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 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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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 18,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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