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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Ted Kennedy144 - Ted Kennedy
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Collection of four TLSs from Ted Kennedy to Department of Labor lawyer Ray O'Connell, signed “Ted,” totaling five pages, United States Senate le...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr145 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Choice ballpoint signature, “Bill, Best Wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.,” on an off-white 7 x 5.75 gridded sheet. Handsomely double-matted and framed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr146 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Why Can’t We Wait. First softcover printing. NY: Signet, 1964. Softcover, 4.25 x 7, 159 pages. Signed inside the front cover in blue ink,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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The Livingstons147 - The Livingstons
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Collection of five letters by members of the illustrious Livingston family of early America, including: an ALS regarding subpoena and contempt of cour
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Thomas Penn148 - Thomas Penn
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ALS signed “Tho Penn,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, October 9, 1762. Letter to Edward Penington of Philadelphia, in part: “As I mentioned you to my N
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Penn149 - William Penn
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English-born Quaker (1644–1718) and founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Manuscript DS, signed “Wm Penn,” one page, 14.75 x 11
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Edmund Randolph150 - Edmund Randolph
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American politician (1753–1813) who served as both attorney general and secretary of state in George Washington’s cabinet. Partly-printed DS, signed “
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Texas: Sam Houston151 - Texas: Sam Houston
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Bold franking signature, “Free, Sam Houston,” on an off-white 5.5 x 2.75 slip clipped from a larger address panel. In very good condition, with a vert
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Watergate152 - Watergate
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Impressive collection of over 140 items consisting primarily of letters, signatures, photos, and covers, each signed in ink by a notable figure in the
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Western: Geronimo153 - Western: Geronimo
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Sought-after pencil signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2 card, with collector’s notations penciled above and below: “Signature of Geronimo,
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Western: Two Guns White Calf154 - Western: Two Guns White Calf
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Blackfoot chief (1872–1934) best known for the durable though still-controversial claim that he served as one of the models for sculptor James Earle F
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Western: William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody155 - Western: William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Pencil signature, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill,” on an off-white 6.5 x 8 album page. Also signed below by politician John A. Kasson. Rough right edge, s
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Wharton156 - Thomas Wharton
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Pennsylvania merchant and politician (1735–1778) who served as the first President of Pennsylvania. Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, signed “Tho
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Burger Court157 - Burger Court
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Impressive color matte-finish 14 x 10.5 photograph of the justices, affixed to a 14.5 x 13 mount, signed on the mount in various inks by all nine, inc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr158 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
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ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6, April 17, no year. In part: “I was sorry that I had missed seeing you when you called. I had
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Evans Hughes159 - Charles Evans Hughes
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Politician and jurist (1862–1948) who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1930 to 1941. Matte-finish 9.5 x 13.5 Harris & Ewing pho...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Roger B. Taney160 - Roger B. Taney
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1777) from 1836 until his death in 1864. Before holding that office, Taney served as secretary of the treasur
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Wilkes Booth161 - John Wilkes Booth
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Scarce printed broadside playbill, 6 x 18, advertising a performance of Hamlet at Willard’s Howard Athenaeum in Boston on September 30, 1863, starring
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald162 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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ALS in pencil, signed “Lee,” one page, 5 x 8, November 17, [1962]. Letter to his brother Robert. In full: “In answer to your kind invitation for Thank
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby163 - Jack Ruby
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Jack Ruby’s pocket notepad, twenty pages, 2.25 x 3.75, circa 1956. Each page is perforated at the center, with some of the lower halves absent. The pa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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