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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Margaret Thatcher380 - Margaret Thatcher
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Signed book: Statecraft. Collector’s edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2002. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 486 pages. Signed on the colophon i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic Survivors381 - Titanic Survivors
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Three different 5 x 3.25 cardstock photos of the Titanic from the side, interior, and front, individually signed in black felt tip by Millvina Dean, E
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic: Marshall Drew382 - Titanic: Marshall Drew
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, pictorial letterhead, no date. “I have given many talks on the Titanic and over the years have accumulated a huge pile of ‘st
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic: William Logan Gwinn383 - Titanic: William Logan Gwinn
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Postal clerk serving aboard the Titanic (1875–1912) who was lost in the sinking. ALS signed “Wm. Gwinn,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Confederate Courier Robert P. McPheeters384 - Confederate Courier Robert P. McPheeters
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Young Confederate courier (1845–1921). ALS signed “Bobbie,” eight pages, lightly-lined on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, May 9 and 11, 1864. Let
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis385 - Jefferson Davis
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ALS, one page, 5 x 7, Memphis, December 20, 1870. Letter to General Gideon Johnson Pillow. In full: “Your remarks of last evening suggested that you h
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Bell Hood386 - John Bell Hood
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Scarce ALS signed “J. B. Hood,” three pages on two sheets, 5.25 x 8, The Ebbitt letterhead, January 12, 1878. Letter to a general sent while amassing
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John C. Breckinridge387 - John C. Breckinridge
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Following his term as vice president under James Buchanan, Breckinridge served nine months as a senator from Kentucky before declaring his loyalty to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Braxton Bragg388 - Braxton Bragg
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 7.75, no date but circa 1872. Letter to Henry B. Dawson, editor of Historical Magazine. In full: “Renewin
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jubal A. Early389 - Jubal A. Early
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ALS signed “J. A. Early,” two pages, lightly-lined both sides, 7.5 x 9.75, March 17, 1872. Letter to General Fitz Lee. In part: “Showing that General
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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