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 Henry VIII Signed Document1 - King Henry VIII Signed Document
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Rare and early manuscript DS, signed "Henry R," one page, 11.5 x 5, March 20, 1509/10. Petition to grant Bartholomew Brereton an extension...
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Diane de France Signed Document2 - Diane de France Signed Document
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Illegitimate daughter of Henry II, King of France, and his Piedmontese mistress Filippa Duci; she was made Duchess of Angouleme by Henry III in 1582 (
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Christian William of Brandenburg Signed Document3 - Christian William of Brandenburg Signed Document
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Son of Elector Joachim Frederick of Brandenburg and titular Margrave of Brandenburg (1587–1665) who served as Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1598 to 163
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Melchior Klesl Signed Document4 - Melchior Klesl Signed Document
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Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic church during the time of the Counter-Reformation (1522–1630). Untranslated DS in German, signed
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Frederick the Great Autograph Letter Signed5 - Frederick the Great Autograph Letter Signed
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King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma
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Frederick the Great Signed Letter6 - Frederick the Great Signed Letter
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King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma
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King Charles I Signed Document7 - King Charles I Signed Document
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King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625 until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. Desirable manuscript DS
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King George III Signed Document8 - King George III Signed Document
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Manuscript DS, signed "George R.," one page, 16.25 x 12, August 27, 1777. King George appoints Arthur Holdsworth as "Captain and Gove...
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King George III Autograph Letter Signed9 - King George III Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “G.R.,” one page, 7.25 x 9, March 6, 1783. Letter written from the "Queen's House," in part: "Lord Sidney must approve...
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Marie Antoinette Signed Document10 - Marie Antoinette Signed Document
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Vellum manuscript DS in French, signed “Marie-Antoinette,” one page, 15.25 x 10.5, November 20, 1789. A debt acknowledgment related to expenses from s
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King George IV Autograph Letter Signed11 - King George IV Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS as prince, signed “G.P.,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, January 24, 1793. Letter to Lord Elphinstone, in part: "I shall be at home the whole mornin...
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Prince Henry of Prussia Signed Letter12 - Prince Henry of Prussia Signed Letter
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Prince of Prussia, army general, and younger brother of Frederick the Great (1726–1802). LS in French, signed “Henri,” one page, 7.25 x 9, 1799. Untra
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King George III Signed Document13 - King George III Signed Document
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Partly-printed DS, signed “George R,” one page, 13.25 x 9.25, September 17, 1803. The king appoints Donald Urquhart as a "Lieutenant…in a Regim...
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King George III Signed Document14 - King George III Signed Document
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Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.5, February 18, 1805. King George appoints Alexander Forbes as "Lieutenant Gove...
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Frederick William III of Prussia Signed Document15 - Frederick William III of Prussia Signed Document
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King of Prussia (born 1770) from 1797 until his death in 1840, whose early reign was marked by the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars and dissolution of th
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Frederick William IV of Prussia Signed Document16 - Frederick William IV of Prussia Signed Document
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King of Prussia (born 1795) who reigned from 1840 until his death in 1861, best remembered for the numerous buildings he had constructed in Berlin and
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Queen Victoria Autograph Letter Signed17 - Queen Victoria Autograph Letter Signed
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text, "the Queen," one page, 4.5 x 7, Windsor Castle letterhead, October 31, 1854. In part: "This...
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Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Prince Arthur18 - Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Prince Arthur
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Signed book: Stunden der Andacht [Hours of Devotion], Volumes 1–8. Aarau: Heinrich Remigius Sauerlander, 1858. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 435 pages in first vo
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Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Princess Louise19 - Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Princess Louise
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Signed book: Eternal Hope. London: Macmillan, 1878. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 227 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ink to Prin
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Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Lord Ribblesdale20 - Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Lord Ribblesdale
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Signed book: Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands. Second edition. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1868. Leatherbound hardcover, 6 x 8.2
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King Alfonso XII Signed Document21 - King Alfonso XII Signed Document
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King of Spain (1857–1885) who reigned from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d'etat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republi...
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Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria Autograph Letter Signed22 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria Autograph Letter Signed
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Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (1858-1889) who died in a suicide pact with his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera. The ensuing s
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Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Marquess of Lorne23 - Queen Victoria Signed Book Inscribed to Marquess of Lorne
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Signed book: Windsor: A Description of the Castle, Park, Town and Neighbourhood. London: Seeley & Co., 1886. Hardcover, 10.5 x 14, 91 pages. Sig...
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Queen Victoria Books Bound for the Palace24 - Queen Victoria Books Bound for the Palace
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Rare pairing of books luxuriously bound for the palace by Zaehnsdorf: Celebration of Her Majesty's Jubilee, 1887, 12.5 x 8, 187 pages. :
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Queen Victoria Empress of India Medal25 - Queen Victoria Empress of India Medal
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An 1877 medal honoring the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India on January 1, 1877. Silver, 55 mm, 94 gm. The front features a portrait
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Queen Victoria Oversized Signed Photo26 - Queen Victoria Oversized Signed Photo
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Scarce 9.25 x 11.5 imperial cabinet portrait of Queen Victoria in a splendid full-length pose, signed in the upper left in black ink, "Victoria...
