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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Samuel Adams200 - Samuel Adams
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Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.5, February 29, 1796. As governor of Massachusetts, Adams orders the magistrates of Lincoln County to re
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Shalom Aleichem201 - Shalom Aleichem
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Russian-born Jewish humorist (1859–1916), whose stories and plays, originally written in Yiddish, were the basis for the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Benedict Arnold202 - Benedict Arnold
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Manuscript DS, signed “B. Arnold,” one page, 7 x 8, October 5, 1790. A legal document in which “Benedict Arnold the plaintiff in this cause maketh oat
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Benedict Arnold203 - Benedict Arnold
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Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “B. Arnold,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 7.5, November 2, 1779. Letter to his friend Jacob Thompson, g
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Ethan Allen204 - Ethan Allen
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Farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician (1738–1789). Rare ink signature, “
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell205 - Alexander Graham Bell
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 4.5, June 28, 1892. Certificate from the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf presented
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Giambattista Bodoni206 - Giambattista Bodoni
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Italian typographer, compositor, printer, and publisher (1740–1813). Third-person ALS in Italian, one page, 6.75 x 9.5, no date. In full (roughly tran
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Simon Bolivar207 - Simon Bolivar
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Partly-printed DS in Spanish, one page, 8.25 x 12, January 15, 1825. As president of Peru, Bolivar commissions Francisco Aliaga as a captain of the ca
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Elias Boudinot209 - Elias Boudinot
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American lawyer and statesman (1740–1821) who served as President of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 and later became a US Representative f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pierce Butler210 - Pierce Butler
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Soldier and statesman (1744–1822) who served in the Continental Congress, Constitutional Convention, and the US Senate. LS signed “P. Butler,” one pag
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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