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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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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Robert F. Kennedy213 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Fantastic content ALS signed “Bob,” one page both sides, 5 x 3.5, black-bordered Attorney General stationery card, no date but circa 1963–64. Letter t
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King George III221 - King George III
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Printed document, one page, 12.25 x 15, dated June 27, 1814, signed at the conclusion by sheriff's Benjamin Bickley and Philip George. Document ...
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Napoleon241 - Napoleon
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Handwritten endorsement, signed “Nap,” written at the top of an LS from his adopted son Eugene Napoleon, one page, 8 x 12.5, dated April 1, 1811, and
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Napoleon242 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 7 x 8.5, September 10, 1807. A noteworthy letter to his son, Prince Eugene Napoleon, detailing military plans
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Napoleon243 - Napoleon
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LS signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, July 7, 1811. Untranslated letter to his minister of war, General Henri Clarke, the Duke of Feltre. A period note
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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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Bertrand Russell277 - Bertrand Russell
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Plas Penrhyn letterhead, January 10, 1969. Letter to Jugen Kumlehn, with “From: The Earl Russell, O. M., F. R. S.,” typed along
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Gerard van Swieten298 - Gerard van Swieten
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Personal physician (1700–1772) of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, who helped to transform the country’s health services and education. ADS in Fren
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Two-Gun Tommy DeSimone312 - Two-Gun Tommy DeSimone
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Associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York (1950–1979) involved in truck hijackings, dealing and fencing of stolen property, extortion, fraud,
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