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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Native American War Club246 - Native American War Club
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Sioux Indian stone head war club, comprised of a 16.5? long handle wrapped in tiny red, blue, green, and white beads, attached to a oval-shaped stone
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Arthur H. Noyes247 - Arthur H. Noyes
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Federal Judge in Nome, Alaska, appointed in 1900. He soon set up a plot to grab all the gold mining claims:, by the time his plan was discovered, he v
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald248 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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Archive of 20 letters from various persons looking for the 'smoking gun' to uncover the truth behind the Kennedy assassination, most typed, ...
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald249 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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ALS signed “xxx Lee,” one lightly-lined page, 5.75 x 8, January 20, [1962]. Letter to his mother, Marguerite. In full (spelling and grammar retained):
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald: Abraham Zapruder250 - Lee Harvey Oswald: Abraham Zapruder
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Triangular fragment of concrete, measuring approximately 2 x 2 x .5, from the pedestal in Dealey Plaza upon which Abraham Zapruder stood on November 2
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald251 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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Oswald’s personally-owned and -worn long double-breasted raincoat issued by the United States Marine Corps, dark green, size 38R, stenciled inside the
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald252 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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Handwritten list in pencil on the reverse of one of Oswald’s pay stubs from Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, Inc., of Dallas, Texas, 10 x 3.25, for the pay per
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur253 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, Ecole Normale Supérieure letterhead, September 7, 1867. Letter to Italian sc...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur254 - Louis Pasteur
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Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Pierre Petit of Paris, signed in the lower border in black ink, “L. Pasteur, Mai 1886.” Some pale spotting throug
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Wolfgang Pauli255 - Wolfgang Pauli
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Pioneer of quantum physics (1900–1958) who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 after being nominated by Albert Einstein. Very rare vintage mat
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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John Penn256 - John Penn
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The last governor of colonial Pennsylvania (1729–1795). Partly-printed DS one page, 12 x 8, October 28, 1768. Penn grants Alexander Blaine a “Licence
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Max Planck257 - Max Planck
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Nobel Prize–winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page, 5.75
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Vyacheslav von Plehve258 - Vyacheslav von Plehve
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Director of Russia’s police and later Minister of the Interior (1846–1904). A notorious anti-Semite, he was killed by a bomb, the fourth attempt on hi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Politicians259 - Politicians
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Excellent collection of twenty photographs, each signed by a notable American politician. Fourteen are cartes-de-visite, signed individually by the fo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Pope Benedict XVI261 - Pope Benedict XVI
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Uncommon 4 x 5.75 cardstock photo of the resigned Pope as a cardinal, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Joseph Card. Ratzinger.” In fine condi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pope Francis262 - Pope Francis
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Color satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 photo of Pope Francis as a cardinal, signed in black felt tip, adding “Archbishop of Buenos Aires,” beneath his signatu
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Pulitzer263 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Scarce bank check, 7.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Pulitzer, payable to American Exchange National Bank for $10,000.00, May 13, 1889. Red cancel
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Queen Christina264 - Queen Christina
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Sweden’s only ruling Queen (1626–1689) who converted to Catholicism and abdicated the throne in 1654. Manuscript DS in Latin, signed “Christina,” one
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria265 - Queen Victoria
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Third-person ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Balmoral letterhead, September 14. Brief letter to an unidentified recipient in the Queen’s diffic
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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