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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 370 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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Leopold I304 - Leopold I
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Holy Roman emperor, 1658-1705. Manuscript DS, in German, signed in gold-flecked ink, “Leopold,” one page both sides, 8 x 13, no date. Untranslated doc
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Leopold I305 - Leopold I
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Exquisite hand-illuminated vellum manuscript DS, in German, twelve pages, 10 x 12.5, 1676. Patent of nobility granted to Wolfgang Brahame. Page seven
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Robert Todd Lincoln306 - Robert Todd Lincoln
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Pristine ink signature, “Robert T. Lincoln,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned original Brady cabinet pho
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Carl Linnaeus307 - Carl Linnaeus
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Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707-1778), who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. ALS in Old Swedish, o
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Jean Lussier308 - Jean Lussier
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French-Canadian daredevil who made headlines in 1928 when he became one of the few survivors of the storied challenge to go over Niagara Falls accompl
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Marcello Malpighi309 - Marcello Malpighi
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Italian doctor (1628-1694) who gave his name to several physiological features and played an important part in the discovery of the microscope and stu
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Horace Mann310 - Horace Mann
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American politician, abolitionist, and education reformer (1796–1859). Handwritten free-franked panel, 5 x 3, addressed in Mann’s hand to “Miron J. Ha
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William L. Marcy311 - William L. Marcy
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American statesman (1786–1857), U S Senator, 11th Governor of New York, U S Secretary of War under James K. Polk, and U S Secretary of State under Fra
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Cyrus McCormick312 - Cyrus McCormick
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Inventor and businessman (1809–1884) whose reaper revolutionized American agriculture. Handwritten check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by McCormick
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Richard J. McDonald313 - Richard J. McDonald
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Early American fast food pioneer, who established the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1940. Color satin-finish 5 x ...
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Alexander McDougall314 - Alexander McDougall
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Served as a major general in the Continental Army, and as a delegate to the Continental Congress. After the war, he was the president of the first ban
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Mendez v. Westminster School District315 - Mendez v. Westminster School District
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Case filed by Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez in 1944 when a Westminster, California elementary school denied their children enrollment due to the color
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James H. Meredith316 - James H. Meredith
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Civil rights icon (born 1933) who gained worldwide attention in 1962 when, after a public political struggle between JFK and segreationist Governor Ro
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Thomas Hunt Morgan317 - Thomas Hunt Morgan
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In 1933 he received the Nobel Prize in physiology for his studies of the role of chromosomes in heredity. ALS on the reverse of a one-cent postal card
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J. Pierpont Morgan318 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Fountain pen signature, “J. Pierpont Morgan,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1 slip clipped from the bottom of a check. Slip has been professionally silked. I
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Mother Teresa319 - Mother Teresa
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “God bless you, M Teresa mc.” In fine condition.
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Pervez Musharraf320 - Pervez Musharraf
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Leader of Pakistan as prime minister and president (born 1943) from October 1999 to August 2008. Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in blu
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Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III321 - Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III
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DS, in Italian, one page, 9.5 x 14.5, March 13, 1927. An untranslated document, signed at the conclusion in black ink, “Vittorio Emanuel” and “Mussoli
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Benito Mussolini322 - Benito Mussolini
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Bombastic Italian dictator and leader of the National Fascist Party (1883–1945). Known as ‘Il Duce,’ he brought Italy into the Axis powers. Handwritte
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Napoleon III323 - Napoleon III
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President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire (1808–1873). ALS in French signed “Napoleon Bonapar
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Gamal Abdel Nasser324 - Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Distinguished vintage matte-finish 4.25 x 6.75 head-and-shoulders embossed photo, signed in the bottom border in fountain pen, “Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ca
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National Equal Rights Party325 - National Equal Rights Party
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Belva A. Lockwood was a pioneering suffragist (1830–1917) and was the first woman to appear on an official ballot in 1884 when she ran for president o
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John Nicholson326 - John Nicholson
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Financier, businessman, and comptroller general of Pennsylvania (1765–1852). Partly-printed DS, signed “Jn. Nicholson,” one page, 6.75 x 4, April 13,
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Nobel Peace Prize327 - Nobel Peace Prize
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Fifty-two items consisting of FDCs, a magazine cover, letters, signatures, and signed photos from Nobel Peace Prize winners. Signers are: Dalai Lama,
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Nobel Prize Winners328 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Fourteen items: booklet from the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge, 6.25 x 10.5, signed on the front cover in black
