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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George Bush153 - George Bush
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Satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of a young Bush in his Yale baseball uniform meeting Babe Ruth prior to a game, signed in black felt tip. In 1948, during t
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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George Bush154 - George Bush
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Signed book: All the Best, George Bush. Limited edition. NY: Scribner, 2013. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 717 pages. Signed on a bookplate a
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George and George W. Bush155 - George and George W. Bush
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FDC with a cachet honoring the American flag, signed in black felt tip by father-and-son presidents George Bush and George W. Bush. In very fine condi
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George Bush156 - George Bush
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Desirable official Rawlings National League baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot. In fine condition. Provenance: Barry Halper Collectio
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George Bush157 - George Bush
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Official limited edition Ebbets Field Flannels Yale University commemorative baseball jersey, 47/89, with sewn on letters and numbers, as well as an e
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Bill Clinton158 - Bill Clinton
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Titlest 1 golf ball bearing a presidential seal emblem and Clinton’s facsimile signature, signed in black felt tip above the seal. In fine condition.
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Bill Clinton159 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: My Life. First Vintage Books edition. NY: Vintage Books, 2005. Paperback, 5.25 x 8, 969 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page, “T
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Bill Clinton160 - Bill Clinton
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Clinton posing with famed producer and songwriter George Barrie, along with his wife and another woman, signed and
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Bill Clinton161 - Bill Clinton
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, November 29, 1994. Letter to congressman Bud Shuster. In full: “Thank you for your suppo
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George W. Bush162 - George W. Bush
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Official Majestic replica New York Yankees baseball jersey, with sewn on letters and numbers, signed in black felt tip on the front. In very good cond
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George W. Bush163 - George W. Bush
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Felt tip signature, “George W. Bush,” on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet of White House stationery. In very fine condition.
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George W. Bush164 - George W. Bush
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Felt tip signature, “George W. Bush,” on an off-white 5.5 x 9.25 sheet, to which was later added a typescript of Bush’s address to the nation on the n
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Barack Obama165 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. Later printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed on the title p
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David Rice Atchison168 - 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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Charles Babbage169 - Charles Babbage
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Pioneering British mathematician and mechanical engineer (1791–1871) whose Difference Engine and Analytical Engine are generally acknowledged as the f
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Alexander Graham Bell170 - Alexander Graham Bell
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ALS signed “A. Graham Bell,” two pages, 4.5 x 7, March 24, 1873. Letter to Mr. Bogdon. In part: “I am sorry that a bad cold compels me to keep indoors
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P. T. Barnum171 - P. T. Barnum
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.75 x 9, Marina, Bridgeport, CT letterhead, September 12, 1889. Letter to Rockwood. In part: “I telegraphed you today to pr
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Carl Benz173 - Carl Benz
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Rare ALS in German, signed “Benz & Cie.,” one page, 8 x 11, Benz & Co. letterhead, November 21, 1896. Letter to the German astronomer Max Wo...
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Otto von Bismarck174 - Otto von Bismarck
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Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815–1898). LS in German, signed “Bismarck,” one page, 8 x 10.25, October 5, 1896. Untra
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Josephine Bonaparte175 - Josephine Bonaparte
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Empress of France, born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie (1763–1814). Who married Napoleon in 1796 and was divorced in 1810, unable to ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William Cecil, Lord Burghley176 - William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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English statesman (1520–1598) and chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign. Manuscript DS in Old English, signed “W. Burghley,” one pa
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Aaron Burr177 - Aaron Burr
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Ink signature, “Aaron Burr Sol. L. of Council for the Def.,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip clipped from a larger document. In fine condition, with a smal
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Howard Carter178 - Howard Carter
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British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s ‘Valley of the Kings’ proved to be one o
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro179 - Fidel Castro
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DS in Spanish, eight pages, 9 x 13.5, February 23, 1959, on ‘Republica de Cuba, Presidencia’ letterhead, initialed in the left margin of the first sev
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Fidel Castro180 - Fidel Castro
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DS in Spanish, three pages, 8.75 x 13.5, April 7, 1959. Council of Ministers document related to taxation. In part (translated): “The dictatorship was
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George Washington Carver181 - George Washington Carver
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ALS signed “Geo. W. Carver,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, August 28, 1934. Letter to Floyd Ande
