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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Abraham Lincoln21 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War–dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 19.75, July 17, 1862. President Lincoln appoints Henry G. Litchfield as “Second
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln22 - Abraham Lincoln
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LS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x .25, Springfield, Illinois, July 2, 1860. Brief letter to William H. Adams, written in the hand of Lincoln’s pri
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln23 - Abraham Lincoln
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Six complete issues of the New York Tribune from the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination, each 15.5 x 21, eight pages, dated between April 17 and May
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln24 - Abraham Lincoln
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Ink signature, “Yours truly, A. Lincoln,” on a lightly-lined slip, clipped from a larger page. Framed with a fine brass base relief of Lincoln and a s
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln25 - Abraham Lincoln
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Long strip of black mourning crepe, 35 x 5.5, worn by Admiral C. H. Eldredge while guarding Lincoln as he lay in state at New York’s City Hall on Apri
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln26 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original hand-drawn black ink silhouette of Lincoln standing in a distinguished full-length profile pose with his hand in his jacket pocket, on the re
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln27 - Abraham Lincoln
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Extremely rare dark red fragment from a stripe of an American flag, measuring approximately 1.5 x 2.5, reputed to be part of the flag that was used to
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln28 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War–dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.75 x 13.75, September 28, 1864. President Lincoln confirms the appointment of a Brazilian
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln29 - Abraham Lincoln
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Highly desirable Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company check, 7 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Lincoln, “A Lincoln,” payable to Hurst &...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln30 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14 x 17.5, April 4, 1862. President Lincoln appoints William H. White “Brigade Surgeon of Volunteers in the
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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