RR Auction: Fine Autographs and 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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Partly-printed DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 7.75 x 12.25, June 8, 1783. Rare military document, in full: “By His Excellency George Washingto
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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John Adams2 - John Adams
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Rare partial self-contained third-person ADS, signed within the text, one page, 7 x .75, August 13, 1770. In full: “Boston, August 13, 1770. Rec’d of
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison3 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed partial DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 8 x 15.5, no date but circa 1801–1
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison4 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partial partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 4.5, November 28, 18
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Madison5 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 10.75, May 20, 1815. President Madison confers on “Captain Thomas Stockton, of the Army of the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Madison6 - James Madison
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Ink signature as president, “James Madison,” on an off-white 5 x 1.5 vellum slip clipped from a document. Also signed by Secretary of State Robert Smi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe7 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed scallop-top vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 10 x 15.25, February 6, 1
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe8 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 9, May 23, 1822. President Monroe grants Edward Bryson of Belmont County a parcel of land in
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James Monroe9 - James Monroe
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Ink signature as president, “James Monroe,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1 vellum slip clipped from a document. In very good condition, with light toning and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams10 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 11.5 x 15, July 3, 1823. Scallop
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson11 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, two pages, 11.25 x 14.5, March 18, 1834. A patent issued to Isaac Robinson, who “hath alleged that he has invented a n
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson12 - Andrew Jackson
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Scarce hand-addressed free frank panel, 5.5 x 3, addressed by Jackson to “Robert Beal Esqr, Washington City, D. Columbia,” and franked along the top,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson13 - Andrew Jackson
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text, one page, 7.75 x 4, January 2, 1823. In full: “Genl. Jackson with compliments to Mr. King informs him that h
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren14 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 11.75 x 14.5, June 16, 1838. Scallop-top ship’s pass issued for “the Barque Ge
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler15 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.5 x 5.5, March 24, 1826. As governor of Virginia, Tyler reappoints a sheriff. In part: “William Dupree the present Sher
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Zachary Taylor16 - Zachary Taylor
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Uncommon LS signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 16, 1835. In full: “Herewith enclosed you will receive an annual return of alterations of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore17 - Millard Fillmore
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 18, March 13, 1851. President Fillmore appoints Donald McNeill Fairfax as “a Lieutenant in the
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore18 - Millard Fillmore
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Extremely rare 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Fillmore in a three-quarter-length seated pose, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Millard
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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James Buchanan19 - James Buchanan
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.75 x 16.75, November 11, 1859. Four language ship’s paper issued to “James Nichols, master or commander o
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln20 - Abraham Lincoln
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LS signed by Lincoln, “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 2.75, June 19, 1860. Letter to J. Van Prag complying with an autograph request. In full: “I herewith
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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