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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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Mohandas Gandhi213 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS, in Gujarati, both sides of a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, no date, but postmarked August 24, 1932. Letter written from Yeravada Prison to his friend Dr. B
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Richard Gatling214 - Richard Gatling
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Inventor of the eponymous machine gun which has been estimated to have killed over 250,000 men since 1862. Rare ALS signed “R. J. Gatling,&...
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George III215 - George III
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Partly printed DS, signed “George R,” one page on vellum, 13.5 x 9, June 23, 1796. A commission for John Frankland as lieutenant in the 24
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George IV216 - George IV
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George IV (1762–1830) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1820 to his death. The eldest son of George III, he alienated his subjects with
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock220 - John Hancock
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Partly printed unsigned DS filled out in Hancock’s hand (and including his surname “Hancock”), one page, 9 x 4.5, November 4, 1762.
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John Hancock221 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, signed “John Hancock, President,” one page, 10.75 x 8.5, January 1, 1776. Hancock appoints Jonathan Trask an officer in
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock222 - John Hancock
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Ink signature, “John Hancock,” on an off-white slip, clipped from a larger letter or document, with “Your most hum Sevt,” writ
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Martin Heidegger224 - Martin Heidegger
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Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. Unsigned handwritten
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Theodor Herzl225 - Theodor Herzl
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Hungarian-born Austrian founder of Zionism. As a correspondent during the Alfred Dreyfus affair, he determined that the solution to anti-Semitism was
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Theodor Herzl226 - Theodor Herzl
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Concluding page of a mimeographed TLS, in German, signed “Herzl,” as Chairman of the Action Committee of the World Zionist Organization, a
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Thor Heyerdahl227 - Thor Heyerdahl
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Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer (1914–2002) best known for the Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he tested the theory of early contact bet
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Edmund Hillary and John Hunt228 - Edmund Hillary and John Hunt
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FDC with a cachet honoring the 10th anniversary of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, signed in black ink by Hillary and in blue ink by Hunt. In fine conditio
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J. Edgar Hoover229 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Twelve one-page TLSs, all written to Agent Leslie Hall, dating from October 1942 to June of 1961, informing Hall of various pay raises up to a GS 12,
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Howard Hughes230 - Howard Hughes
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Rare flight-flown commemorative cover, 9.75 x 4.5, carried by Hughes on his 1938 trans-global flight, bearing several stamps and postmarks from variou
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Sarah T. Hughes231 - Sarah T. Hughes
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Hughes swearing in Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, signed in blue ballpoi
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John Jay232 - John Jay
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American statesman (1745–1829) who served variously as President of the Continental Congress, diplomat, co-author of the Federalist Papers, and,
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John Paul II233 - John Paul II
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Spiritual card from 1990 measuring 4.5 x 6.5 closed, with the inside bearing a printed bible verse in Latin, as well as a printed signature, and also
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John Paul II234 - John Paul II
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Color 4.25 x 6 cardstock photo of the Pope against a blue sky, signed in black ink, “Jan Pawel II.” In fine condition, with a couple trivi
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John Paul II235 - John Paul II
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Uncommon satin-finish 4 x 5.75 photo as archbishop of Krakow, signed “+Karol Card. Wojtyla” in blue ballpoint on the lower border beneath
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Benito Juarez236 - Benito Juarez
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Indigenous Mexican statesman (1806–1872) who served as president of that country from 1858 until his death. Juárez is best known for his
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Estes Kefauver237 - Estes Kefauver
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “For Charter Heslep, a wonderful man whom I admire and appreciate. From
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Helen Keller238 - Helen Keller
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Vintage pencil pen signature, “Sincerely yours, Helen Keller, 31st March, 1936,” a 5.5 x 2.75 blue card from the Albert R. Chestnut collec
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Helen Keller239 - Helen Keller
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TLS, signed in her usual indelible pencil “Helen Keller,” three pages, 7 x 9, November 16, 1933. Letter written from South Arcan, Muir of
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Nikita Khrushchev and Lazar Kaganovich240 - Nikita Khrushchev and Lazar Kaganovich
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DS, in Russian, signed “Khrushchev,” two pages, 8 x 12, October 10, 1947. An official document relating to the lack of progress in sugar p
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Jacques Laffitte241 - Jacques Laffitte
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French banker and politician (1767-1844). LS in French, signed “J. Laffitte,” one page, 5.25 x 8, September 1, 1827. Letter to a colleague
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Timothy Leary242 - Timothy Leary
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ALS, on a photocopied map of his escape route from the California Men’s Colony, 8.5 x 11, no date. Leary writes: “There aren’t any p
