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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Laurel and Hardy822 - Laurel and Hardy
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Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “Thank you Sheila! Stan Laurel,” and a ballpoint signature, “Oliver Hardy,” on a gray-and-white marble
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Vivien Leigh823 - Vivien Leigh
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Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.75 portrait of Leigh, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition.
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Groucho Marx826 - Groucho Marx
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Vintage pearl-finish 10 x 8 MGM publicity photo of Groucho, Harpo, and Chico sporting cowboy hats for their film Go West, signed later in black felt t
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John Wayne839 - John Wayne
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Fairly early vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “Good luck Jack, John Wayne,” on a 5 x 2 album page. Attractively double-cloth-matted and
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The Sopranos: Tony Sirico853 - The Sopranos: Tony Sirico
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Blue silk tracksuit with a lighter blue stripe down the sleeves by Genelli. This tracksuit was worn by the character Paulie ‘Walnuts’ Gualtieri, play
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Actors and Actresses858 - Actors and Actresses
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Fifty-five photos, almost all 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, various finishes, each signed in ink or felt tip by the actor or actress pictured, with almost all ad
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Muhammad Ali920 - Muhammad Ali
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Tremendous glossy 40 x 30 photo of Ali towering over the fallen Liston, prominently signed across his trunks in blue felt tip. Framed to an overall si
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Babe Didrikson931 - Babe Didrikson
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Signed book: Championship Golf. First edition. NY: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1948. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 125 pages. Signed on the first free end pag
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‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich938 - ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich
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Page from the official 1972–73 NBA Guide, 4.5 x 6.5, signed next to his image in blue ballpoint, “Pistol Pete.” Page is also signed by Jack Marin. In
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Rocky Marciano939 - Rocky Marciano
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of an artist’s rendition of Marciano working a speed bag, signed in black felt tip. In very good condition, with scattere
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Ted Williams1025 - Ted Williams
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Color limited edition 18 x 24 composite print, numbered 321/406, signed in the lower border in pencil. Also signed in pencil by the artist, Christophe
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Tiger Woods1031 - Tiger Woods
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Large swatch of red shirt fabric, 8.75 x 6.5, prominently signed in black felt tip by Woods. Nicely double-matted and framed with a color composite ph
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Andrew Johnson31 - Andrew Johnson
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Ink signature, “Andrew Johnson, Greenville, Tenn,” on an off-white sheet. Suede-matted and framed with an engraved color portrait and name plaque to a
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Rutherford B. Hayes38 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS one page both sides, 10.75 x 16.5, April 1, 1891. Mortgage deed in which Hayes sells a plot of land in Sandusky, Ohio, to Peter J. R
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Grover Cleveland44 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & MacVeagh law firm letterhead, May 27, 1891. Letter to Franklin Carter, president of Williams C...
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William McKinley47 - William McKinley
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Program from a banquet in honor of McKinley and his Cabinet, 6.5 x 10.75, six pages, given by the Merchants and Manufacturer’s Association of Milwauke
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Theodore Roosevelt49 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, trimmed to a size of 6.5 x 8, The Outlook letterhead, October 19, 1911. Letter declining a speaking engagement to
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Warren G. Harding62 - Warren G. Harding
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ADS, signed “W. G. Harding,” one page, 7.25 x 4.75, November 17, 1918. Receipt written out by Harding on a sheet of Harding Publishing, Marion Daily S
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Franklin D. Roosevelt70 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Fantastic limited edition 8.25 x 6.25 watercolor print of the White House exterior removed from The Democratic Book, nicely signed in ink, “Franklin D
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Franklin D. Roosevelt72 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 10.5 Underwood and Underwood photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Harry Hunter from Frank
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Harry S. Truman80 - Harry S. Truman
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait of Truman in a distinguished pose, boldly signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Kindest reg
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Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower84 - Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
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Formal menu for a White House dinner held on June 30, 1954, honoring Eisenhower’s 1915 class at West Point, 6 x 9, two pages, complete with its gray,
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Dwight D. Eisenhower86 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, September 22, 1959. Letter to C. W. Young, Chairman of the Florida Federation of Young R
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Dwight D. Eisenhower87 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS signed “Uncle Dwight,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, February 16, 1965. Letter to Lowell Eisenhower. In part: “I have been assured tha
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Richard Nixon110 - Richard Nixon
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Choice TLS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 22, 1985. Letter to former Congressman Bob Wilson. In part: “Since April
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Bill Clinton130 - Bill Clinton
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, State of Arkansas letterhead, August 6, 1984. Letter to admirer. In part: “Thank you for your letter complimenting the spe
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John Bayard138 - John Bayard
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Merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia (1738–1807) who served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786.
