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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James Buchanan31 - James Buchanan
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Civil War–dated ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8, January 1, 1863. Letter to Supreme Court Justice John Catron. In part: “Where &a...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln32 - Abraham Lincoln
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Highly desirable Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company check, 7 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Lincoln, “A. Lincoln,” payable to Ruth, M...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln33 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated DS as president, one page, 15 x 18, March 13, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Francis A. Walker as “Assistant Adjutant General of Vol
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln34 - Abraham Lincoln
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Bold ink signature as president, “A. Lincoln, April 10, 1865,” on an off-white slip clipped from an endorsement (the body of the endorsement is in ano
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln35 - Abraham Lincoln
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Unsigned handwritten document, one page, 7.75 x 3.25, May 26, 1854. Lincoln pens a promissory note on behalf of his client. In full: “One year after d
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln36 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original hand-drawn black ink silhouette of Lincoln standing in a distinguished full-length profile pose with his hand in his jacket pocket, on the re
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson37 - Andrew Johnson
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Scarce 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite albumen portrait of Johnson in a bust-length profile pose, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition,
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson38 - Andrew Johnson
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Autograph endorsement in pencil, signed as president, “A. J.,” one page, 3.75 x 8, [October 9, 1865]. President Johnson directs Secretary of War Stant
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson39 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 17.5, May 23, 1865. President Johnson confers Harry C. Egbert to “the rank of Captain by Brev
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson40 - Andrew Johnson
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Scarce Civil War–dated early endorsement signature as president, “Andrew Johnson,” forwarding a letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on April 2
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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