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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Zita of Bourbon-Parma271 - Zita of Bourbon-Parma
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The wife (1892–1989) of Emperor Charles of Austria, and thus the last Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary, and Queen of Bohemia after the division of
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Richard E. Byrd272 - Richard E. Byrd
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Amazing archive of material from Byrd to noted shipbuilder William H. Todd, comprising of letters, books, and historical artifacts pertaining to the e
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Henry M. Stanley273 - Henry M. Stanley
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Author, explorer, and special correspondent for the New York Herald (1841–1904), most famous for his inquiry, ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?,’ upon find
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alexander von Humboldt274 - Alexander von Humboldt
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German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man’s knowle
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American Notables275 - American Notables
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Three letters from notable American figures, including: a TLS on Office of the Mayor letterhead from New York’s Fiorello La Guardia, dated November 18
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Svante Arrhenius276 - Svante Arrhenius
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Influential Swedish scientist (1859–1927) who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903 in recognition of his theory of electrolytic dissociation
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Vincent Auriol277 - Vincent Auriol
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French politician (1884–1966) who served as the first president of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “V. Aurio
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David Ben-Gurion278 - David Ben-Gurion
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Matte-finish 3.5 x 5 photo of Ben-Gurion talking, signed in blue ink in the lower border, “D. Ben-Gurion.” In fine condition, with slight brushing to
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William Blackstone279 - William Blackstone
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English jurist, judge, and Tory politician (1723–1780) known for writing Commentaries on the Laws of England; he was confirmed as the first Vinerian P
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Leonid Brezhnev280 - Leonid Brezhnev
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DS in Cyrillic, one page, 7.75 x 11.25, May 13, 1945. Untranslated military document awarding Lt. Colonel Ivan Petrovich Scherbak with military order
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Aaron Burr281 - Aaron Burr
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Unsigned docketing notation, “James Morrison v. Nathaniel F. Mix } attachment,” penned by Burr on the reverse of the second integral page of a manuscr
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Andy Card282 - Andy Card
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Former White House Cabinet member and Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Card informing President Bush of
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Andrew Carnegie283 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, April 29, 1910. Letter to Henry F. Osborne. In full: “Yours of April 27th receivd but really I have
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James Chadwick284 - James Chadwick
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English physicist (1891–1974) who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932, thus paving the way towards th
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Walter Chrysler285 - Walter Chrysler
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Fountain pen signature, “W. P. Chrysler,” on a light blue 6 x 4 autograph response card. Some chips and creases to the top of the card, otherwise fine
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Henry Clay286 - Henry Clay
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Large full free frank as secretary of state, measuring 17 x 10.5 unfolded with an 8 x 4.5 center panel, addressed in another hand to “Philip C. Pendle
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Henry Clay287 - Henry Clay
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ADS, signed within the text and on the reverse, “H. Clay,” one page, 7.5 x 4, June 6, 1809. Clay writes, in full: “Six months after date we promise to
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Colonial Massachusetts288 - Colonial Massachusetts
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Manuscript document, signed “Allen Convers” and “E,” one page, 8.5 x 12.25, March 8, 1675. Document selling an interest in a saw mill. In part (spelli
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Colonial Plymouth289 - Colonial Plymouth
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Manuscript document, unsigned, one page, 5.75 x 4.5, no date but circa 1689. A summons issued by Plymouth County. In part (spelling and grammar retain
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Frederick Douglass290 - Frederick Douglass
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Manuscript DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass,” one page, 3.25 x 8, March 5, 1884. Docketing panel of a deed for transfer of property from J. Russell Barr an
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