RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph 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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Jacqueline Kennedy101 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Gorgeous hand-painted porcelain pitcher vase originally owned by Jacqueline Kennedy, 14.5? tall, with a blue circular pattern with areas of larger red
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Lady Bird Johnson102 - Lady Bird Johnson
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Signed book: A White House Diary. First edition, first printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 9.25, 806 pages
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson103 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Color vintage glossy 11.5 x 8.25 photo of the First Family posing on the White House lawn, affixed to a 14.5 x 11.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan104 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed copy of a White House press release, seven pages, 8.5 x 14, of the speech Reagan delivered at Hambach Castle in the Federal Republic of Germany
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan105 - Ronald Reagan
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Two vintage Dubl Duck ‘Satinedge’ straightedge razors, used by William Gornik of Drucker's Barber Shop to shave Reagan and his other celebrity c...
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Estimate : 1,700.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan106 - Ronald Reagan
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Reagan’s personally-owned blue, pink, and purple floral pattern necktie from the Lilly Pulitzer store in Nantucket, measuring approximately 59? long.
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Estimate : 1,700.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Four Presidents107 - Four Presidents
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter gathered at the White House preparing to depar
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Eight Presidents108 - Eight Presidents
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Unique half-title page removed from Harry S. Truman’s Mr. Citizen, 5.5 x 9, signed in ink and felt tip by eight former presidents: “George W. Bush,” “
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Richard Nixon109 - Richard Nixon
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Color satin-finish 7.5 x 9.25 photo of Nixon posing outside of his home, affixed to its original 11 x 14 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in b
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Richard Nixon110 - Richard Nixon
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Choice TLS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 22, 1985. Letter to former Congressman Bob Wilson. In part: “Since April
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Richard Nixon111 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 27, 1992. Letter to his friend Proctor Jones, with Nixon handwriting the greeting. I
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Richard Nixon112 - Richard Nixon
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Color 4.5 x 6.25 cardstock photo of Nixon and his wife posing outside at La Casa Pacifica, signed in the lower border in black ink. In very fine condi
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Gerald Ford113 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Gerald R. Ford,” one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, June 25, 1993. Letter to SSGT Dave Phillips, a retired Marine. In part: “Thank
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Gerald Ford114 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Gerald R. Ford,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 15, 1980. Letter to a supporter. In part: “We firmly believe the Reaga
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Gerald Ford115 - Gerald Ford
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Souvenir typescript of the White House press release about the successful rescue of the SS Mayaguez, one page, 8.5 x 11, boldly signed in blue felt ti
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Gerald Ford116 - Gerald Ford
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Lovely White House Christmas card from 1974, 7 x 5.5 closed, with a color image of H. Brown’s rendition of the White House on the front. Inside bears
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Jimmy Carter117 - Jimmy Carter
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White House card, 3.75 x 2.5, with a vignette of the White House, signed in black felt tip, “Jimmy Carter.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a simila
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Ronald Reagan118 - Ronald Reagan
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Draft autograph letter, unsigned, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, no date. Draft letter reads, in full: “Thanks very much for your kind mess
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Ronald Reagan119 - Ronald Reagan
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Magazine cover from the January 5, 1981, issue of Time magazine, honoring Reagan as Man of the Year, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Joseph LaS
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Ronald Reagan120 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed book: Where’s the Rest of Me. Later printing. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 316 pages. Signed and
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Ronald Reagan121 - Ronald Reagan
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Program from the Yakima Chamber of Commerce Progress Party, 3.25 x 6.5, held on October 1, 1959, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint. In very
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan122 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Handsome glossy 5 x 7 photo of Reagan during his time in the military, signed in the upper left in black felt tip; and a color glossy 5 x 7 photo of N
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George Bush123 - George Bush
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Color satin-finish 16 x 20 full-length photo of Bush in his Yale baseball uniform, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition. Photo was signed
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George Bush124 - George Bush
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Desirable official limited edition Ebbets Field Flannels replica Yale baseball jersey, with sewn on letters and numbers, numbered 8/89, signed in blac
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George and George W. Bush125 - George and George W. Bush
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Desirable color satin-finish 9.5 x 7.75 photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “George Bush” and “To Ron—Best wishes, George W. Bush.” Attract
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Bill Clinton126 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed on the title page in blue fel
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Bill Clinton127 - Bill Clinton
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Clinton waving to an unseen crowd, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a James Spence authentication label a
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Bill Clinton128 - Bill Clinton
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Softcover Executive Office of the President telephone directory from April 1996, 8.5 x 11, 144 pages. The book lists names, phone numbers, and office
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton129 - Bill Clinton
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ALS signed “Bill,” one page, 7 x 10.5, Office of the Attorney General letterhead, April 3, 1978. Brief letter to Lee Jones. In full: “Nice day today.
