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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Sven Hedin289 - Sven Hedin
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Swedish explorer (1865–1952) who mapped the Himalayas and other regions in Central Asia. Cardstock 4 x 6 photo of Hedin in a black jacket and white ti
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J. Edgar Hoover290 - J. Edgar Hoover
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Division of Investigation letterhead, October 5, 1934. In part: “I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter…wherein you
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Hu Yaobang291 - Hu Yaobang
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High-ranking official of the People's Republic of China known for his free market reforms and attempts to make China's government more trans...
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Saddam Hussein292 - Saddam Hussein
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DS, in Arabic, one page, 8.25 x 12, circa 1990s. An untranslated typed document bearing a printed eagle with shield device at the top of the page, sig
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas H. Huxley293 - Thomas H. Huxley
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English biologist (1825-1895) known as ‘Darwin's Bulldog’ for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. ALS signed “T. H. Huxley...
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Inventors294 - Inventors
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Three checks, each signed by an inventor, including: Lee de Forest, Simon Lake, and Charles P. Steinmetz. Expected bank stamps and cancellation holes,
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Jiang Zemin295 - Jiang Zemin
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Chinese politician (born 1926) who served as president of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, overseeing substantial economic deve...
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Helen Keller296 - Helen Keller
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Mailing envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, signed across the front in pencil, “Helen Keller.” Envelope also bears two strategic 1938 postmarks, the first from Helen
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Robert F. Kennedy297 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Superb youthful matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Kennedy while serving on the McClellan Committee, signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue ballpo
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Kim Dae-jung298 - Kim Dae-jung
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President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003 and recipient of the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize (1925–2009). Color glossy 4.5 x 6 photo of Kim Dae-jung wearing
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