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Queen Victoria Signed Document27 - Queen Victoria Signed Document
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Victoria R.,” one page, 16 x 11.75, September 1, 1897. Queen Victoria appoints Cyril Claude Tuck as "an Officer in O...
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King Edward VII Signed Book28 - King Edward VII Signed Book
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Signed book: The Encyclopaedia of Sport, Vols. I and II. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1897–1898. Leatherbound hardcover, 8 x 10.75. Signed and inscrib
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King George VI and King Edward VIII Signed Menu29 - King George VI and King Edward VIII Signed Menu
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Dinner menu for "Princes' Galleries" at the Navy Lodge on December 2, 1919, 4.75 x 7.5, signed on the front in pencil by the future Ki...
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King Alfonso XIII Signed Photo30 - King Alfonso XIII Signed Photo
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Unusual vintage matte-finish 6.25 x 8.5 portrait of the king affixed to its original 9.5 x 13.5 studio mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in bol
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King Edward VIII Signed Program31 - King Edward VIII Signed Program
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Program for the Birmingham Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association Thirty-Third Annual Dinner on January 28, 1928, four pages, 5 x 8, signe...
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Prince George, Duke of Kent Autograph Letter Signed32 - Prince George, Duke of Kent Autograph Letter Signed
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Fifth child of King George V and Queen Mary (1902–1942) who was killed in a military aircraft accident in 1942. ALS signed “George,” three pages two,
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King Boris III Signed Document33 - King Boris III Signed Document
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The last ruler (1894–1943) of the Bulgarian Monarchy before it was abolished by the Communists in 1943. Untranslated manuscript document in Bulgarian,
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King Edward VIII Signed Speech34 - King Edward VIII Signed Speech
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Souvenir typescript, one page on an off-white 6.75 x 6.5 sheet, bearing the final portion of King Edward VIII’s farewell address, which famously concl
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King George V Signed Document35 - King George V Signed Document
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Partly-printed DS, signed “George R. I.,” one page, 11.5 x 14.5, July 16, 1935. King George appoints Thomas Frederick Parker Calvert as "Comman...
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King Edward VIII Signed Book36 - King Edward VIII Signed Book
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Gorgeous signed book: A King's Story: Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor. Limited edition, numbered 24/385. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1951. Leath...
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Prince Philip Autograph Letter Signed37 - Prince Philip Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Philip,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, Buckingham Palace letterhead, December 19, [1952]. Letter to Frank Carr, in full: "Thank ...
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Oversized Signed Photos38 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Oversized Signed Photos
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Brilliant pair of vintage matte-finish portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip from 1953: the Elizabeth photo by Dorothy Wilding measures 14.25
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signatures39 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signatures
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Visitor's log page from Queen Elizabeth's stop in Panama during the 'Commonwealth Tour' following her coronation, 6.25 x 4.75, signe...
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card40 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card
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Royal Christmas card from 1953 with an embossed golden crown on the front, measures 16 x 10, featuring a color family photo of Queen Elizabeth and Pri
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Queen Elizabeth II Oversized Signed Photo41 - Queen Elizabeth II Oversized Signed Photo
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Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 14 x 19.5 three-quarter-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth by Baron Studios (Sterling Henry Nahum), depicting the queen
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Queen Elizabeth II Autograph Letter Signed42 - Queen Elizabeth II Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Lilibet,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, Buckingham Palace letterhead, March 23, 1964. Letter to Mary, in full: "What lovely flow...
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Queen Elizabeth II Autograph Letter Signed43 - Queen Elizabeth II Autograph Letter Signed
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Wonderful ALS signed “Elizabeth R,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, Buckingham Palace letterhead, August 5, 1964. Written from Eastbourne, a letter t
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Mountbatten of Burma Signed Book44 - Mountbatten of Burma Signed Book
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Extremely limited, beautiful signed set of books: The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, Volumes I–III. Limited edition, numbered 17/55. London: The Ar
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Chulalongkorn Cabinet Photo46 - Chulalongkorn Cabinet Photo
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Fifth king of Siam under the House of Chakri (born 1853), who reigned from 1868 until his death in 1910. His reign was characterized by the modernizat
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Queen Elizabeth II Photograph47 - Queen Elizabeth II Photograph
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Original vintage semi-glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo of Queen Elizabeth II riding in a Horse Guards Parade on June 3, 1972, with the Duke of Kent
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King George V, Mary of Teck, and Princess Elizabeth Photograph48 - King George V, Mary of Teck, and Princess Elizabeth Photograph
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Original vintage glossy 8 x 6 photo of King George V, Queen Mary of Teck, and Princess Elizabeth dressed warmly and sitting in a carriage. Reverse bea
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother and Haile Selassie Photograph49 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother and Haile Selassie Photograph
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Original vintage semi-glossy 10 x 8 silver gelatin full-length photo of the Queen Mother walking with Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie down the steps
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Queen Victoria Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes50 - Queen Victoria Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes
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Two small limited edition enameled boxes made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England: a trinket box commemorating the centenary of Queen Victoria's...
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House of Windsor Halcyon Days Beakers51 - House of Windsor Halcyon Days Beakers
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Two commemorative enameled beakers made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England, each measuring 3.25? in diameter and 3.75? tall: one honoring the Diamond
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