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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Richard E. Byrd392 - Richard E. Byrd
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Byrd, “R. E. Byrd,” payable to Cambridge Laundry for $29.26, May 5, 1932. Nicely dou
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard E. Byrd393 - Richard E. Byrd
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Seven bank checks, dated between 1931 and 1933, three filled out in his own hand, all signed “R. E. Byrd.” In overall fine condition, with expected ch
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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek394 - Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
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Uncommon signed book: Selected Speeches: 1958–1959. Taipei, Taiwan: The Office of the President, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 187 pag
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Julia Child395 - Julia Child
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Signed book: Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volume I. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 10.25, 684 pages. Signed in
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Czech Statesmen396 - Czech Statesmen
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Two signatures: a fountain pen signature of Tomas Masaryk on an off-white 5 x 3.25 card, dated March 21, 1934; and an extremely large fountain pen sig
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Georges Danton397 - Georges Danton
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Danton,” one page, 7.75 x 7.25, circa 1793. Document outlining charges brought against an enemy of the state. Mounted
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Estimate : 200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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DNA: James D. Watson398 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Four hardcover copies of Genes, Girls, and Gamow, each a First American Edition, signed on the title page in black ballpoint by Watson. In fine condit
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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European Rulers399 - European Rulers
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Nine ink signatures of 19th-century European rulers on individual slips, including: Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse; Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (2
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French Statesmen400 - French Statesmen
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Diverse collection of 22 signatures of different French statesmen on clipped slips, all affixed to a single 10 x 7.75 sheet, including: Jean-Etienne-M
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Mikhail Gorbachev401 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo shot by Annie Liebovitz for a Louis Vuitton ad in 2007, showing the ever-stylish Soviet leader seated in a limousine beside
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