RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Auction Details

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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Louis Pasteur187 - Louis Pasteur
RR Auction
ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4 x 5.25, June 29, 1866. Letter to a colleague, in full (translated): “Here is my note. I prefer not to
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Linus Pauling188 - Linus Pauling
RR Auction
Uncommon AMS, signed at the top, “Linus Pauling,” one page, 8 x 11, no date. An intriguing page of a scientific manuscript. In full: “This effect of i
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Albert Schweitzer189 - Albert Schweitzer
RR Auction
Wonderful collection of three items: a printed map of Schweitzer’s hospital in Lambarene, 11.5 x 9.5, signed and inscribed at the top in French (trans
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Albert Schweitzer190 - Albert Schweitzer
RR Auction
ALS in German, unsigned, one page, 9.75 x 7, February 10, 1965. Letter to the harpsichordist Lina Lalandi, in part (translated): “I thank you for your
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Arnold Sommerfeld191 - Arnold Sommerfeld
RR Auction
German theoretical physicist (1868-1951) who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics. ALS in German, signed “A. Sommerfeld,” one page, 5.
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Wendell Meredith Stanley192 - Wendell Meredith Stanley
RR Auction
Nobel Prize–winning biochemist and virologist (1904–1971). AMS in pencil, signed at the conclusion in ink, “W. M. Stanley,” one page, 8.5 x 11, dated
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
John Tyndall193 - John Tyndall
RR Auction
Prominent physicist (1820–1893) known for his study of diamagnetism and his realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. ALS, one
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Sigmund Freud194 - Sigmund Freud
RR Auction
ANS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 7.5, December 10, 1933, penned at the conclusion of a letter sent to him by Alexander Stiglitz inquiri
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Sigmund Freud195 - Sigmund Freud
RR Auction
Signed book: Neue Folge der Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis]. Vienna: Internation...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
John MacCulloch196 - John MacCulloch
RR Auction
Unsigned manuscript entirely in another hand, 48 pages, 9.5 x 15.5, no date. An unpublished French translation of the first two chapters of MacCulloch
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Conrad Malte-Brun197 - Conrad Malte-Brun
RR Auction
Danish-French geographer and journalist (1775–1826). ALS in French, signed “Malte-Brun,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.5, no date. In part (translated
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Rosa Luxemburg198 - Rosa Luxemburg
RR Auction
ALS in German, signed “R. Luxemburg,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, October 8, 1913. Letter to a comrade who contacted her with publis
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Thomas Robert Malthus199 - Thomas Robert Malthus
RR Auction
English scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography (1766–1834). ALS signed “T. B. Malthus,” four pages on two adjoining she
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Karl Marx200 - Karl Marx
RR Auction
ALS in German, signed “Dr. Karl Marx,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August 19, 1852. Letter to the publisher Heinrich Brockhaus in Leipzig, offering article
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100,000.00 - 150,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Karl Popper201 - Karl Popper
RR Auction
Immensely important philosopher of science (1902–1994). Collection of three ALSs in German, signed “K. R. Popper,” each one page, 8.25 x 11.5, dated 1
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Arthur Schopenhauer202 - Arthur Schopenhauer
RR Auction
Important and highly influential German philosopher (1788–1860) best known for his often pessimistic works exploring the nature of reality, will, and
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Christian Freiherr von Wolff203 - Christian Freiherr von Wolff
RR Auction
German philosopher (1679-1754) whose main achievement was a complete oeuvre on almost every scholarly subject of his time, representing the peak of En
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Max Weber204 - Max Weber
RR Auction
Extremely influential social theorist (1864–1920) often cited with Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx as a founding architect of sociology. ALS in German, o
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Dalai Lama205 - Dalai Lama
RR Auction
Color 9.75 x 7 cardstock photo of the Dalai Lama’s Potala Palace residence, signed in blue ballpoint. In very good condition, with somewhat noticeable
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
George Fox206 - George Fox
RR Auction
Handwritten endorsement initialed, “GF,” addressed to Oliver Cromwell, penned on the reverse of a manuscript letter concerning his opinion on a certai
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark