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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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151Presidential EphemeraRR Auction
Five unsigned items, including: an embossed copper shell badge cardboard jugate 1892 campaign pin, 1.25 x 1.25, featuring albumen portraits of Clevela
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
152Presidential EphemeraRR Auction
Eight unsigned items: a humorous pull-tab caricature card depicting Van Buren, showing him with either “A beautiful goblet of White House Champagne” o
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
153Presidential EphemeraRR Auction
Two unsigned items: a large engraved invitation to Buchanan’s “Grand National Inauguration Ball,” on March 4, 1857, one cardstock page, 7 x 10.5, issu
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
154Benjamin FranklinRR Auction
Magnificent Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 7 x 9, March 13, 1779. Letter to “the Representative of the Author of Experime
Estimate : 35,000.00 - 45,000.00
155Benjamin FranklinRR Auction
Vellum manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.75 x 13.5, June 11, 1787. Land grant issued by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwea
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
156John HancockRR Auction
Exquisite ALS signed “Jno. Hancock,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, December 27, 1760. Letter to his brother, Ebenezer Hancock, in par
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
157John HancockRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 12, October 1, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints James Walker as “Junior Second Lieutenant of a
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
158John MortonRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1725–1777) who also chaired the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation. Revol
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
159Stephen HopkinsRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785) who served as the colony’s governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Manuscript DS, sig
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
160Richard StocktonRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey and delegate to the Continental Congress (1730–1781). Scarce ADS, signed twice within the te
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00