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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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171Andre-Marie AmpereRR Auction
Influential French physicist (1775–1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
172Thomas EdisonRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 15 x 8, August 19, 1899. Stock certificate issued to Edison for one hundred shares of capital
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
173Samuel F. B. MorseRR Auction
Morse’s personal copy of a pamphlet entitled Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible: A Tract for Northern Christians, published by J. B. Lippincott & C...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
174Thomas EdisonRR Auction
Endorsement in pencil, “TAE,” at the top of a handwritten memo from his son Charles, two pages, June 13, 1923. Memo regarding an employee’s promotion.
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
175Richard GatlingRR Auction
ALS signed “R. J. Gatling,” one page, 7.75 x 5.75, November 6, 1898. Letter to Lynds. E. Jones, in full: “Absence from home has prevented an earlier r
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
176Alfred KinseyRR Auction
Biologist (1894–1956) who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, and whose research on human sexuality created the mode
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
177William OslerRR Auction
Canadian-born physician and researcher (1849–1919) who was a founding professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital. ALS signed “Wm. Osler,” one page, 4.5 x 6,
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
178George WestinghouseRR Auction
ALS signed “Geo. Westinghouse, Jr.,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Westinghouse Air Brake Co. letterhead, November 24, 1879. Letter to John Newell, presiden
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
179Leonid BrezhnevRR Auction
Uncommon May Day greeting card with a glossy gilt image of Moscow’s Red Square on the front, measuring 8.25 x 7.5 open, signed inside in ink below a p
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
180Chiang Kai-shekRR Auction
Highly appealing matte-finish 5.5 x 7.5 head-and-shoulders portrait of Chiang Kai-shek, affixed to its original 8.5 x 11 photographer’s mount, signed
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00