
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United Mine Workers of America277 - United Mine Workers of America
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Large, impressive banner measuring 24 x 36, reading, “Pikes Peak Local No. 1662, Eight Hours, United Mine Workers of America, El Paso Co. Col.,” repre
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Leadville278 - Leadville
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Fantastic archive representing the development of Leadville into one of the great mining towns of the Old West. Among the items in this collection are
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John Brown288 - John Brown
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Ink signature, “Your Affectionate Father, John Brown,” on a light blue 4 x 1 slip clipped from the close of a letter. Includes the original transmitta
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Clarence Darrow289 - Clarence Darrow
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, June 24, 1935. Letter to Philip Leibsohn. In part: “Some time ago I wrote to you, but have not received a reply—about the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Clarence Darrow290 - Clarence Darrow
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Unusual matte-finish 7.5 x 10 Culver Pictures portrait of Darrow seated and smoking a cigarette, signed in the upper right in fountain pen. In very go
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi291 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS in English, signed “M. K. Gandhi,” one page, 3.5 x 5.5, July 1, 1939. Short letter to a friend, in full: “I won’t argue. Let our faiths sustain us
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr292 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Receipt for King’s American Express credit card, 4.75 x 3.25, dated October 12, 1963, for a charge of $87.38 at the Hyatt House Hotel in Los Angeles,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr293 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 9.25, 230 pages. Signed on t...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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