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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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1George WashingtonRR Auction
Partial self-contained ADS, signed in full, “George Washington,” 3 x 2.5, dated December 16, 1797. Beginning portion of a larger document reads, in fu
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
2George WashingtonRR Auction
Unsigned and unused printed invitation, one page on a 4.75 x 2.75 card, circa 1790–1797. A partly-printed dinner invitation intended to be filled out
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
3George WashingtonRR Auction
Unsigned printed act passed by the Third Congress in their first session, six pages, 7.75 x 13.5, June 5, 1794. Copy of “An Act laying certain duties
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
4George WashingtonRR Auction
Unsigned printed booklet entitled “Resolves, &c. of the General Court of Massachusetts. Passed at the Session begun and held at Boston, on Wedne...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
5John AdamsRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 10.25, May 7, 1800. President Adams grants John Stites a plot of 4000 acres, “in pursuance of
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
6Thomas JeffersonRR Auction
ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 9.5, Monticello, January 16, 1820. Letter to Robert Hanna, Sr. In full: “A letter from you, dear sir, comes
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
7James Madison and James MonroeRR Auction
Partly-printed scallop-top vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 10.75 x 15, February 14,
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
8James MonroeRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, September 17, 1821. President Monroe grants John Kile of Licking County, Ohio, a tract of la
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
9James MonroeRR Auction
Full free frank, measuring 12.75 x 8 unfolded, with panel measuring 5.5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “Mr. Jno W. Godfrey, near Callaghan’s Post O
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
10John Quincy AdamsRR Auction
LS signed “John Quincy Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, October 25, 1821. Letter to Andrew Gregg, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In part: “I
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00