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Notables329 - Notables
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Immense collection of approximately 200 items consisting of signatures, letters, covers, and signed photos signed by governors, dozens of senators, ca
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Lord Henry Palmerston330 - Lord Henry Palmerston
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British statesman (1784–1865) who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. ALS signed “Palmerston,” one page both
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Linus Pauling331 - Linus Pauling
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Stanford University letterhead, February 2, 1971. In a response to an inquiring fan, Pauling writes, in full: “I thank you fo
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Robert E. Peary332 - Robert E. Peary
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Fountain pen signature, “Compliments of R. E. Peary, U.S.N.,” on a light green 4.75 x 2.25 slip clipped from a Bulletin of the American Geographical S
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Robert Peel333 - Robert Peel
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British home secretary in the 1820s, he instituted the police force, whose members were nicknamed ‘bobbies’ and ‘peelers’ after him. Third-person ALS,
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J. C. Penney334 - J. C. Penney
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American businessman and entrepreneur (1875–1971) who built a chain of eponymous retail stores and pioneered employee profit sharing. TLS, one page, 7
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Juan Peron335 - Juan Peron
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DS, in Spanish, signed “Peron,” one page, 9 x 12.5, September 10, 1945. Untranslated official document, signed at the conclusion by Peron. Expected st
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Charles C. Pinckney336 - Charles C. Pinckney
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Signer of the US Constitution from South Carolina and a South Carolina governor, senator, and representative. Signed book: Winter Nights; Fire-Side Lu
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Pope John Paul II337 - Pope John Paul II
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Color 4 x 6 heavy cardstock photo of the Holy Father waving to an unseen audience, signed in black ink, “Joannes Paulus PP II.” In very good to fine c
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Pope Pius VIII338 - Pope Pius VIII
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Born Francesco Xaverio Castiglione, pope from 1829–1830, a mere twenty months of reign. ALS in Italian, signed “F. S. Card Castiglioni,” one page, 7.2
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Pope Sixtus V339 - Pope Sixtus V
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Born Felice Peretti di Montalto (1521-1590) who served as Pope from 1585 to 1590. He was responsible for reforming the central administration of the c
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Terence V. Powderly340 - Terence V. Powderly
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Union leader (1849–1924) and head of the Knights of Labor. Endorsed bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Powderly’s secon
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon341 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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French politician and philosopher (1809–1865) who was the first to describe himself as an anarchist. ALS in French, signed “P. J. Proudhon,” one page,
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Pulitzer Prize Poets342 - Pulitzer Prize Poets
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Eight items: six souvenir typescripts, each individual poem signed in ballpoint or felt tip by the Pulitzer Prize winning author. Signers are: Anne Se
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Queen Marie Amelie de Bourbon343 - Queen Marie Amelie de Bourbon
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Queen of the French from 1830–1848 and consort to Louis Philippe I. ANS in French, signed “A,” one page, 4 x 5.25, embossed personal letterhead, no da
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Queen Noor344 - Queen Noor
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Signed book: Leap of Faith. First edition. NY: Miramax Books, 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 467 pages. Signed in blue felt tip on the ha
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Queen Victoria345 - Queen Victoria
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Partly-printed DS, signed in the upper left corner, one page, 14 x 9.5, July 4, 1849. Queen Victoria appoints Francis Henry Atherly Gint “to be Ensign
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Queen Victoria346 - Queen Victoria
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DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page both sides, 8 x 13, August 20, 1872. Document reads, in part: “Edward Sweeting…expressed unto us…James Clarke…was co
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Queen Victoria347 - Queen Victoria
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Bold ink signature, “Victoria R,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 slip. In fine condition, with some scattered light soiling and a few bends.
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Edmund Randolph348 - Edmund Randolph
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Statesman and politician (1753–1813) who variously served as aide-de-camp to Washington, member of the Continental Congress, the first Attorney Genera
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Francesco Redi349 - Francesco Redi
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Italian physician, naturalist, and poet (1626–1697). ALS in Italian, signed “F. Redi,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, no date. Letter to his brother Giovanni Ba
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Samuel and Eliphalet Remington350 - Samuel and Eliphalet Remington
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American firearms manufacturers. Two checks: bank check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Remington, “S. Remington,” payable to Self for $124.36, D
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Paul Revere351 - Paul Revere
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American patriot and metalsmith (1735–1818) whose 1775 “Midnight Ride” to warn of an impending British invasion later became one of the most celebrate
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Charles Richter352 - Charles Richter
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Seismologist, most famous as the creator of the Richter Magnitude Scale which quantifies the size of earthquakes. FDC with a cachet honoring the Cente
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Louis de Rohan353 - Louis de Rohan
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French bishop of Strasbourg, politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1734–1803). ALS in French, signed “Louis Rohan,” one page, 6.75 x 8.25
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