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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 over 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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Cesar Chavez253 - Cesar Chavez
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Farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927–1993) who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW). Pearl-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders
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Julia Child254 - Julia Child
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Child holding out a delicious cake, signed in black felt tip, “Bon Appetit, Julia Child.” In fine condition, with a few scatter
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody255 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Wonderful original vintage 4.25 x 6 Gessford cabinet photo of Cody in a three-piece suit and hat, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black in
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Marie Curie256 - Marie Curie
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TLS in French, signed “M. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Faculte Des Sciences De Paris letterhead, January 29, 1930. An untranslated letter to Yale Ph
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody257 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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ALS signed “Col ,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Cody-Dyer Mining and Milling Co. letterhead, March 17, 1912. Letter to fellow Wild West legend G. W. ‘Pawn
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Andrew G. Curtin259 - Andrew G. Curtin
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Lawyer and politician (1817-1894) who served as the governor of Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “A. G.
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Harvey Cushing260 - Harvey Cushing
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Surgeon (1869–1939) who pioneered many modern neurosurgical techniques and investigated the functions of the pituitary gland. Signed book: From a Surg
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Dalai Lama261 - Dalai Lama
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Color 5.75 x 8 lightweight photo, signed in blue ballpoint. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original September 13, 1982, letter of transmit
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Jefferson Davis262 - Jefferson Davis
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8, October 11, 1884. Jefferson writes to Colonel Robert Scott concerning a text of his Civil War recollec
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Charles de Gaulle263 - Charles de Gaulle
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Esteemed French military leader and politician (1890–1970) who headed that country’s government during much of World War II and served again as prime
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Jefferson Davis264 - Jefferson Davis
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American military officer and politician (1808–1889) who, after serving as a senator and US Secretary of War, was the first and only president of the
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence: Francis Hopkinson265 - Declaration of Independence: Francis Hopkinson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785) and a delegate to the Continental Congress. Partly-printed DS, signed twice “F
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Declaration of Independence: William Williams266 - Declaration of Independence: William Williams
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1811). DS, signed “Wm. Williams Treasr,” one page, 6.5 x 1.75, January 8, 1782. Handw
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Diana267 - Diana
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Printed thank you message, signed at the conclusion in ink, “Diana,” one page, 8 x 12.75, Kensington Palace letterhead, November 1995. This message, t
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Diana and Charles268 - Diana and Charles
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Christmas card from 1982, 13.5 x 6 open, embossed in gold on the outside with Prince of Wales’s Feathers and Garter motto, as well as the Spencer fami
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Diana269 - Diana
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Simply stunning satin-finish 6 x 8 photo of Diana resting her head in her hand, affixed to its original 7.5 x 9.5 mount, signed on the mount in black
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Diana and Charles270 - Diana and Charles
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Uncommon Christmas card from 1987, 8 x 6 folded, opens to 16 x 6, embossed in gold on the outside with Prince of Wales’ Feathers and Garter motto, as
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John A. Dix and Fernando Wood271 - John A. Dix and Fernando Wood
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Dix (1798–1879) was Secretary of the Treasury, US Senator, governor of New York, and a Union major general during the Civil War; Wood (1812–1881) was
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DNA: Francis Crick272 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Along with Maurice Wilkins and James D. Watson, Crick shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the function and structure of DNA, provi
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DNA: Watson and Crick273 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Along with Maurice Wilkins, James D. Watson (born 1928) and Francis Crick (1916–2004) shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the func
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DNA: Francis Crick274 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Glossy 5 x 7 publicity photo, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a trivial spot below signature and a small corner bump to top right.
