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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DNA: Francis Crick237 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Glossy 3.75 x 5 photo of Crick with a molecular model of DNA, signed in black felt tip, “Francis Crick,” adding the base pairs of DNA, “A=T, G=C.” Mat
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Du Chaillu238 - Paul Du Chaillu
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French-American traveler and anthropologist (1835–1903) best known as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas and the Pygmy peo
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George Eastman239 - George Eastman
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American inventor and entrepreneur (1854–1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak company, whose invention of roll film revolutionized photography and help
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Harvey Firestone240 - Harvey Firestone
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Signed book: Men and Rubber. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover, 6.5 x 10, 279 pages. Signed and inscrib...
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Foreign Leaders241 - Foreign Leaders
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Collection of 37 items, consisting primarily of signed photos and signatures, each signed by a foreign leader, some adding brief inscriptions. Signers
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Thomas E. Franklin242 - Thomas E. Franklin
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American photographer best known for his photograph Raising the Flag at Ground Zero, which depicts firefighters raising the American flag at the World
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J. Paul Getty243 - J. Paul Getty
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Ten bank checks, 8.25 x 3, filled out type and signed by Getty, “J. Paul Getty,” all dated 1942. In overall fine condition, with expected bank stamps
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mikhail Gorbachev244 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Two color photos, one 4 x 6 depicting Gorbachev alone and one 5 x 7 of him with Ronald Reagan, both signed in blue felt tip, “M. Gorbachev.” In overal
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The Great British245 - The Great British
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Signed book: The Great British: Photography by Arnold Newman. Later printing. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8...
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Richard Halliburton246 - Richard Halliburton
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Traveler, adventurer, and author (1900–1939), best known today for having swum the length of the Panama Canal. He disappeared at sea while attempting
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