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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Marquis de Lafayette214 - Marquis de Lafayette
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ALS signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7 x 9, August 6, 1805. Letter Chancellor Robert R. Livingston of New York. In part: “You have heard me mention my ob
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry Laurens215 - Henry Laurens
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South Carolina statesman (1724–1792) who was a delegate to the Continental Congress, third President of the Second Continental Congress, Vice-Presiden
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Robert Livingston, Sr216 - Robert Livingston, Sr
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Lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States (1746–1813). Scarce ALS signed “R. R. Livingston,” one page
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz217 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Dutch physicist (1853–1928) who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. ALS in Germ
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela218 - Nelson Mandela
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Mailing envelope, 8.5 x 4.5, with four different South African postage stamps affixed along the top, signed in black ink as president, “N. Mandela 27.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi219 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Handsome 3.25 x 5.5 postcard photo of a young Marconi in a three-piece suit, signed in fountain pen, “G. Marconi.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Marie Antoinette223 - Marie Antoinette
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5, December 31, 1788. The document is addressed “To the Chancellor’s Sec
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse224 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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ALS signed “Saml. F. B. Morse,” one page, lightly-lined, 4.25 x 4.75, June 16, 1858. Letter to treasurer J. Priestly reads, in full: “I enclose my che
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mother Teresa225 - Mother Teresa
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Glossy 4 x 6 photo, signed in blue felt tip, “God bless you, M Teresa mc.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned color glossy 8 x 10 phot
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mother Teresa226 - Mother Teresa
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Unusual glossy 8 x 10 photo of Mother Teresa meeting a chicken, signed in blue ink, “God bless you, M Teresa mc.” In fine condition, with a trivial cr
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