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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King George III245 - King George III
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LS in German, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 8 x 12, July 2, 1765. Untranslated. Intersecting folds, light toning, mounting remnants along le
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King George III246 - King George III
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King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death in 1820 whose reign was marked most notably by the loss of British control over the Americ
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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King George VI247 - King George VI
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Two unsigned items: a black-bordered printed invitation to the “Funeral of His Late Majesty King George VI at the Royal Chapel of Saint George, at Win
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King Philip II248 - King Philip II
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King of Spain (born 1527) from 1556 until his death in 1598; his eventful reign included Spain’s conquest of the Philippines, the establishment of a c
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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King Louis XI249 - King Louis XI
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King of France (born in 1423) who reigned from 1461 to 1483. Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 12.75 x 8.5, September 14, 1478. Decr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr250 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. First edition. NY: Harper and Row, 1958. Hardcover with original dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 230 pages. Signed and i
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Henry Knox251 - Henry Knox
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LS signed “H. Knox, Secretary of War,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, October 19, 1789. Important letter to to New York Governor Georg
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert Koch252 - Robert Koch
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German medical scientist (1843–1910) regarded as the father of bacteriology. He isolated the tuberculosis bacillus and the anthrax virus, and received
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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The Faye Shehdan Lifetime Collection253 - The Faye Shehdan Lifetime Collection
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Mrs. Faye T. Shehdan (1921–2008) began collecting autographs in 1974 and spent the next 30 years pursuing and corresponding with a vast assortment of
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Kings and Queens of France254 - Kings and Queens of France
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A one-of-a-kind set of 32 letters and documents, ranging in date from 1483 to 1873, signed by every French king and emperor from the time of King Loui
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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