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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Franklin Pierce32 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9, April 10, 1854. President Pierce directs the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United S
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce33 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18, July 24, 1856. President Pierce appoints Andrew W. Johnson “a Lieutenant in the Navy, from the 15
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Buchanan34 - James Buchanan
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Free franked envelope, 4.5 x 2.5, addressed by his niece Harriet Lane, to “Mrs. O’Conor, Charles O’Conor Esq., 61 Wall Street, New York City,” and fra
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln35 - Abraham Lincoln
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ANS as president boldly signed “A. Lincoln,” one page both sides, 3.25 x 2, April 5, 1865. In full: “Will the Sec. of War please see & hear Gen....
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln37 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14 x 18, February 24, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Myles Moylan “a Second Lieutenant in the Fifth Regime
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln40 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partial self-contained partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 6, March 22, 1861. Lower portion of a larger document, boldly signed at the c
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson41 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.75 x 11, August 12, 1865. President Johnson appoints Moses F. Odell a “Naval Officer for the District of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson42 - Andrew Johnson
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Ink endorsement signature, as president, “Andrew Johnson,” on an Executive envelope dated at the top, May 4, 1866. Endorsement relates to a cavalry ap
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant43 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 3, 1875. President Grant orders the Secretary of State to “affix the Seal of the United S
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant44 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, “Ulysses S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U.S.A., Galena, Ill., Aug. 28th, 1865,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with light scatter
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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