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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published close to 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Oliver Ellsworth264 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Third Chief Justice of the United States and delegate to the Constitutional Congress (1777–84) who later submitted the amendments which became t
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Victor Emmanuel III265 - Victor Emmanuel III
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Original vintage 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Bettini Livorono, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in Italian and dated March 21, 1891. Scattered ton
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William Fargo266 - William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. F. Fargo,” one page, 11.5 x 9, December 15, 1868. A certificate for five shares of stock in the American Me
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Philo T. Farnsworth267 - Philo T. Farnsworth
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Inventor (1906 - 1971) best known for inventing the first fully electronic television system. Signed book: Advanced Calculus. Later printing. NY: Macm
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Benjamin Franklin268 - Benjamin Franklin
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin” as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, one page, 15.5 x 13.5, Febru
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Kuno Fischer269 - Kuno Fischer
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German philosopher (1824-1907). ALS in German, one page, 4.5 x 7, March 2, 1903. Short letter to a colleague. In part: “May I ask you to come ne
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Hamilton Fish270 - Hamilton Fish
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ALS, one page, 8 x 10, Department of State letterhead, April 6, 1875. Letter to a Massachusetts senator regarding a gentleman’s appointment to a
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Frederick III271 - Frederick III
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Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (born 1831) for only 99 days before his death in 1888. Ink signature, “Frederick William R,” on an
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Sigmund Freud272 - Sigmund Freud
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Pioneering and highly influential founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939) whose theories revolutionized the understanding the human psyche. ALS in
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Hamilton Fish273 - Hamilton Fish
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Six items: a one page DS, 12 x 18, being a passport for Robert Carter, signed at the bottom by Fish; an ALS dated July 2, 1850; a Diplomatic Corps pas
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John C. and Jessie Benton Frémont274 - John C. and Jessie Benton Frémont
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John Frémont (1813–1890) was a prominent American explorer, military officer, and politician who mapped the Oregon Trail, played a promin
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Anna Freud275 - Anna Freud
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Daughter of Sigmund Freud (1895–1982) and pioneer in the psychoanalysis of children. Collection of 13 ALSs, both in letter and postcard form, al
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Mohandas Gandhi276 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS in Gujarati, signed “Bapu’s Blessings,” one page, 4.25 x 6.25, 1928. Letter to his friend Dr. Behram Navroji Khambatti. In full:
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J. Paul Getty277 - J. Paul Getty
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Personal check, 8.5 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Getty, payable to Cash for $100.00, April 9, 1943. In fine condition, with expected stamps
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George VI and Elizabeth278 - George VI and Elizabeth
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Christmas card from 1951, measuring 8 x 10 closed, inside bears a beautiful color photo of Buckingham Palace in the springtime opposite a pre-printed
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George III279 - George III
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Partly-printed DS, signed “George R,” one page, 13.5 x 9.75, October 27, 1760. King George appoints George Maxwell “First Lieutenant
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Floyd Gibbons280 - Floyd Gibbons
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War correspondent who lived a life of danger; he was one of radio’s first news commentators, known for his fast talking delivery. Two items: TLS
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George Goethals281 - George Goethals
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Army officer and civil engineer (1858–1929) appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal. Vintage matte-finis
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Camillo Golgi282 - Camillo Golgi
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Italian physician, pathologist, scientist (1843-1926) who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1906. ALS in Italian, one page both sides, 5.5 x 9, R. U
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Mikhail Gorbachev283 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Two color glossy signed photos, one 10 x 8 and one 14 x 11, of Gorbachev receiving the Reagan Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan, each s
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Nathaniel Gorham284 - Nathaniel Gorham
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Eighth President of the United States in Congress (1738–1796) under the Articles of Confederation, a post he held in 1786. ALS signed “Nat
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Charles J. Guiteau285 - Charles J. Guiteau
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American lawyer (1841–1882) who, frustrated in his attempt to secure an ambassadorship, assassinated President James Garfield in 1881. Ink signa
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Ernst Haeckel286 - Ernst Haeckel
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Influential German evolutionist, morphologist, and developmental biologist (1834–1919). ALS in German, one page, 5.75 x 8.75, October 16, 1914.
