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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U. S. and Julia Grant45 - U. S. and Julia Grant
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Superlative 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Grant in a half-length pose by Alexander Gardner, crisply signed in the lower border in purple ink, “U. S. Gra
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant46 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated handwritten endorsement, signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” on the reverse of a one-page letter to Grant by Captain John C. Cox, 7.75 x
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant47 - U. S. Grant
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Two oversized 11.5 x 9.75 photos affixed to opposing sides of a single 15 x 13 mount: one of President Grant’s sickbed, captions: “The Sick-Room. Wher
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant48 - U. S. Grant
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Impressive 11.5 x 9.75 photo of the mourners at President Grant’s tomb affixed to a 17 x 14.75 mount, captioned: “View Just In Front Of Gen. Grant’s T
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant49 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white slip. Matted and framed with an E. & H. T. Anthony carte-de-visite portrait of Grant in uniform to...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant50 - U. S. Grant
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Bank check, 7.75 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Grant, payable to A. T. Stewart for $30.00, March 7, 1868. Double-matted and framed w
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant51 - U. S. Grant
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ALS signed “U. S. Grant, General,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.5 x 9.75, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, March 9, 1867. Letter to
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. and Lucy Hayes52 - Rutherford B. and Lucy Hayes
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Choice ink signatures, “Rutherford B. Hayes” and “Lucy W. Hayes,” on individual off-white cards. In overall fine condition. A desirable and less commo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield53 - James A. Garfield
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Hand-addressed and free-franked partial mailing envelope, 4.25 x 2.5, addressed in Garfield’s hand to “B. A. Hinsdale, Solon Cuyahoga Co,” and franked
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield54 - James A. Garfield
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Extremely rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 14, February 16, 1881. President Garfield appoints John A. Hubbard to the position of Po
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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