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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Alexander Graham Bell170 - Alexander Graham Bell
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Superb matte-finish 6.25 x 9.25 portrait of Bell taken circa 1910 by renowned photography studio Harris & Ewing, affixed to a 6.5 x 9.5 mount, n...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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August Belmont171 - August Belmont
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Politician and banker (1813–1890). ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Academy of Music letterhead, January 2, 1880. Letter to A. N. Darlin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion172 - David Ben-Gurion
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TLS in Hebrew, signed “D. Ben-Gurion,” one page, 6 x 7.75, State of Israel letterhead, December 27, 1955. Letter to Knesset Member Israel Gialili. In
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion173 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS in Hebrew, one page, lightly-lined, 4.75 x 8.25, December 2, 1963. Letter to to Dr. Abraham Vishnel in Haifa. In part (translated): “I have met wi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion174 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS in Hebrew, signed “D. Ben-Gurion,” one page, 6.25 x 8.75, personal letterhead, April 2, 1955. Letter to Knesset Member Zalman Suzayiv. In full (tr
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Henri Bergson175 - Henri Bergson
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French philosopher (1859–1941) most influential during the first half of the 20th century, who regarded life not as something static but a matter of t
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada176 - A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Spiritual teacher (1896–1977) who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. ALS signed “A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami,” one page, 7.25
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Otto von Bismarck177 - Otto von Bismarck
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Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815–1898). LS in German, signed “Bismarck,” one page, 8.75 x 11, April 4, 1880. Untrans
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Otto von Bismarck178 - Otto von Bismarck
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Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815–1898). ALS in German, signed “v. Bismarck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.7
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Leonid Brezhnev179 - Leonid Brezhnev
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Leader of the Soviet Union (1906–1982) from 1964 until his death. DS in Russian, one page both sides, 8 x 12, 1944. Brezhnev promotes Scherbak Ivan Pe
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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