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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Joseph Pulitzer247 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Journalist and newspaper publisher (1847–1911) who established the Pulitzer Prize ‘for the encouragement of public service, public morals, American li
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Queen Henrietta Marie of France248 - Queen Henrietta Marie of France
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Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 7.5, no date. Rare untranslated letter w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jack Ruby249 - Jack Ruby
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A bullet shot by the actual .38 caliber Colt Cobra revolver, Serial #2744 LW, used by Jack Ruby to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, in th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bertrand Russell250 - Bertrand Russell
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 7, February 21, 1924. Letter to important philosopher and physicist Moritz Schlick. In part: “My 'External Worl...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ernest Shackleton251 - Ernest Shackleton
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Bank check, 8.25 x 4.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Shackleton, “E. H. Shackleton,” payable to Cash for £50.0.0, July 3, 1914. Che...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Steinitz and Frank Marshall252 - Wilhelm Steinitz and Frank Marshall
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Both chess champions. Steinitz (1836–1900) was the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894; Marshall (1877–1944) was the US chess cham
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James Francis Edward Stuart253 - James Francis Edward Stuart
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Son of King James II of England who claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones (as James III of England and Ireland and James VIII of Scotland) f
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Supreme Court: Oliver Ellsworth254 - Supreme Court: Oliver Ellsworth
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Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 7.25 x 4.5, June 9, 1778. Pay order sent to John Lawrence, treasurer of Connec
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Supreme Court: Burger Court255 - Supreme Court: Burger Court
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Souvenir booklet containing the text of the United States Constitution, published in 1968 by the US Government Printing Office, 4.5 x 5.75, 30 pages,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: Warren Court256 - Supreme Court: Warren Court
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Rare matte-finish 14 x 11 photo of the Warren Court walking in the funeral procession of John F. Kennedy, signed in the lower border in various inks b
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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