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DNA: James Watson275 - DNA: James Watson
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Biologist who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the function and structure of DNA, providing the prime impetus for further resea
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Stephen A. Douglas276 - Stephen A. Douglas
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Eminent American senator and statesman (1813–1861), dubbed the ‘Little Giant,’ perhaps best remembered for his role in the Lincoln-Douglas debates dur
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George Downing277 - George Downing
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British politician (1623–1684) for whom Downing Street, site of the Prime Minister’s residence, is named. Vellum DS, in Latin, signed “G. Downing,” on
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Paul Du Chaillu278 - Paul Du Chaillu
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French-American traveler and anthropologist (1835–1903) best known as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas and the Pygmy peo
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W. E. B. DuBois279 - W. E. B. DuBois
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Influential black writer and educator who helped transform the prevailing view of his people’s role in America. Scarce vintage ink signature, “W. E. B
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Thomas Edison280 - Thomas Edison
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Very nice vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of a painting of Edison, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen in the blank lower border, “To Bruno
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Oliver Ellsworth281 - 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 the Bil
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Albert Einstein282 - Albert Einstein
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Poignant TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, embossed personal letterhead, Princeton, February 20, 1939. Letter to Doris Appel, a renowned m
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Albert Einstein283 - Albert Einstein
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “A. Einstein, 1942,” on an off-white 5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with scattered soiling and trimmed edges. A bold
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Thomas Edison284 - Thomas Edison
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Manuscript DS, signed “Thomas Alva Edison,” thirteen pages, 9 x 14, November 22, 1881. Edison’s 1883 patent application sent to the Governor General o
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Edgar Evans285 - Edgar Evans
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Naval officer (1876-1912) who was one of Robert Falcon Scott's companions on his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912....
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James C. Fargo286 - James C. Fargo
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Brother of American Express founder William C. Fargo (1829–1915) who himself later served as president of that company. Engraved DS, signed “Jas. C. F
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Hamilton Fish287 - Hamilton Fish
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Politician (1808–1893) who served as governor of New York, US senator, and secretary of state. Original 4.25 x 6.5 Matthew Brady cabinet portrait phot
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Ferdinand and Isabella288 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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Spanish monarchs best known as the sponsors and patrons of Christopher Columbus. Manuscript DS, in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey [I the King]” by Ferdina
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Henry Flagler289 - Henry Flagler
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Real estate and railroad entrepreneur and president of the Standard Oil Company (1830–1913) who set out to make Florida the ‘Newport of the South’ by
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Father E. J. Flanagan290 - Father E. J. Flanagan
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American Roman Catholic priest (1886–1948) best known for founding Boys Town, where he espoused an education-based approach to reforming ‘wayward’ you
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John Ford291 - John Ford
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American theater manager (1829-1894), most famous for operating Ford's Theatre at the time of the Abraham Lincoln assassination. Rare ALS signed...
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Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex292 - Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
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Sixth son of George III of the United Kingdom (1773-1843). ALS signed “Augustus F.,” one black-bordered page both sides, 7 x 9, June 21, 1837. Letter
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Muammar Gaddafi293 - Muammar Gaddafi
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Color 5.25 x 7.5 heavy cardstock photo of a younger Gaddafi, signed in red felt tip. In fine condition.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi294 - Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Italian patriot and soldier (1807–1882) best known for leading the attack of the ‘Red Shirts’ on Sicily in 1860. Stoic 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait, si
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William Lloyd Garrison295 - William Lloyd Garrison
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AQS, signed “Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury,” on a 5 x 7.5 album page, dated March 31, 1878. Garrison pens a quote based on the Robert Burns song ‘Is The
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Bill Gates297 - Bill Gates
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Co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and the richest man in the world. Series 1976 two dollar bill, signed on the portrait side in black ink as “Wil
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Alexander Hamilton299 - Alexander Hamilton
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Signed book: A Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills; Compiled Out of the Laws, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Cannon by Henry Swinburne, Volumes 1-3 . .
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Alexander Hamilton300 - Alexander Hamilton
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LS as secretary of the Treasury, one page both sides, 8 x 10, August 27, 1790. Hamilton writes to William Ellery (1727–1820), collector at Newport and
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Hancock301 - John Hancock
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Three items: a crisp ink signature, “John Hancock,” on an off-white 2.25 x 1.75 clipped slip; a 1780 ALS to Hancock from his neighbor Samuel Bridge, e
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John Hancock303 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, signed “John Hancock,” one page, 10.75 x 8.5, January 1, 1776. Hancock appoints Samuel Loring an officer in the infantry. In part:
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John Hancock304 - 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, July 29, 1767. A bill of lading for a brig i
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John Hay306 - John Hay
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Private secretary (1838–1905) to and, later, biographer of Abraham Lincoln who also served as secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt. Vintage
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Sven Hedin307 - Sven Hedin
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Swedish explorer (1865–1952) who mapped the Himalayas and other regions in Central Asia. Ink signature, “After a charming and never–to–be–forgotten di
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