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 continues to achieve 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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Choice partial ADS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 9 x 4.5, no date. The lower portion of a legal document penned completely in Washington’s hand.
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.75, June 9, 1783. Washington discharges an enlisted man. Document reads, in fu
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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Exquisite ink signature as president, “Go: Washington,” on an off-white 4.5 x 4.5 vellum slip clipped from a document, also signed by Secretary of Sta
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Washington4 - George Washington
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A wonderful carving of a Durham boat similar to the one used in Washington’s crossing of the Delaware, made from the wood of an elm tree at Washington
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Washington5 - George Washington
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A fine model of an axe evoking the apocryphal tale of Washington chopping down a cherry tree, made from the wood of an elm tree at Washington’s encamp
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Adams7 - John Adams
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ALS, one page, 4.75 x 7, no date [but circa 1790s, likely during his vice-presidency]. Letter to Joshua Johnson at Great Tower Hill. In full: “The Bea
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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John Adams8 - John Adams
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Scarce full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “John Sanderson Esqr, Philadelphia,” and
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson9 - Thomas Jefferson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 10.5 x 10, January 16, 1809. President Jefferson issues a naval appointment f
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison10 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Scarce partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 9.75 x 14.75, May 22, 1805.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Madison11 - James Madison
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, October 31, 1807. Letter to a gentleman, written while serving as secretary of state under President Thomas Jefferson. In
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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