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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Clyde Barrow242 - Clyde Barrow
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Collection of seven small condolence cards and two envelopes sent after Clyde Barrow’s death, similar in size to cards which would accompany flowers.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Bonnie and Clyde243 - Bonnie and Clyde
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One-of-a-kind large hand-painted wooden sign from the collection of Charles Stanley that accompanied his touring exhibition of the Bonnie and Clyde ‘D
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Bonnie and Clyde244 - Bonnie and Clyde
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Four posters advertising the touring Bonnie and Clyde ‘death car,’ which was exhibited around the nation for many years following their deaths, includ
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gangsters245 - Gangsters
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Collection of gangster–related ephemera consisting of various formats such as photos, booklets, and magazines, including: three original press photos
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Barker-Karpis Gang246 - Barker-Karpis Gang
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Five items related to the famous Barker-Karpis Gang, including: three original 8 x 8 wanted posters, dated 1934–1935, for gang members Arthur ‘Doc’ Ba
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alvin Karpis247 - Alvin Karpis
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Thief, bankrobber, kidnapper, and bootlegger (1907–1979) nicknamed ‘The Rat’ by J. Edgar Hoover. Signed book: Public Enemy Number One. First edition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Dillinger248 - John Dillinger
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Original 8 x 8 wanted poster for John Dillinger, issued on March 12, 1934, by the US Department of Justice for a violation of the National Motor Vehic
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Dillinger249 - John Dillinger
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Eerie second generation life-size plaster death mask of John Dillinger, created from a mold of an original death mask in the mid–20th century; and an
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Eliot Ness250 - Eliot Ness
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Leader of a special Prohibition squad (1903–1957), known as the Untouchables, which led to the downfall of Al Capone and his successor Frank Nitti, an
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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J. Edgar Hoover251 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Collection of four items signed by Hoover: a matte-finish formal portrait affixed to its original 9 x 11.75 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 40.00
 
 
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Al Capone252 - Al Capone
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Collection of four items related to Capone: a Prohibition–era empty 7.25? tall glass bottle for Old Log Cabin bourbon whiskey, which was one of the pr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre253 - Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
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Brick removed from the wall of the garage that stood at 2122 N. Clark Street where the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre took place, during which seven C
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jack McGurn254 - Jack McGurn
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Key member of Al Capone's Chicago Outfit associated with planning the St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1902–1936). Two pearl-finish press photo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bugsy Siegel255 - Bugsy Siegel
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Collection of seven items related to Bugsy Siegel, including: a circa 1940s purple casino chip from Siegel’s Flamingo Hotel, displayed in an acrylic c
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Baby Face Nelson256 - Baby Face Nelson
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Three .45 caliber bullets said to have been recovered from Baby Face Nelson’s submachine gun following the deadly ‘Battle of Barrington’ on November 2
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly257 - George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly
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Seven glossy and pearl-finish press photos of the notorious George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, 8 x 6 to 10 x 8, showing him in court with his wife, in jail,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pretty Boy Floyd258 - Pretty Boy Floyd
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Two press photos of the infamous bank robber: a 4.75 x 7 mug shot of Floyd, stamp-dated 1932; and a 6 x 6.75 photo of Floyd in the morgue after being
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lucky Luciano259 - Lucky Luciano
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Original October 25, 1935 edition of The New York Sun, 17 x 22.5, 46 pages. Front page bears a headline which reads, “Police Question Schultz’s Widow;
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Otto von Bismarck260 - Otto von Bismarck
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Uncommon ALS in German, signed “v. Bismarck,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, September 30, 1863. As cabinet president and minister of foreign affairs, Bismarc
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bonaparte Family261 - Bonaparte Family
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Collection of five items signed by the successors of Napoleon Bonaparte, including: a handwritten endorsement in pencil by Napoleon III, signed “LN,”
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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