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 Hamilton223 - Alexander Hamilton
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Scarce DS, signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 7.5 x 9, August 31, 1792. Printed Treasury Department circular. In part: “Agreeably to an order of the Sena
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock224 - John Hancock
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ALS sent to Hancock by Peter Thacher, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, April 29, 1787. Docketed on the address panel in Hancock’s own ha
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Hancock225 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS filled out in Hancock’s hand but unsigned, one page, 9 x 4.5, April 28, 1762. A bill of landing filled out by Hancock, incorporating
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Hancock226 - John Hancock
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Manuscript DS submitted to Governor Hancock, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.75, December 20, 1783. A petition to Hancock regarding fees a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Hancock227 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 12.75, December 23, 1780. Document regarding ownership of a sea vessel. In part; “William Smith of Boston…maketh oath
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Friedrich Hasenohrl228 - Friedrich Hasenohrl
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Influential Austrian physicist (1874–1915) whose early work on the concept of electromagnetic mass anticipated Einstein’s famous E=mc2 equation. Outst
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Theodor Herzl229 - Theodor Herzl
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Hungarian-born Austrian founder of Zionism. As a correspondent during the Alfred Dreyfus affair, he determined that the solution to anti-Semitism was
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Sam Houston230 - Sam Houston
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Desirable franking signature, “Free, Sam Houston,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.25 slip clipped from a larger address panel, bearing a “free” postmark to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Sam Houston231 - Sam Houston
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Choice ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, Huntsville, Texas, October 8, 1853. Letter to Secretary of the Senate Asbury Dickins. In
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Sam Houston232 - Sam Houston
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Partly-printed DS one page both sides, 8 x 4.25, January 29, 1861. Treasury warrant for $120.83 issued to Elijah Southward for “protection of the fron
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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