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Otto Hahn287 - Otto Hahn
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German chemist (1879–1968) who won the 1944 Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission. ALS in German, signed “D. Otto,” both
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John Hancock288 - John Hancock
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Partly printed unsigned DS filled out in Hancock’s hand (and including his surname “Hancock”), one page, 9.25 x 4.5, June 9, 1762. A
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John Hancock289 - John Hancock
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Partly printed DS, filled out in Hancock’s hand and signed in the body “John Hancock,” one page, 9 x 4.5, November 6, 1772. A bill o
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John Hancock290 - John Hancock
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DS, one page, 7.5 x 12, May 20, 1788. Document signed as governor of Massachusetts, appointing Moses Warren, a “Quartermaster of the first regim
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John Hancock291 - John Hancock
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Superb dark ink signature, “John Hancock,” with “By order of Congress,” written above the signature, and “Presid,”
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Edmund Hillary295 - Edmund Hillary
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Two hardcover books, Ascent and No Latitude for Error, each signed on the title page in ink by Hillary. In overall fine condition, with owner’s
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John Scott Harrison296 - John Scott Harrison
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Member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio (1804-1878) and the only man to be both the son and the father of U. S. Presidents. Ink
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Martin Heidegger297 - Martin Heidegger
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Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. ALS in German, one pa
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Paul von Hindenburg298 - Paul von Hindenburg
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German World War I military hero (1847–1934) and president of Germany from 1925 to 1934. DS, in German, signed “von Hindenburg,” one
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King Hussein of Jordan299 - King Hussein of Jordan
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King of Jordan (born 1935) from 1952 until his death in 1999. Vintage matte-finish 4.25 x 5.75 photo of Hussein dressed in full military uniform smoki
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King Hussein of Jordan300 - King Hussein of Jordan
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Dinner menu, in Italian, 5 x 7, two pages, for an event held in Rome on September 4, 1990, nicely signed on the front cover in blue ink. In fine condi
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Saddam Hussein301 - Saddam Hussein
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Deposed leader of Iraq. DS, in Arabic, one page, 8.25 x 12, January 1, 1990. An untranslated typed document bearing a printed eagle with shield device
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John Jay302 - John Jay
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American statesman (1745–1829) who served variously as President of the Continental Congress, diplomat, and, from 1789 to 1795, first Chief Just
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Israeli Presidents303 - Israeli Presidents
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Four items: an untranslated TLS signed by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi; an FDC with a cachet commemorating volunteering, signed in blue felt tip by Yitzhak Rabin;
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John Paul II304 - John Paul II
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Color 4.25 x 5.75 postcard photo of the Pope in prayer at Our Lady of Einsiedeln in Switzerland, signed in blue ink, “Joannes Paulus PP. II.&a...
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John F. Kennedy, Jr305 - John F. Kennedy, Jr
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A very interesting and revealing collection of John F. Kennedy, Jr’s. English essays and schoolwork, written during his 1974 eighth-grade school
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Melvin Jones306 - Melvin Jones
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Founder of the Lions Club International. Signed book: The World’s Biggest Doers: The Story of the Lions. First edition, first printing. NY: Wilc
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John Harvey Kellogg307 - John Harvey Kellogg
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Physician and promoter of health foods best known for his invention of Corn Flakes. AQS signed “John Harvey Kellogg, Sept. 8, 1927,” on a
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Nikita Khrushchev308 - Nikita Khrushchev
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DS, in Russian, one page, 8.5 x 12, August 18, 1949. Brief untranslated document, signed at the conclusion in green ink by Khrushchev. In very good co
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Coretta Scott King309 - Coretta Scott King
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Martin Luther King informational slip, 3.5 x 8, bearing an image of the civil rights leader at the top, signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Core
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Martin Luther King, Jr310 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Rare and early program from the 40th Anniversary of the Utility Club, Inc., honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., as their Man of the Year, held in the Gr
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Richard E. Leakey311 - Richard E. Leakey
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, of the first page of Chapter One of The Making of Mankind, signed at the bottom in black ink. In part, &...
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Timothy Leary312 - Timothy Leary
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Counterculture psychologist, author, and LSD advocate (1920–1996) who became one of the most colorful and controversial media figures of the 196
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Timothy Leary313 - Timothy Leary
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Signed book: Chaos & Cyber Culture. First edition, first printing. California: Ronin Publishing, 1994. Softcover, 8.5 x 11, 272 pages. Signed and
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Louis XII314 - Louis XII
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King of France and the sole monarch from the Valois-Orléans branch of the House of Valois (1462-1515). He reigned from 1498 to 1515 and pursued
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Guglielmo Marconi315 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “Guglielmo Marconi, Rome (Itay), 4th February 1937,” on a 5.5 x 2.75 blue card from the Albert R. Chestnut
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Thomas Mifflin316 - Thomas Mifflin
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Manuscript DS, signed “Tho. Mifflin,” one page on vellum, 15.5 x 13, September 30, 1790. A quitclaim deed for a parcel of land called &a...
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