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Winston Churchill182 - Winston Churchill
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Vintage glossy 7 x 9.25 photo of Winston and Clementine Churchill outside, signed in fountain pen, “Winston S. Churchill.” Collector’s notation on the
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Winston Churchill183 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Treasury Chambers letterhead, August 1926. Letter to H. K. Neymer. In full: “With reference to
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Winston Churchill184 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 8 x 10, Chartwell letterhead, June 30, 1932. Letter, with Churchill‘s handwritten greeti
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Winston Churchill185 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 6.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, December 10, 1950. Letter to C. G. Dines. In full: “I am indeed obliged
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Winston Churchill186 - Winston Churchill
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Churchill, signed in the lower border in ink, “W. Churchill.” In fine condition, with the s
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Winston Churchill187 - Winston Churchill
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Signed book: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume II. Later printing. London: Cassell and Company, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody188 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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ALS signed “W. F. Cody,” one page, 5.75 x 9, May 9, 1894. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “The grounds are owned by a number of men. Mr. Okey Snyder h
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody189 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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ANS signed “W. F. Cody,” on the correspondence side of a 5.5 x 3.5 ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody, Wyoming, picture postcard, no date, but postmarked September 1
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Oliver Cromwell190 - Oliver Cromwell
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Manuscript DS, signed “Oliver P,” one page, 8 x 11.25, April 19, 1655. In full: “Our will and pleasure is, and governs hereby required…to pay unto Sis
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Samuel Cunard191 - Samuel Cunard
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Canadian-born British shipping magnate (1787–1865) who founded the pioneering steamship line that still bears his name. Scarce ink signature, “Kind re
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Georges Danton192 - Georges Danton
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French statesman (1759–1794) and one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. He and his followers were charged with conspiracy to overthrow t
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis193 - Jefferson Davis
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Choice original 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Davis as president of the Confederacy circa 1864, boldly signed at the bottom of the imag
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Colt194 - Samuel Colt
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Three of Colt’s retained drafts of documents sent to Commissioner of Patents Henry L. Ellsworth, circa 1837-38, all with a few additions, deletions, o
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Estimate : 100,000.00 - 150,000.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin195 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page, 5 x 8, November 9, no year. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “Absence from home has prevented my returning the proof
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis196 - Jefferson Davis
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ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, January 22, 1861. Letter to Reverend John W. French, Chaplain and History
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Jefferson and Varina Davis197 - Jefferson and Varina Davis
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Two ALSs, on two adjoining sheets, one signed “Jeffer. Davis,” and the other signed “V. Davis,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8, March 1
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Jefferson and Varina Davis198 - Jefferson and Varina Davis
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Ink signatures, “Jefferson Davis” and “Varina Howell Davis,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.25 lightly-lined slip bearing a date notation of March 15, 1888.
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Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett199 - Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett
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ADS, signed within the text, one page, 7.5 x 4.25, July 9, 1772. Promissory note reads, in part: “I Nicholas Gorden…promise to pay to Josiah Bartlett
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Declaration of Independence: George Clymer200 - Declaration of Independence: George Clymer
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Manuscript DS, twice signed “Geo. Clymer,” one page, 8.25 x 3.75, November 2, 1802. Promissory note from Henry Clymer. In part: “Sixty days after date
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Declaration of Independence: Francis Hopkinson201 - Declaration of Independence: Francis Hopkinson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737–1791), and a delegate to the Continental Congress. Partly-printed DS , signed “F. Hopk
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Declaration of Independence: Richard Henry Lee202 - Declaration of Independence: Richard Henry Lee
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Partial ADS, signed in the text, “Richard Henry Lee,” one page, 9 x 4.5, May 24, 1764. Document reads, in part: “Jeffries shall not make waste of any
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Declaration of Independence: Robert Morris203 - Declaration of Independence: Robert Morris
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob’t Morris,” one page, 9.25 x 12.5, April 18, 1795. Certificate issued to Dr. Enoch Edwards for “one share in the entire
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Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Rush204 - Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Rush
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Physician and surgeon general of the Continental Army who signed the Declaration of Independence (1746–1813). Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “Benj’n
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Declaration of Independence: James Wilson205 - Declaration of Independence: James Wilson
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Ink signature, “James Wilson,” on an off-white 4.75 x 8.5 clipped portion of a larger document. Also signed by John Bishop and Mark Bird. In fine cond
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