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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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Dalai Lama207 - Dalai Lama
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Color 6 x 4.5 cardstock photo of the illuminated spiritual leader against a mountainous backdrop, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with li
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Declaration of Independence: Elbridge Gerry208 - Declaration of Independence: Elbridge Gerry
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Retained draft ALS signed “E. Gerry,” one page both sides, 7 x 9.5, October 31, 1780, docketed by him on the reverse, “Copy of a Letter to the Presidt
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Declaration of Independence: McKean and Carroll209 - Declaration of Independence: McKean and Carroll
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Two items: ink signature “Thomas McKean” on a 2.25 x .25 slip clipped from a larger document; and an 1830 receipt signed by Charles Carroll. In very g
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Declaration of Independence: Thomas McKean210 - Declaration of Independence: Thomas McKean
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1734–1817) who later served as a Revolutionary War officer, delegate to the Continental Congr
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Declaration of Independence: William Williams211 - Declaration of Independence: William Williams
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Ink signature, “Wm. Williams,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip cut from a larger document. Another signature has been placed beneath Williams’. Two vertica
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Diana212 - Diana
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Choice ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 7.5, Kensington Palace letterhead, July 29, 1986. Letter of thanks to Margaret Hodge. In full: “You are really
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Porfirio Diaz213 - Porfirio Diaz
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President of Mexico from 1877 to 1880 and 1884 to 1911. Signed book: Methodes Americaines d’Education general et technique. Charleroi, 1908. Hardcover
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Benjamin Disraeli214 - Benjamin Disraeli
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Hand addressed and signed mailing envelope, 5 x 3.25, addressed in Disraeli’s hand to “Edward Engel,” and signed in the lower left corner, “B. Disrael
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DNA: Francis Crick215 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Signed book: Life Itself. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 192 pages. Signed i...
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DNA: Francis Crick216 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Signed book: What Mad Pursuit. First edition, first printing. NY: Basic Books Inc., 1988. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 182 pages. Signed on t
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DNA: Francis Crick217 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Signed book: The Astonishing Hypothesis. First edition, later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5,...
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DNA: Watson and Crick218 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photograph of Watson and Crick studying a model of DNA structure, signed in black ballpoint, “James D. Watson” and in black felt t
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DNA: Watson and Crick219 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Commemorative honoring the Nobel Prize for “Fysiologi Eller Medicin,” signed in black ballpoint by Watson, adding a small sketch of a double helix, an
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DNA: James D. Watson220 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Two hardcover books: A Slot Machine, A Broken Test Tube by S. E. Luria and Genome by Jerry E. Bishop and Michael Waldholz, each signed in black ballpo
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DNA: James D. Watson221 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Two items: TLS, signed “James Watson,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Cold Spring Harbor letterhead, dated December 23, 2010, forwarding three books for a charit
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DNA: James D. Watson222 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Signed book: Molecular Biology of the Gene. Third Edition. Later printing. NY: W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1977. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10, 739 pages. Signed on t
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DNA: James D. Watson223 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Signed book: The Double Helix. Later printing. NY: Touchstone, 1996. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 226 pages. Signed on the title page in black ballpoint. In
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DNA: James D. Watson224 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Signed book: Avoid Boring People (Lessons from a Life in Science). First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.75, 34
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Stephen A. Douglas225 - 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 Eastman226 - George Eastman
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American inventor and entrepreneur (1854–1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak company, whose invention of roll film revolutionized photography and help
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Thomas Edison227 - Thomas Edison
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Pencil ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos A. Edison,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. Scattered light toning and soiling, and a paperclip impression to top ed
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Albert Einstein228 - 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 Einstein229 - Albert Einstein
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TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists letterhead, April 29, 1947. Letter to Miss Fishel. In full: “I
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Oliver Ellsworth231 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Third Chief Justice of the United States and delegate to the Constitutional Congress who later submitted the amendments which became the Bill of Right
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Levi Eshkol232 - Levi Eshkol
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Third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. DS, in Hebrew, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 3, 1947. In very goo
