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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Hu Yaobang and Holger Borner243 - Hu Yaobang and Holger Borner
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Glossy 7 x 5 photo of Hu Yaobang and Holger Borner shaking hands, signed on the reverse in blue ink by both leaders, each of them adding a 1985 date.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon246 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7 x 9, July 19, 1810. Letter to his minister of war, the the Duke of Feltre Henri Clarke. The emperor asks Clarke
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Stalin247 - Joseph Stalin
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ANS in pencil in Cyrillic (translated), signed “At your orders: Secretary of Setanka—I. Stalin,” on a makeshift document written in colored pencil by
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky248 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS in French, signed “L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 31, 1939. Letter to a friend, written from Coyoacan, Mexico. In full (translated): &...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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King Ferdinand V249 - King Ferdinand V
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Catholic king of Sicily, Aragon, and Castile (1452–1516) who was married to Queen Isabella I, best remembered as the pair that financed Christopher Co
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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King Louis XIV250 - King Louis XIV
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King of France (born 1638) from 1643 until his death in 1715, known as the ‘Sun King’ for the glittering splendor of his court at Versailles and the u
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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King William IV and Thomas Masterman Hardy251 - King William IV and Thomas Masterman Hardy
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “William R,” one page, 13 x 9.75, December 31, 1830. King William appoints George B. Puddicombe “to be Quarter Master
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother252 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Drummonds Bank check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by the Queen Mother, “Elizabeth R.,” payable to Lady Katharine Seymour for £200, December ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Princess Diana253 - Princess Diana
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ALS signed “Diana,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, monogrammed Kensington Palace letterhead, January 30, 1990. Letter of thanks to Stephen Twigg for a
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Princess Diana254 - Princess Diana
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Diana Spencer,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, Buckingham Palace letterhead, May 11, 1981. Letter to Alexander Post, in full: “I
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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