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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Harry S. Truman80 - Harry S. Truman
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait of Truman in a distinguished pose, boldly signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Kindest reg
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Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower84 - Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
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Formal menu for a White House dinner held on June 30, 1954, honoring Eisenhower’s 1915 class at West Point, 6 x 9, two pages, complete with its gray,
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Dwight D. Eisenhower86 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, September 22, 1959. Letter to C. W. Young, Chairman of the Florida Federation of Young R
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Dwight D. Eisenhower87 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS signed “Uncle Dwight,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, February 16, 1965. Letter to Lowell Eisenhower. In part: “I have been assured tha
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Richard Nixon110 - Richard Nixon
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Choice TLS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 22, 1985. Letter to former Congressman Bob Wilson. In part: “Since April
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Bill Clinton130 - Bill Clinton
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, State of Arkansas letterhead, August 6, 1984. Letter to admirer. In part: “Thank you for your letter complimenting the spe
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John Bayard138 - John Bayard
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Merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia (1738–1807) who served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786.
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Varina Davis167 - Varina Davis
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ALS signed “V. Jefferson Davis,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6, July 11, 1897. Letter to Mrs. Fowler. In part: “I have just heard the pa
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Declaration of Independence: James Wilson179 - Declaration of Independence: James Wilson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constituti
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr212 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
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Brother (1915–1944) of John F. Kennedy who served as a bomber pilot during WWII; he was tragically killed due to an airplane malfunction while flying
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