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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Frank James207 - Frank James
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Outlaw and older brother of Jesse James (1843–1915) who at times went by the alias ‘Ben J. Woodson.’ ALS signed “Ben,” four pages, lightly-lined on tw
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur254 - Louis Pasteur
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Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Pierre Petit of Paris, signed in the lower border in black ink, “L. Pasteur, Mai 1886.” Some pale spotting throug
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Mickey Cohen308 - Mickey Cohen
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Gangster (1913–1976) born Meyer Cohen who was a trusted associate of racketeer Bugsy Siegel. After Siegel’s death in 1947, Cohen acquired Siegel’s Wes
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Columbia STS-107417 - Columbia STS-107
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Color glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Columbia crew posing in their orange flight suits with their helmets, signed in black felt tip by Rick Husband,
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Robert H. Goddard421 - Robert H. Goddard
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Booklet, 6.5 x 9.5, 14 pages, of an article by Goddard entitled “Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development,” published by the Smithsonian Institute on Marc
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Gus Grissom424 - Gus Grissom
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Desirable flown 1961 Roosevelt dime carried on board Gus Grissom’s Mercury Liberty Bell 7 flight. Dime is housed in a silver bezel with a dime-sized s
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Giacomo Puccini626 - Giacomo Puccini
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 8.5 portrait of Puccini in a reclining pose and smoking a cigarette, affixed to its original 10 x 15 mount, signed and ins
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Beatles641 - Beatles
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Set of vintage signatures on the reverse of a 3.5 x 2.25 Old Bell Garage, Exeter Street, Salisbury business card, signed in pencil, “Paul McCartney,”
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Beatles: McCartney,  Harrison, and Starr650 - Beatles: McCartney, Harrison, and Starr
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Vintage ballpoint signatures, “Paul McCartney,” “Ringo Starr,” and “George Harrison,” on an off-white 3.75 x 5.25 sheet. Double-matted and framed with
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George Gershwin667 - George Gershwin
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Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 photo of Gershwin in profile, signed and inscribed vertically in fountain pen, “To H. C. Branch, Every good wish, Geo
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NY Yankees: 1928943 - NY Yankees: 1928
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Official Reach American League (Barnard) baseball signed twice in fountain pen by Babe Ruth on both sweet spots, and on the side panels by 17 addition
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Impressive ink signature, as president, “John Adams,” on an off-white 9 x 3.75 sheet clipped from a larger document and also signed by Secretary of St
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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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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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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Eight Presidents108 - Eight Presidents
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Unique half-title page removed from Harry S. Truman’s Mr. Citizen, 5.5 x 9, signed in ink and felt tip by eight former presidents: “George W. Bush,” “
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Varina Davis169 - Varina Davis
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ALS signed “Varina Jefferson Davis,” eight pages on two sets of two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, March 7, 1905. Letter written from New York’s Hotel Girar
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Lee Harvey Oswald249 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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ALS signed “xxx Lee,” one lightly-lined page, 5.75 x 8, January 20, [1962]. Letter to his mother, Marguerite. In full (spelling and grammar retained):
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Edmund Randolph268 - Edmund Randolph
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Statesman and politician (1753–1813) who variously served as aide-de-camp to Washington, member of the Continental Congress, the first attorney genera
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Richard Wagner633 - Richard Wagner
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Important German composer (1813–1883) who single-handedly revolutionized opera and attained status as one of the most influential geniuses in the hist
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Beatles and ’60s Rock ’n’ Roll651 - Beatles and ’60s Rock ’n’ Roll
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Tremendous vintage autograph album, 4.75 x 4, signed inside in ink by over 60 British bands and musicians from the 1960s, most signed back-to-back. Si
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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