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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Douglas MacArthur352 - Douglas MacArthur
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, November 24, 1959. Letter to Reverend Eugene Kennedy at Xavier High School. In full: “I have just received your letter tellin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William A. Bishop and William Mitchell353 - William A. Bishop and William Mitchell
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Bishop was a highly decorated Canadian ace officially credited with seventy-two victories in World War I; Mitchell was a flying ace who was court-mart
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hugh L. Scott354 - Hugh L. Scott
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Career soldier (1853–1934) who served as Army Chief of Staff from 1914 to 1917, including the first few months of American involvement in World War I;
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Eddie Rickenbacker355 - Eddie Rickenbacker
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American World War I fighter ace (1890–1973) credited with 26 aerial victories during the war. Glossy 5 x 3.5 photo of Rickenbacker posing in front of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Thomas Sopwith356 - Thomas Sopwith
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Inventor of the biplane used in WWI called the Sopwith Camel (1888–1989). Two items: a glossy 8.25 x 6 photo of Sopwith in a Howard Wright biplane, si
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William H. Taft357 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” five pages, 8 x 10.5, personal Washington, DC, letterhead, September 16, 1919. Letter to Gus J. Karger. In part: “Considerin
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Omar Bradley360 - Omar Bradley
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 9.25, Joint Chiefs of Staff letterhead, June 9, 1952. Letter to Daniel Poling, chairman of the Christian Herald magazine. In part
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Omar Bradley and William Westmoreland361 - Omar Bradley and William Westmoreland
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Three items: two ink signatures of Omar N. Bradley on individual off-white cards; and a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of William C. Westmoreland, signed i
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain362 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Chamberlain, “J. L. Chamberlain,” payable to J. Crawford for $20.00, August 12, 1869. Le
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain363 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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ALS signed “Joshua L. Chamberlain,” two pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 9, November 18, 1899. Letter to Judge William Penn Whiteh
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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