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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George and George W. Bush125 - George and George W. Bush
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Desirable color satin-finish 9.5 x 7.75 photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “George Bush” and “To Ron—Best wishes, George W. Bush.” Attract
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Bill Clinton129 - Bill Clinton
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ALS signed “Bill,” one page, 7 x 10.5, Office of the Attorney General letterhead, April 3, 1978. Brief letter to Lee Jones. In full: “Nice day today.
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Barack Obama132 - Barack Obama
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Uncommon color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Obama broadly smiling, nicely signed against his dark jacket in silver ink, “All the best! Barack Obama.”
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Barack Obama133 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: Dreams from My Father. Revised edition. NY: Three Rivers Press, 2004. Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 453 pages. Signed on the title page in black i
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Declaration of Independence: George Walton177 - Declaration of Independence: George Walton
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia (1741–1804) who later served as that state’s chief justice, governor, and senator. Manuscript D
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Countess Marie du Barry180 - Countess Marie du Barry
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Infamous French courtesan (1743–1793) who was the last mistress of Louis XV. Accused of aiding emigres from the Revolution, she was imprisoned, tried,
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Wiliam C. Durant187 - Wiliam C. Durant
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Leading pioneer of the US automobile industry (1861–1947) who co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet, creating the system of multi-brand holding comp
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John F. Kennedy, Jr211 - John F. Kennedy, Jr
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ALS signed “John,” one page, 5 x 7, no date. Letter of thanks to Roosevelt Greir of the Los Angeles Rams. In full: “Thank you so much for the wonderfu
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Robert F. Kennedy215 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed in fountain pen. Accompanied by a March 25, 1963, letter of transmittal from the Department of Justice ackno
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Edouard Rene de Laboulaye228 - Edouard Rene de Laboulaye
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ALS in French, signed “E. Laboulaye,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, October 10, 1871. Letter to a lady. In part (translated): “The
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross273 - Lawrence Sullivan Ross
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Confederate general and later governor of Texas from 1887–1891. ALS signed “L. S. Ross,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Agricultural and Mechanical College of T
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USS Constitution297 - USS Constitution
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Fragment of wood from the USS Constitution, measuring approximately 5 x 1.5 x .75, bearing a period cardstock tag attached by wire, reading: “Piece of
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Max Weber299 - Max Weber
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Extremely influential social theorist (1864–1920) often cited with Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx as a founding architect of sociology. ALS in German, s
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Chiang Kai-Shek317 - Chiang Kai-Shek
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Desirable vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo, signed along the left edge in black ink in Chinese. In fine condition. Accompanied by a 1964 letter fr
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George Bomford336 - George Bomford
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Military officer (1780–1848) who served in the ordnance department during the War of 1812, best known as an inventor and designer of weapons and defen
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain337 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Maine-born Union major general (1828–1914) who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. Partly-
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Chester Nimitz385 - Chester Nimitz
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Color vintage 14 x 16 cardstock photo of Nimitz in uniform beside a sundial-type instrument, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ballpoi
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Apollo-Soyuz399 - Apollo-Soyuz
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Flown Beta cloth swatch, 5.5 x 5.5, with a printed 3.5? diameter mission insignia in the center, signed in black ink and felt tip by Tom Stafford, Dek
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Amelia Earhart418 - Amelia Earhart
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Vintage ink signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on an off-white 2.25 x 1 card. Attractively double-matted and framed with an original press photo to an overa
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Alan Shepard436 - Alan Shepard
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Color vintage semi-glossy 13.5 x 10.75 photo of the Antares on the lunar surface, affixed to its original 19.5 x 15.5 mount, signed and inscribed on t
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