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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Frederick Douglass184 - Frederick Douglass
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.75, June 8, 1869. Letter, written from Rochester, to C. S. Carter. In full: “I am obliged by your favor of the 4th
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Alfred Dreyfus185 - Alfred Dreyfus
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French military officer (1859–1935) whose central role in the Dreyfus Affair, which tore French society apart and shook their faith in the military, t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Edward Duke of Clarence186 - Edward Duke of Clarence
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Eldest son of King Edward VII (1864–1892) whose sanity was a topic of much speculation—with some going so far as to propose he was the infamous serial
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Wiliam C. Durant187 - Wiliam C. Durant
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Leading pioneer of the US automobile industry (1861–1947) who co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet, creating the system of multi-brand holding comp
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison188 - Thomas Edison
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ANS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.5, circa September 1922. Brief note in response to his son. In full: “No further reports from Burke—will mfr in St
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein189 - Albert Einstein
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Striking vintage matte-finish 13.5 x 16.5 portrait of Einstein seated at a table with astronomer Charles Edward St. John, signed in the lower right in
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein190 - Albert Einstein
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Vintage matte-finish 6 x 7.75 portrait of Einstein seated with one hand resting on the arm of a chair, affixed to a 9 x 12 mount, signed and inscribed
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother191 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Bank check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by Elizabeth, Queen Mother, “Elizabeth R,” payable to Lady Katherine Seymour for £200.0.0, December ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edsel Ford192 - Edsel Ford
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TLS signed “Edsel B. Ford,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, January 9, 1922. Letter to Pirie MacDonald. In part: “I wish to advise that t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ferdinand and Isabella193 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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Spanish monarchs best known as the sponsors and patrons of Christopher Columbus. Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” [I the King] and “Yo el
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud194 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, October 14, 1916. Letter to Austrian writer and lyric poet Arthu
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Garibaldi195 - Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Italian patriot and soldier (1807–1882) best known for leading the attack of the ‘Red Shirts’ on Sicily in 1860. Uncommon 2.25 x 3.5 carte-de-visite p
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Garibaldi196 - Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Italian patriot and soldier (1807–1882) best known for leading the attack of the ‘Red Shirts’ on Sicily in 1860. Ink signature, “G. Garibaldi,” on an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Geronimo198 - Geronimo
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Chiricahua Apache (1829–1909) who attained the status of legend for his steadfast defense of Native American lands before surrendering in 1886. After
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Frederick D. Grant199 - Frederick D. Grant
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First son of President U. S. Grant (1850–1912) who graduated from West Point in 1871 and served in the Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, and Philippi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Guillotin200 - Joseph Guillotin
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French physician and politician (1738–1814) whose name became synonymous with the ‘humane’ instrument of execution whose use he proposed to the govern
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock201 - John Hancock
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Choice partly-printed DS one page, 15 x 12, September 10, 1790. Hancock appoints Joseph Shiverick as “Ensign of a Company in the first Regiment third
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock202 - John Hancock
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Scarce hand-addressed free-franked panel, 6.75 x 3.5, addressed by Hancock, “To the Honl the Assembly of the State of Virginia at Williamsburgh,” and
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock203 - John Hancock
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Third-person ALS, one page, 7.5 x 5.25, November 13, 1788. Letter to Commissary General Richard Devens, in full: “The Governor requests the Commissary
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Paul von Hindenburg and Camillo Cavour204 - Paul von Hindenburg and Camillo Cavour
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Bold ink signature, “v. Hindenburg,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.25 card; and an ink signature, “C. Cavour,” on an off-white 3.25 x 25 clipped slip. Ligh
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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