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Varina Davis167 - Varina Davis
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ALS signed “V. Jefferson Davis,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6, July 11, 1897. Letter to Mrs. Fowler. In part: “I have just heard the pa
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Declaration of Independence: James Wilson179 - Declaration of Independence: James Wilson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constituti
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr212 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
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Brother (1915–1944) of John F. Kennedy who served as a bomber pilot during WWII; he was tragically killed due to an airplane malfunction while flying
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King George III220 - King George III
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King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death in 1820 whose reign was marked most notably by the loss of British control over the Americ
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Maria Theresa234 - Maria Theresa
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Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Bohemia (1717–1780) who was the mother of Marie Antoinette. Manuscript DS in German, three pages on two adjoining shee
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Politicians: 31st Congress260 - Politicians: 31st Congress
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Plethora of ink signatures of over 200 members of the 31st US Congress, obtained in the latter half of 1850, on light blue 5.5 x 8 album pages, arrang
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Jack Ruby275 - Jack Ruby
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 21, 1959. Agreement between Ruby and Joe W. Johnson in which Johnson signs on to be exclusively managed by Ruby for a peri
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General and Mrs. Tom Thumb295 - General and Mrs. Tom Thumb
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Little person who achieved great fame appearing in P. T. Barnum’s show under the name ‘Tom Thumb’ (1838–1883). AQS on an off-white 7.5 x 4.75 album pa
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Gettysburg350 - Gettysburg
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Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket lockplate, measuring approximately 5.5? long. Featuring a large crown at the rear, thin double line of engraving aro
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John F. Reynolds367 - John F. Reynolds
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One of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders (1820–1863) who played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac to the Battle o...
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Flying Tigers380 - Flying Tigers
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Color limited edition 37 x 24 print entitled ‘Tigers in the Gorge,’ numbered 417/850, signed in pencil by 25 members of the Flying Tigers, including T
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Naval Officers384 - Naval Officers
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Collection of three items, each signed by a notable naval officer, including: William Bainbridge (LS), Charles Wilkes (ALS), and Joshua Barney (DS).
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Apollo 11: Armstrong and Aldrin393 - Apollo 11: Armstrong and Aldrin
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Two FDCs, with identical cachets honoring the first moon landing, both signed in blue ballpoint by Neil Armstrong and in blue felt tip by Buzz Aldrin.
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Astronauts413 - Astronauts
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Limited edition color 27 x 34 textured canvas print entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars’ by Alan Bean, numbered 823/1500, stretched over a wooden frame,
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Alan Shepard435 - Alan Shepard
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TLS, signed “Alan, your friendly golfing mullet!,” one page, NASA letterhead, 5.25 x 7.25, no date. Letter written to Robert Goulet, shortly before hi
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STS-92437 - STS-92
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Metal fastener screw flown on shuttle Discovery mission STS-92, and removed during STS-102 processing. Phillips head screw measures 1.25? long, and wa
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Gene Cernan455 - Gene Cernan
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Majestic color satin-finish 40.25 x 8.25 panoramic photo of the Apollo 17 landing site, signed in gold ink, “‘We now leave as we once came, and God wi
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Artists and Writers490 - Artists and Writers
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Collection of nine items, each signed by a notable artist or writer, including: William Cullen Bryant (ALS), John Stevens Cabot Abbott (CDV), Helen Zi
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Authors and Playwrights491 - Authors and Playwrights
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Excellent collection of six items, each signed by a distinguished author or playwright, including: William Dean Howells (signature and unsigned handwr
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August Derleth509 - August Derleth
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Prolific writer (1909–1971), known for his contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, a shared fictional universe based on the writings of H
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Ernest Hemingway524 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to bearer for $195, September 1, 1952. Endorsed on the reve
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Joan Miro537 - Joan Miro
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Hand-addressed and signed envelope, 5.25 x 4.25, addressed to “Madame Alice Frey, 119 rue des Deux Eglises, Bruxelles,” and signed on the reverse, “R.
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Hiram Powers545 - Hiram Powers
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American neoclassical sculptor (1805-1873). ALS, one page, 5.25 x 4, April 1, 1863. Letter to two gentlemen in London “to deliver to Messrs. George Pe
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