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Bill Clinton130 - Bill Clinton
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, State of Arkansas letterhead, August 6, 1984. Letter to admirer. In part: “Thank you for your letter complimenting the spe
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George W. Bush131 - George W. Bush
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Uncommon ALS, one page both sides, 7 x 5, State of Texas letterhead, February 12, 2000. Letter to “Bill.” In full: “Thanks so much for your very thoug
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Barack Obama132 - Barack Obama
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Uncommon color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Obama broadly smiling, nicely signed against his dark jacket in silver ink, “All the best! Barack Obama.”
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Barack Obama133 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: Dreams from My Father. Revised edition. NY: Three Rivers Press, 2004. Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 453 pages. Signed on the title page in black i
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Presidential Books134 - Presidential Books
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Collection of 10 hardcover books, each signed on an opening page by the book’s author. Signers are: Jimmy Carter (7: White House Diary; Our Endangered
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Louis Agassiz135 - Louis Agassiz
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Eminent and versatile Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist (1807–1873) who carried out much of his research as a longtime faculty member at Har
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Alexander I136 - Alexander I
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Czar of Russia from 1801 to 1825. Unsigned, printed announcement in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, no date. In part (translated): “Alexander the 1st, E
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David Rice Atchison137 - David Rice Atchison
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American politician (1807–1886) best remembered as the subject of a controversy over whether, as president pro tempore of the Senate, he technically s
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John Bayard138 - John Bayard
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Merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia (1738–1807) who served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786.
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Menachem Begin139 - Menachem Begin
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Booklet in Hebrew containing Begin’s speech in the Knesset on the controversial subject of ‘Mihu Yehudi,’ 1970, 5.25 x 7.75, 16 pages, signed and insc
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David Ben-Gurion140 - David Ben-Gurion
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TLS in Hebrew, one page, 6.25 x 7.75, State of Israel letterhead, August 10, 1956. Letter to Eliezer Livne, a member of Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party who h
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion141 - David Ben-Gurion
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Manuscript DS in Hebrew, one page, 5 x 6.75, circa 1961. Ben-Gurion informs the family of Yitzhak Sharon that he has fallen in the line of duty on Nov
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion142 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS in Hebrew, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, State of Israel letterhead, March 27, 1955. Letter to Meir Grossman, an editor of Zionist newspapers who went on
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Josephine Bonaparte143 - Josephine Bonaparte
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Uncommon ALS in French, signed “Lapagerie Bonaparte,” one page, 4 x 6.25, April 23, 1799. Letter to Citizen Dupin, Commissioner of the Executive Power
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Boston Massacre144 - Boston Massacre
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Boston Gazette and County Journal newspaper reporting on the Boston Massacre reprinted in 1876 to celebrate the Revolutionary War Centennial, four pag
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Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte145 - Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte
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LS in Italian, signed “dal suo carmo (carissimo) figlio sono la vostra aftisma Madre,” (Of her most dear son I am your most affectionate Mother), thre
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Daniel Boone146 - Daniel Boone
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Autograph DS, one page, 6.5 x 8, November 23, 1784. Boone confirms receipt of a payment for surveying work in Fayette County, Kentucky. In part: “Rec’
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Saint John Bosco148 - Saint John Bosco
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Rare ALS in Italian, signed “Sac. G. Bosco,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August 3, 1870. Untranslated lengthy letter to his great benefactor, countess Carl
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henri Charriere151 - Henri Charriere
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Convicted murderer and author of Papillon (1906–1973), an account of his time in a penal colony in French Guiana, later turned into a film starring St
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro152 - Fidel Castro
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Vintage autograph book, 6 x 4.75, signed inside by a multitude of Cuban revolutionaries, including Castro, who signs with a Spanish sentiment and adds
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Catherine the Great153 - Catherine the Great
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Empress of Russia, 1762–96, who came to power following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III. LS in French, signed...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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