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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Declaration of Independence: Richard Stockton178 - Declaration of Independence: Richard Stockton
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Very rare ALS signed “Rich Stockton,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, March 14, 1768. Letter to William Kelly explaining why he had &...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Diana181 - Diana
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Scarce TLS signed “from Diana,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, Kensington Palace letterhead, February 24, 1994. Letter to The Very Reverend William Baddeley.
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Robert F. Kennedy214 - Robert F. Kennedy
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ALS signed “Bobby,” one page, 6 x 8, US Senate letterhead, February 27, 1968. Letter to Dave Powers. In part: “Many thanks for coming to Washington an
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John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler271 - John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler
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DS, one page both sides, 12 x 7.75, November 25, 1885. Scarce brown certificate, engraved with a vignette of the US Capitol, for one hundred shares of
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Joe Adonis305 - Joe Adonis
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New York mobster (1902–1971) influential in the rise of the modern Cosa Nostra. Adonis’s personally-owned navy, black, and white striped short sleeve
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Marquis de Lafayette356 - Marquis de Lafayette
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French statesman and military officer (1757–1834) who became an intimate associate of George Washington, and who advanced the American cause on both s
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George S. Patton363 - George S. Patton
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TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, July 8, 1943. Letter to Tech. Sergeant William F. Cappel. In full: “Now that we are about to in
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Neil Armstrong403 - Neil Armstrong
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Armstrong sitting in the cockpit of Friendship One alongside Captain Clay Lacy, signed in black felt tip by Armstrong. In fine
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Neil Armstrong404 - Neil Armstrong
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Armstrong standing alongside his co-pilot Pete Reynolds and observer Don Berliner, signed in blue felt tip by Armstrong. In ver
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Samuel L. Clemens503 - Samuel L. Clemens
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AQS on an off-white 3.75 x 5.5 sheet, signed “Mark Twain.” Twain pens a maxim from ‘Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar,’ used in his travelogu...
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Dashiell Hammett518 - Dashiell Hammett
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American novelist (1894–1961) best known for detective and mystery classics such as the Sam Spade series (including The Maltese Falcon) and The Thin M
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Ernest Hemingway520 - Ernest Hemingway
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Small archive of Hemingway-related documents in Spanish, totaling 7 pages, 8.5 x 11, August 26, 1960, providing proof of workers’ compensation insuran
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Flannery O’Connor539 - Flannery O’Connor
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Georgia-born American writer (1925–1964), best known for her quintessentially ‘Southern Gothic’ stories and novels, who died of lupus at the age of 39
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George Sand556 - George Sand
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Eminent French author (1804–1876), born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, better known by the masculine pen name she adopted early in her career. An early
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Walt Whitman571 - Walt Whitman
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Scarce vintage 4 x 5.5 photo of Whitman resting his head in his hand, affixed to its original 6 x 8.5 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Walt W
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Walt Disney596 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to Walt Disney Special Acct. for $450.00, stamp-dated N
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Sergei Prokofiev624 - Sergei Prokofiev
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Eminent and prolific Russian composer (1891–1953) best known for his colorful, rhythmically vigorous works, including symphonies, operas, and much mus
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Charlie Chaplin795 - Charlie Chaplin
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Nostalgic vintage glossy 10 x 8 publicity photo of Chaplin as the Little Tramp, and Mabel Normand from one of their various films together, as feature
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Rita Hayworth811 - Rita Hayworth
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Hayworth as Gilda, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Sterling, Regards, Rita Hayworth.” Scattered light creases
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Ty Cobb925 - Ty Cobb
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Official J. deBeer & Son Major League baseball signed and inscribed in green ballpoint on a side panel, “To Mike, from Ty Cobb, 5/16/60.” Scatte...
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