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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J. Pierpont Morgan269 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Handsome DS, one page both sides, 9.5 x 13.5, June 30, 1886. A one-hundred year bond issued by the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company for $1000, sig
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William Randolph Hearst270 - William Randolph Hearst
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TLS signed “W. R. Hearst,” one page, 8.5 x 10.75, New York American letterhead, March 25, 1916. Letter to Reverend Oscar Haywood, in full: "A w...
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Henry Wells and William Fargo271 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells" and "Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12.25 x 8.25, January 16, 1865. Handsomely engraved certificate for ...
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Edmond Becquerel272 - Edmond Becquerel
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French physicist (1820–1891) credited with the discovery of the photovoltaic effect. ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, blindstamped monogr
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Thomas Edison273 - Thomas Edison
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Remarkable matte-finish 6.5 x 8.5 portrait of Edison in a three-quarter-length pose seated in his study with his hands gently clasped in his lap, affi
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Albert Einstein274 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, August 22, 1940. Letter to Dr. S. B. Bamberger, in full (translated): "Your claim that...
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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac275 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
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French chemist and physicist (1778-1850) best known for his investigations into the nature and behavior of gases. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “
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Sigmund Freud276 - Sigmund Freud
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Amazing autograph 5.5 x 3.5 postcard signed in fountain pen by Freud, "Prosit 1912, Onkel Sigm," postmarked Wien January 1, 1912, addresse...
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Sigmund Freud277 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 9, personal letterhead, November 11, 1932. Letter to German-American writer and Nazi sympathizer Georg
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Thomas Robert Malthus278 - Thomas Robert Malthus
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English scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography (1766–1834). ALS signed “T. Robt. Malthus,” one page both sides, 7.25 x
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David Ricardo279 - David Ricardo
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Extremely influential classical economist (1722–1823) known for developing the theory of comparative advantage. ALS, one page, 7.25 x 8.75, July 10, 1
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Pope Benedict XV280 - Pope Benedict XV
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Pope born Giacomo della Chiesa (1854–1922) who reigned from 1914 until his death. Benedict's pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he ...
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Joseph Bonaparte281 - Joseph Bonaparte
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Older brother of Napoleon (1868-1844) who served as King of Spain from 1808 to 1813, and King of Naples from 1806 to 1808. ALS in French, signed “Jose
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Lord William Cecil Burghley and Charles Howard282 - Lord William Cecil Burghley and Charles Howard
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Burghley was a prominent English statesman (1520–1598) who served as Secretary of State, Lord High Treasurer, and Chief Advisor of Queen Elizabeth I f
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Michel Chevalier283 - Michel Chevalier
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French engineer, statesman, and economist (1806–1879) who, with Richard Cobden and John Bright, prepared the free trade agreement of 1860 between the
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Winston Churchill284 - Winston Churchill
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Signed book: The World Crisis. First abridged edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover, 7 x 9.5, 866 pages. Signed on the first fre...
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Winston Churchill285 - Winston Churchill
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Superior matte-finish 4.5 x 5.75 portrait of Churchill originally taken by Edward Steichen, affixed to a 7.75 x 10.75 mount annotated in pencil, &qu...
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Winston Churchill286 - Winston Churchill
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Mailing envelope embossed on the flap with a Colonial Office seal, 5 x 4.25, addressed in another hand to "D. J. Wintle, Esq: Carmelite House, ...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emmanuel III287 - Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emmanuel III
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Partly-printed DS in Italian, one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.75, May 21, 1934. Untranslated official document, boldly signed at the conclusion by Musso
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Napoleon288 - Napoleon
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Appealing partly-printed DS in French, signed “NP,” one page, 21.75 x 15.5, December 30, 1812. Military appointment authorizing Jean–Joseph Dejoannis
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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