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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James Monroe9 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13 x 8.75, July 30, 1821. President Monroe grants Jackson Thorp 160 acres of land in Missouri. Signed at the
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John Quincy Adams12 - John Quincy Adams
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Unsigned autograph manuscript, one page both sides, 4.75 x 5, no date. Adams pens detailed notes related to the Quincy family history, including a chr
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Andrew Jackson14 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 10 x 8, August 28, 1835. President Jackson appoints Mayo Carrington Watkins as “a Midshipman in the N
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Martin Van Buren16 - Martin Van Buren
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Scalloped-top partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M Van Buren,” one page, 11 x 14.75, October 1, 1840. A ship’s pass issued to the “Ship Ad
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Grover Cleveland43 - Grover Cleveland
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ALS as president, one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 12, 1886. Letter to Herbert Radclyffe Esquire. In full: “Your letter of the 10t
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William H. Taft53 - William H. Taft
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ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 5.5 x 7, The President’s Cottage letterhead, September 10, 1909. Letter to a gentleman, in full: “I
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Warren G. Harding60 - Warren G. Harding
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ALS signed “W. G. Harding,” one page, 8.5 x 11, The Marion Star letterhead, December 13, 1904. Letter to a friend. In part: “Glad you are coming…You c
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Herbert Hoover68 - Herbert Hoover
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Partial ALS signed “H. C. Hoover,” four pages, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but most likely circa 1900. Four concluding pages of a five-page letter related to
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John F. Kennedy96 - John F. Kennedy
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Collection of 29 pieces of ephemera related to JFK and his family, primarily comprised of various programs, autographs, and original photos, including
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Bill Clinton128 - Bill Clinton
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Softcover Executive Office of the President telephone directory from April 1996, 8.5 x 11, 144 pages. The book lists names, phone numbers, and office
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Henri Charriere151 - Henri Charriere
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Convicted murderer and author of Papillon (1906–1973), an account of his time in a penal colony in French Guiana, later turned into a film starring St
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Fidel Castro152 - Fidel Castro
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Vintage autograph book, 6 x 4.75, signed inside by a multitude of Cuban revolutionaries, including Castro, who signs with a Spanish sentiment and adds
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Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain155 - Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain
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Vintage fountain pen signatures, “Winston S. Churchill” and “Neville Chamberlain” on individual fancy illustrated 5.25 x 3.25 album pages, with collec
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John Philip de Haas171 - John Philip de Haas
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American soldier (1735–1786) who fought in the French and Indian War and led the 2nd Pennsylvania Continental Regiment during the Revolution. Scarce L
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Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Harrison173 - Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Harrison
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1726 -1791). Harrison was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfathe
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John Dickinson and John Armstrong, Jr182 - John Dickinson and John Armstrong, Jr
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Manuscript vellum DS, signed “John Dickinson” and “Attest, John Armstrong, Jr.,” one page, 20 x 22.75, October 10, 1785. Document regarding rent of te
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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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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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King Edward VIII218 - King Edward VIII
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Dignified vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 11 full-length portrait by D. Knights Whittome, of a 17-year-old Edward in his investiture robe, with sword and
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King Louis XI225 - King Louis XI
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King of France (born in 1423) who reigned from 1461 to 1483. Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 12.75 x 8.5, September 14, 1478. Decr
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