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Eugenie233 - Eugenie
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Last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Two letters, in French: LS, one page, 7.5 x 1
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Alexander Fleming234 - Alexander Fleming
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Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. TLS, one pa
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Camille Flammarion235 - Camille Flammarion
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French astronomer and author (1842–1925) who authored several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism. ALS in French,
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Alexander Fleming236 - Alexander Fleming
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Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Ballpoint s
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Francisco Franco237 - Francisco Franco
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Leader of Spain (born 1892) from 1936 until his death in 1975. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5 photo of Franco in uniform, signed in fountain pen and add
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Otto Frank238 - Otto Frank
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Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. TLS, one page, 6 x
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Thomas E. Franklin239 - Thomas E. Franklin
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American photographer for The Bergen Record, best known for his photograph Raising the Flag at Ground Zero, which depicts firefighters raising the Ame
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Rudy Giuliani240 - Rudy Giuliani
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Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of Giuliani eating an apple (with the World Trade Center looming sadly in the background), signed in-person in blue f
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Jane Goodall241 - Jane Goodall
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British primatologist best known for her decades-long studies of chimpanzee behavior. Two hardcover books: The Ten Trusts and In the Shadow of Man, ea
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Mikhail Gorbachev242 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 14 x 11 photo of Gorbachev embracing President Ronald Reagan, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with some creases and edge ding
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Mikhail Gorbachev243 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 9.5 x 7 limited edition photo of Gorbachev receiving the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, #60/205, signed in blue felt tip. Double matted wit
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John Gotti244 - John Gotti
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Organized crime boss who became a major media celebrity. After an extensive operation that cost $75 million, Gotti, who had repeatedly eluded the law,
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John Hancock245 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed Revolutionary War-dated DS, signed “John Hancock, President,” one page, 14 x 9.5, January 1, 1776. Military appointment reads, in part:
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John Hancock246 - John Hancock
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Partial self-contained partly-printed Revolutionary War-dated DS, one page, 5.5 x 3, August 30, 1782. Closing of a larger document, crisply signed by
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Bob Heft247 - Bob Heft
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Designer of the 50-star flag as part of a school project (1941–2009). Nylon American flag, 32.5 x 58.5, signed vertically in black felt tip along the
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Bob Heft248 - Bob Heft
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Eight items: fabric flag, 17.5 x 12, signed on the final white stripe in black felt tip “Bob Heft, Designer of America’s 50 Star Flag, Nov. 9, 2000”;
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Hugh Hefner249 - Hugh Hefner
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Signed book: Hef’s Little Black Book. First edition. NY: HarperEntertainment, 2004. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.25 x 7.5, 183 pages. Boldly signed in b
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Hugh and Christie Hefner250 - Hugh and Christie Hefner
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Two signed photos: color satin-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders shot of Hugh Hefner in a pink cardigan, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Ja
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Martin Heidegger252 - Martin Heidegger
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Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. Felt tip signature on an of
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Joseph Henry253 - Joseph Henry
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Physicist (1797–1878) who conducted experiments in the field of electromagnetism and served as the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. ALS,
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Theodore Herzl254 - Theodore Herzl
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TLS in German, signed “Herzl,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 5, 1903. Letter to his followers, addressed as “like-minded thinkers.” In part (translated), “
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Edmund Hillary255 - Edmund Hillary
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hillary’s frozen camp below the summit of Everest, signed in blue felt tip. Triple matted to an overall size of 11 x 14. In ver
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Edmund Hillary256 - Edmund Hillary
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National Geographic cover, dated May 2003, trimmed to 7 x 10, featuring Hillary, signed vertically in black felt tip, “Ed Hillary.” In fine condition,
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Theodor Herzl257 - Theodor Herzl
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TLS in German, signed “Herzl,” one page, 8.25 x 11, April 25, 1902. In full (translated): “We have the honor to inform you that we have taken note of
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Edmund Hillary258 - Edmund Hillary
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Black felt tip signature “Ed Hillary” on a white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
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