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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King James II186 - King James II
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The last Catholic monarch (1633–1701) to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, crowned in 1685. ALS, unsigned, one page both side
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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King Kalakaua187 - King Kalakaua
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King of Hawaii (1836–1891) who was elected to the vacant throne in 1874 by a legislature that had been convened for the purpose. Kalakaua almost singl
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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King Sigismund III Vasa188 - King Sigismund III Vasa
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Important king of Poland and Sweden (1566–1632) whose long reign coincided with the apex of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's prestige, power...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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King Louis XI189 - King Louis XI
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King of France (born in 1423) who reigned from 1461 to 1483. Scarce vellum manuscript DS in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 12 x 9.5, March 29, 1468
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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King Louis XII190 - King Louis XII
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King of France from 1498 to 1515, popularly called ‘the Father of the People’ (1462–1515). Scarce LS in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 8.75 x 6.75,
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Adolph Freiherr Knigge191 - Adolph Freiherr Knigge
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German writer and Freemason (1752-1796) best remembered for his affiliation with the Order of the Illuminati and his book On Human Relations. ALS in G
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Sebastian Kneipp192 - Sebastian Kneipp
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Bavarian priest (1821–1897) who pioneered naturopathic medicine, particularly a form of hydrotherapy known as the Kneipp cure. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cab
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Peter Kropotkin193 - Peter Kropotkin
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Russian geographer, zoologist, and political theorist (1842–1921) best known for his advocacy of anarchist communism. ALS signed “P. Kropotkin,” four
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Pyotr Lavrov194 - Pyotr Lavrov
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Prominent Russian theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist, and sociologist (1823–1900) who endorsed revolutionary socialist ideals. Rare ALS in R
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr195 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Sought-after ballpoint signature, “With Best Wishes, Martin Luther King,” on an off-white 3 x 1.25 slip. Expertly double-matted and framed with a port
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Georg Limnaeus196 - Georg Limnaeus
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German astronomer and professor of mathematics who built the first observatory at Jena (1554–1611). Rare AQS in Latin on an off-white 5.25 x 5.25 shee
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Nelson Mandela197 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. First paperback edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 638 pages. Signed on the f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Marie Antoinette198 - Marie Antoinette
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Fabled queen of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793) whose public execution, along with that of her husband, was the most grisly, visible, and powerful sym
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Tomas Masaryk199 - Tomas Masaryk
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Founder and first President of Czechoslovakia (1850–1937). Two letters to British journalist Annie Christitch: an ALS, signed “T. G. Masaryk,” one pag
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Pierre Louis de Maupertuis200 - Pierre Louis de Maupertuis
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French mathematician and philosopher (1698–1759). LS in French, signed “Maupertuis,” one page, 6 x 8, April 3, 1750. Letter to the naturalist and phil
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Catherine de Medici201 - Catherine de Medici
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Queen Consort of France (born Florence, 1519) from 1547 to 1559 and mother of three French kings: Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. ALS in French
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Marie de Medici202 - Marie de Medici
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Queen consort of France (1575–1642) 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 : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III203 - Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III
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Collection of 14 untranslated DSs in Italian, totaling 32 pages, each approximately 9.5 x 14.5, dated between 1925 and 1937. All are signed at the con
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gregor Mendel204 - Gregor Mendel
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Rare autograph DS in German, signed “Gr. Mendel,” one page, 8.25 x 13.5, September 1, 1878. Untranslated document concerning a financial transaction,
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon205 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “appr, Np,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 12, November 2, 1807. Document regarding the appointment of a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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