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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DNA: James D. Watson337 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Four hardcover copies of Genes, Girls, and Gamow, each a First American Edition, signed on the title page in black ballpoint by Watson. In fine condit
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Oliver Ellsworth338 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 8.5 x 6, June 17, 1776. A draft ordering a payment to James Whiton “for expens
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Explorers339 - Explorers
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Collection of 11 items, primarily consisting of signatures as well as a few letters, a check, and a photo, each signed by an explorer. Signers are: Ev
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Francis Fauquier340 - Francis Fauquier
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Close friend of Thomas Jefferson who served as acting governor of Virginia Colony from 1758 until his death (1703–1768). Partly-printed vellum DS, sig
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Harvey Firestone341 - Harvey Firestone
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Signed book: ‘Firestone’ Homestead Outing. First edition. Privately printed, 1914. Softcover, 8.25 x 10.75. Signed on the greetings page, “H. S. Fires
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Foreign Dignitaries342 - Foreign Dignitaries
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Collection of six items consisting of signatures and a couple photos, each signed by a distinguished foreign dignitary. Signers are: Mikhail Gorbachev
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Foreign Notables343 - Foreign Notables
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Collection of 17 letters in German signed by various notable figures from a variety of fields, the majority written during the mid-19th century. Signe
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Franklin344 - John Franklin
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Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer (1786–1847) who perished, along with his entire crew, along the Northwest Passage. ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7.25,
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John Kenneth Galbraith345 - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Signed book: The Affluent Society. Later printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 368 pages. Signed a
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Carlo Gambino and Roy DeMeo346 - Carlo Gambino and Roy DeMeo
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S.G.S. Associates business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Gambino, payable to Carmine Parolo. for $62.62, January 10, 1963,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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