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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Erich Honecker357 - Erich Honecker
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German communist politician (1912–1994) who ruled East Germany from 1971 until just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Glossy 4 x 5.75 head-a
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J. Edgar Hoover358 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Signed book: Masters of Deceit. Later printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 374 pages. Signed in blue ink on the firs
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J. Edgar Hoover359 - J. Edgar Hoover
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, FBI letterhead, January 3, 1963. Letter reads, in part: “While I would like to be of service, the FBI, as an investigative ag
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J. Edgar Hoover360 - J. Edgar Hoover
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TLS signed “Speed,” one page, 7 x 9, FBI letterhead, February 4, 1953. Letter to Miles Jones. In part: “I am glad that you had the opportunity of seei
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Joseph Hopkinson361 - Joseph Hopkinson
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Congressman from Pennsylvania who later served as a federal judge (1770–1842). DS, signed “Jos. Hopkinson,” one page, 8.75 x 10.75, May 21, 1821. Docu
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Inventors362 - Inventors
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Collection of eight items, primarily consisting of signatures and letters, each signed by an inventor of some sort. Signers are: Henry Bessemer, Peter
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Israeli Notables363 - Israeli Notables
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Ten commemorative and first day covers, each with a color silk cachet, and each signed in felt tip or ink by a different notable. Signers are; Menachi
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Kennedy Assassination: Destiny in Dallas364 - Kennedy Assassination: Destiny in Dallas
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Destiny in Dallas unsigned book compiled by private investigator R. B. Denson, which Ruby prosecutor Jim Bowie sent to his mother. Dallas: Denco, 1964
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Kennedy Assassination: James Leavelle365 - Kennedy Assassination: James Leavelle
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Historic 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Leavelle reacting moments after Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, signed in black felt tip. Matted and framed to an overal
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Caroline Kennedy366 - Caroline Kennedy
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Signed book: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy. First edition, first printing. NY: Hyperion, 2011. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9
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King Hussein and Queen Noor367 - King Hussein and Queen Noor
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Jimmy Carter, signed in black ink by King Hussein and Queen Noor. In fine condition.
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King Umberto II368 - King Umberto II
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Last King of Italy (1904–1983) who spent the last 37 years of his life in exile. Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9 photo of Umberto posing with his son, t
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Aung San Suu Kyi369 - Aung San Suu Kyi
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Leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma (Myanmar) and Nobel laureate. Color satin-finish 5 x 7 photo of Kyi speaking
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Guglielmo Marconi370 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Ink signature, “Yrs v. truly, G. Marconi,” on an off-white slip clipped from the closing of a letter. Matted with a portrait of Marconi and his invent
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Princess Margaret371 - Princess Margaret
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ALS signed “Margaret,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 8, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to a friend. In part: “As I cannot get over to Barbados thi
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Joseph McCarthy372 - Joseph McCarthy
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Reviled American legislator (1908–1957) whose dogged pursuit and persecution of would-be Communists in the early 1950s remains one of the most notorio
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Margaret Mead373 - Margaret Mead
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Controversial cultural anthropologist (1901–1978). Glossy 4 x 3.75 photo of Mead sitting at her desk with her hands clasped in front of her, signed in
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Meet the Press374 - Meet the Press
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Collection of 11 programs for episodes of Meet the Press, 1970–71, 5.5 x 8.5, each signed on the front cover in ink by the featured guest. Signers are
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Golda Meir375 - Golda Meir
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Satin-finish 4 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Meir, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a trivial ding to the rig
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Karl Menninger376 - Karl Menninger
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American psychiatrist (1893–1990) who pioneered a scientific approach to psychiatry and advocated the prevention of crime through psychiatric treatmen
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