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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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