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Timothy Leary243 - Timothy Leary
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Color 8 x 11 book photo, signed and inscribed twice in black ballpoint “To Steve—Archivist #1 Tim Leary 6-89.” In very fine conditio
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Salvador de Madariaga245 - Salvador de Madariaga
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Spanish diplomat, writer, and historian (1886–1978). Unsigned portion of a manuscript for an article or speech in Madariaga’s hand, three
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Guglielmo Marconi246 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Nobel Prize–winning, Italian-born engineer (1874–1937) whose development of “wireless telegraphy,” better known to the world a
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Marie Louise247 - Marie Louise
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The second wife of Emperor Napoleon I of France (1791-1847). Impressive partly-printed DS on vellum, in French, signed “Mary Louise.” One
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Mata Hari248 - Mata Hari
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Bold ink signature and sentiment, in French, dated January 10, 1907, on an off-white 5.5 x 8.75 sheet of Hotel Bristol stationery. Accompanied by the
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Aimee Semple McPherson249 - Aimee Semple McPherson
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Religious zealot, gaining fame and thousands of followers with her flamboyant preaching on radio. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Aimee Semple
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Mayo Brothers250 - Mayo Brothers
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Physicians Charles H. Mayo (1865–1939) and William J. Mayo (1861–1939) worked together in the family’s medical practice, which event
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Ottmar Mergenthaler251 - Ottmar Mergenthaler
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German inventor, who has been called a second Gutenberg because of his invention of a machine that could easily and quickly set movable type. Rare ALS
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Mother Teresa252 - Mother Teresa
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TLS signed “M Teresa MC,” on a 6.25 x 4.25 prayer sheet, June 26, 1991. Letter of thanks for a financial donation. In part: “Thank y
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John Muir253 - John Muir
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Naturalist and author, Muir gained the establishment of Yosemite National Park. ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 18, 1908. Letter to Minnesota journa
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Florence Nightingale254 - Florence Nightingale
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Italian-born British nurse (1820–1910), popularly known as the “Lady with a Lamp,” who first came to prominence for her care of troo
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Nobel Prize Recipients255 - Nobel Prize Recipients
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Ink and felt tip signatures of 32 Nobel Prize recipients on individual white 5 x 3 cards. Signers are: Dudley Herschbach, William Ketterle, Howard Hor
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Notables256 - Notables
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Vintage fountain pen signatures of 28 notables on individual 5.5 x 2.75 blue cards from the Albert R. Chestnut collection. Signers are: Richard Byrd,
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Lee Harvey Oswald257 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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ANS to his mother, signed “Lee,” one page, 7 x 2.75, no date. Oswald writes: “I can’t use this check of course. Put the $20 bi
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Sarah Palin258 - Sarah Palin
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Signed book: Going Rogue: An American Life. Special autographed edition of first edition, later printing. NY: Harper Collins, 2009. Hardcover with dus
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Rosa Parks259 - Rosa Parks
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Color limited edition composite lithograph titled The Mentor, numbered 128/500, 24 x 19.75, signed in black ink by Parks and in pencil by the artist,
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Arno Penzias260 - Arno Penzias
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American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. He and his colleague, Robert Woodrow Wilson, discovered cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB),
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J. C. Penney261 - J. C. Penney
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Signed book: Fifty Years with the Golden Rule. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1950. Softcover, 5 x 7.25, 245 pages. Signed on the first free
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Eva Peron262 - Eva Peron
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 5, personal letterhead, no date. Short untranslated letter to a gentleman, with Peron adding a two line sentiment at the conclusi
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Timothy Pickering263 - Timothy Pickering
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Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Washington (1745–1829). ADS, signed twice “T. Pickering,” one pag
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Max Planck264 - Max Planck
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Student grade book, in German, signed inside in pencil, “Planck, 12/11 23,” eight pages, for the 1923-24 term. Grade book for Herbert Ruft
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Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres265 - Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres
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Grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France. He fought for the Union in the American Civil War, and then for France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. ALS
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Yitzhak Rabin266 - Yitzhak Rabin
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ALS in Hebrew, one page both sides, 5 x 8, Royal Garden Hotel letterhead, February 19, 1968. In part: “Today we end our stay in Europe and go di
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Andre Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabeau268 - Andre Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabeau
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Brother of the orator Honoré Mirabeau, who was one of the reactionary leaders at the opening of the French Revolution. Manuscript DS, in French
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