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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U. S. Grant41 - U. S. Grant
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Free-franked Executive Mansion mailing envelope, 5.75 x 3.25, addressed by Grant to “Hon. H. Fish, Sec. of State, Present,” and franked in the upper r
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant42 - U. S. Grant
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Handwritten endorsement, dated December 8, 1881, written on the reverse of the last page of a three-page letter to Grant from S. L. Glasgow, 6.5 x 9,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant43 - U. S. Grant
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ALS, two pages, 5 x 8, March 9, 1877. Letter to Postmaster General James N. Tyner. In full: “I’m parting company as officials permit me to express my
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant44 - U. S. Grant
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Bold ink signature, “U. S. Grant, General,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. Some scattered light toning and soiling, and mounting remnants to reverse,
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U. S. Grant45 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, January 5, 1875. President Grant appoints Peter T. Swaine as “Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifteenth Re
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant46 - U. S. Grant
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ALS signed “U. S. G.,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead, no date, but January 18, 1868. Letter to Geo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes47 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one lightly-lined page, 5.25 x 8, Executive Department, State of Ohio letterhead, May 8, 1876. Hayes writes to William T. Cr
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Chester A. Arthur49 - Chester A. Arthur
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 12, January 12, 1884. President Arthur appoints Adelmer M. Andrews to be postmaster of Plankinton in Au
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Chester A. Arthur50 - Chester A. Arthur
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Engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 4.75 x 3.5, signed under the image in black ink, “Chester A. Arthur.” In fine condition, with a
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Chester A. Arthur and Robert Todd Lincoln51 - Chester A. Arthur and Robert Todd Lincoln
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Exceptional partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, May 2, 1884. President Arthur appoints Peter T. Swaine as “Colonel of the Tw
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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