RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
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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Clarence Darrow184 - Clarence Darrow
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Signed book: Farmington. Later printing. NY: Boni and Liveright, 1925. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 255 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin185 - Charles Darwin
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ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, April 20, [1861]. Letter to fellow scientist Oswald Heer. In full: “I am extremely much obliged
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Charles de Gaulle186 - Charles de Gaulle
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Ink signature, “C. De Gaulle,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 card with a Nicaraguan postage stamp affixed to the center. In fine condition, with some li
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis187 - Jefferson Davis
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Ink signature, “Respectfully, Jefferson Davis,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 lightly lined slip. Tastefully matted and framed with an image of Davis to an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles de Gaulle188 - Charles de Gaulle
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Early LS in French, signed “C. De Gaulle,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.5, 507 Regiment de Chars, Le Colonel letterhead, June 22, 1938. Letter to an
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence: George Clymer189 - Declaration of Independence: George Clymer
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and founder and president of the Bank of Philadelphia (1739–1813). ADS, signed “Geo. Clymer,” one page, 8 x
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Declaration of Independence: Elbridge Gerry190 - Declaration of Independence: Elbridge Gerry
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Partly-printed DS, signed “E. Gerry,” one page, 8.75 x 14, February 9, 1811. Gerry, as governor of Massachusetts, appoints Moses Townsend “to be one o
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence: Robert Treat Paine191 - Declaration of Independence: Robert Treat Paine
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Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declar
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Declaration of Independence: Roger Sherman192 - Declaration of Independence: Roger Sherman
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1721–1793) who was the only man to also sign the Articles of Association, Articles of Conf
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Diana and Charles193 - Diana and Charles
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Choice TLS signed “Yours most sincerely, and Diana” and “Charles,” one page, 7.5 x 11.75, Buckingham Palace letterhead, October 7, 1981. Letter to Mis
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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