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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Catherine the Great179 - Catherine the Great
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Rare ALS in German, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 8.75, April 14, 1787. Untranslated letter to Princess von Lieven, born von Gaugreben, the governess of
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill180 - Winston Churchill
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LS signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Board of Trade letterhead, September 24. Letter, sent w
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill181 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 8, Chartwell letterhead, August 17, 1956. Letter to Desmond Flower. In full: “Thank you so much for s
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill182 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” three pages, 7.5 x 9.5, 10 Downing Street letterhead, February 1, 1952. Letter to MP Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh. In pa
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill183 - Winston Churchill
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Exquisite youthful 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Churchill in uniform with a chest full of medals as First Lord of the Admiralty, a position he was appo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Winston and Clementine Churchill184 - Winston and Clementine Churchill
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TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, Chartwell letterhead, July 7, 1963. Letter to Norman. In part: “We had an agreeable cruise. W
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill185 - Winston Churchill
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Exquisite matte-finish 4.25 x 6 portrait of Churchill in a distinguished pose, affixed to a 6 x 8.75 mount, nicely signed on the mount in fountain pen
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Boston Corbett186 - Boston Corbett
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Union army sergeant who shot assassin John Wilkes Booth as the murderer’s figure passed a crack in the wall of a burning barn on Richard Garrett’s far
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Marie Curie187 - Marie Curie
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Ink signatures of Marie Curie, “M. Curie,” and her daughters “I Curie” and “Eve Curie,” on an off-white 6.5 x 8.5 album or guest book page. Page
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Harvey Cushing188 - Harvey Cushing
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Surgeon (1869–1939) who pioneered many modern neurosurgical techniques and investigated the functions of the pituitary gland. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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