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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Jesse James: Randolph Scott850 - Jesse James: Randolph Scott
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Scott’s screen-worn vest from the 1939 film Jesse James in his role as Marshall Will Wright. Tweed vest features a seven-button front and two small po
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Joe Louis935 - Joe Louis
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Vintage glossy 8.25 x 6.5 candid photo of Louis engaged in conversation with a gentleman over dinner, signed in fountain pen, “Joe Louis, 11/8/48.” In
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James Monroe10 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15 x 10.25, September 1, 1822. President Monroe appoints Otis Wheeler as “Second Lieutenant in the Third Regiment
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John Quincy Adams11 - John Quincy Adams
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Free-franked mailing panel, boldly addressed by Adams to “George J. Bigelow, Esqr., Boston,” and franked in the upper right, “J. Q. Adams,” with “Free
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Andrew Jackson15 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, three pages on two sheets, 10.75 x 14.25, March 27, 1832. President Jackson grants a patent to Philo C. Curtis,
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U. S. Grant34 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. Matted and framed with a color portrait and small caption to an overall size of 13.25 x 2
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Chester A. Arthur40 - Chester A. Arthur
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 14, March 3, 1882. President Arthur appoints Alexander F. Lobdell as “Postmaster of Brewster’s Station,
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Theodore Roosevelt50 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, December 21, 1904. Letter to Colonel Hal H. Haig. In full: “It was very kind of you to write, and I thank you heart
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Woodrow Wilson57 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 18, March 5, 1913. Presidential cabinet appointment. In part: “Know ye that reposing special trust and
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Warren G. Harding61 - Warren G. Harding
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Vintage sepia matte-finish 9.75 x 13 Pach Bros. photo, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Some light feathering and brushing to most of the s
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Calvin Coolidge66 - Calvin Coolidge
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Crisp vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.5 Underwood & Underwood portrait of Coolidge in a seated three-quarter-length pose, signed and inscribed i...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt71 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22.5 x 18.5, June 13, 1933. President Roosevelt appoints Francis White of Maryland as “Envoy Extraordinary a
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Harry S. Truman76 - Harry S. Truman
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DS one onionskin page, 8.5 x 14, October 31, 1932. Court order allowing for the taking of privately-owned land for a road expansion. In part: “A publi
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Harry S. Truman77 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 21, 1952. Letter to Gerald G. Wagner, general manager of Loper Washington Theatres. In full: “I
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Jacqueline Kennedy88 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Two original glossy photos, a 6.25 x 8 photo of Jackie taking Caroline to her first day of school at Sacred Heart in New York on September 15, 1964; a
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John F. Kennedy90 - John F. Kennedy
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Collection of nine original and second-generation photos, ranging in size from 6.5 x 10 up to 11.5 x 8.25. Original photos include: one of Kennedy sea
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John F. Kennedy91 - John F. Kennedy
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A nice collection of original Kennedy campaign items including: A PT 109 tie clip, imprinted “Kennedy 60,” on the bow; two tie clasps with “Let’s Back
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Jacqueline Kennedy101 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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Gorgeous hand-painted porcelain pitcher vase originally owned by Jacqueline Kennedy, 14.5? tall, with a blue circular pattern with areas of larger red
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson103 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Color vintage glossy 11.5 x 8.25 photo of the First Family posing on the White House lawn, affixed to a 14.5 x 11.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the
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Gerald Ford116 - Gerald Ford
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Lovely White House Christmas card from 1974, 7 x 5.5 closed, with a color image of H. Brown’s rendition of the White House on the front. Inside bears
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