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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Winston Churchill181 - Winston Churchill
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DS, signed “W. S. Churchill,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.55, July 12, 1952. A page from Churchill’s tax return for the tax year ending on April 5,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill182 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.25 x 9, Chartwell letterhead, November 7, 1960. Letter to Major A. E. Carey Foster, a veterinarian and
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill183 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7 x 9, Office of the Prime Minister letterhead, November 27, 1951. Letter to Mrs. James Forrestal, in ful
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill184 - Winston Churchill
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Menu for the Third Reunion Dinner of the Officers of the Tank Corps, held at the Hyde Park Hotel on November 19, 1921, 4 x 5.5, signed on the back cov
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill185 - Winston Churchill
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Partial DS, one page, 5 x 3.25, no date but circa September 1903. The concluding portion of a form for an event at “Sheffield, on Thursday, Oct. 1st,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Nikita Khrushchev186 - Nikita Khrushchev
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World War II-dated telegram signed in Cyrillic, one page, 8 x 6, March 13, 1942. Letter to Leonid A. Sosnin, in full (translated): “A shortage of ceme
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela187 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Collector’s Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed on the
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Emperor Meiji188 - Emperor Meiji
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DS in Japanese, one page, 23.75 x 18.25, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Sixth Class, Order of the Ri
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon189 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, February 1800. In part (translated): “According to the plan evinced by the First
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon190 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 8 x 12.25, January 22, 1810. Untranslated military report concerning the resignation of an officer
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon191 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS in Italian, signed “Nap,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12, February 28, 1810. An untranslated draft and summary of four articles relat
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky192 - Leon Trotsky
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Exceptional matte-finish 7.25 x 9.5 photo of Trotsky conversing with Communist artist Diego Rivera, signed and inscribed on the reverse in fountain pe
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Emiliano Zapata193 - Emiliano Zapata
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TLS in Spanish, one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, Correspondencia particular del General Emiliano Zapata letterhead, July 31, 1917. Letter to Don Genovev
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Marie de Medici194 - Marie de Medici
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Queen consort of France (1573–1642) as the second wife of King Henry IV of France. She herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medic
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ferdinand and Isabella195 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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Pair of boldly penned letters in old Spanish. First, an LS signed by King Ferdinand at the center, "Yo el Rey,” [I the King] one page 8 x 11.5,...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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French Royalty196 - French Royalty
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Two items: a partly-printed document endorsed by King Louis XV, “Pay, Louis,” one page, 9.5 x 14.25, July 1, 1772, ordering the royal treasurer to pay
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King George III197 - King George III
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Manuscript DS, signed “George R.,” one page, 16.25 x 12, August 27, 1777. King George appoints Arthur Holdsworth as “Captain and Governor of our Castl
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King George IV198 - King George IV
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Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.5, December 31, 1820. Warrant directing “the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Grea
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Princess Diana199 - Princess Diana
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Official souvenir of the Royal Wedding between Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana Spencer, 8.25 x 11.75, thirty-two pages, signed on the inside of th
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Howard Carter200 - Howard Carter
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Rare manuscript DS in Arabic, one page, 6.75 x 8.25, received May 2, 1903. Document directed to the director of the General Archaeology Directorate, i
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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