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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World Leaders405 - World Leaders
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Collection of 38 items, each signed by a notable world leader, including: Eddie Adami (SP), Giulio Andreotti (SP and TLS), Corazon Aquiano (SP), Jorge
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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World Leaders406 - World Leaders
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Collection of 20 items, primarily consisting of signed photos, letters, and signatures, each signed by a significant world leader. Signers are: Emilio
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Turner Ashby410 - Turner Ashby
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Confederate cavalry brigadier general in the Civil War. He achieved prominence as Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s cavalry commander in the Shenandoah
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Confederate War Bond411 - Confederate War Bond
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 17 x 28, March 1, 1864. Ornately engraved uncancelled Confederate States of America bond in the amount of $1000, number 2
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George A. Custer412 - George A. Custer
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Exceedingly scarce First National Bank check, altered in Custer’s hand to become a Planters National Bank check, 8 x 3, filled out and signed by Custe
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer414 - George A. Custer
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Partly-printed DS , signed “G. A. Custer, Maj Genl,” two pages, one 9.75 x 11.75 and one 9.75 x 15.75, November 1865. Document headed at the top, “Lis
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Elizabeth B. Custer415 - Elizabeth B. Custer
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Wife and biographer (1842–1933) of ill-fated General George Armstrong Custer. Booklet cover entitled “Custer’s last Battle on the Little Big Horn, Mon
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Custer’s Last Stand416 - Custer’s Last Stand
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Color 42 x 31.5 lithograph entitled Custer’s Last Fight, printed circa 1934–1936. Twenty years after the Battle of Little Bighorn, Anheuser-Busch appr
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis417 - Jefferson Davis
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Crisp ink signature, “Respectfully your’s &c &c, Jefferson Davis,” on an off-white 5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a letter, with the recipient no...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis418 - Jefferson Davis
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, 8 x 9.75, November 10, 1853. In part: “You are hereby informed that the President of the United S
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis419 - Jefferson Davis
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Free-franked envelope, 5.25 x 3, addressed by Davis to “Revd. J.W. French, U.S. Mil. Academy, West Point, New York.” Franked in the upper right, “Jeff
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Washington Lafayette Elliott420 - Washington Lafayette Elliott
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Union brigadier general (1825–1888) who led a division of IV Corps at the Battle of Nashville in 1864. Uncommon ALS signed “W. L. Elliott, U. S. Army,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John B. Gordon421 - John B. Gordon
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Confederate general (1832–1904) who surrendered Lee’s army to Union General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Appomattox Courthouse. After the war, he se
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Flying Tigers422 - Flying Tigers
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Two items: first, a war-dated ALS from commander Claire Chennault, signed “Claire,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, September 5, 1942. Letter to General Clayton
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Benjamin Hawkins423 - Benjamin Hawkins
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Statesman (1754–1816) who served as a senator from North Carolina and was the principal Indian agent to the Creek Indians. ALS, three pages on two adj
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Winfield Scott Hancock424 - Winfield Scott Hancock
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LS signed “Winf’d S. Hancock,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, December 23, 1881. Letter to Henry Miller Allen declining an invitation.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Joseph Hooker425 - Joseph Hooker
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Notorious and aggressive Union general (1814–1879) who distinguished himself at the Battle of Williamsburg in 1862 and as a result was promoted to maj
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert E. Lee426 - Robert E. Lee
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Large ink signature, “R. E. Lee,” on an off-white slip. Cloth-matted and framed with a color portrait of Lee and a small name plaque to an overall siz
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Douglas MacArthur427 - Douglas MacArthur
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Exceptional matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of MacArthur in uniform, signed in fountain pen, “Douglas MacArthur, Tokyo—1949.” In fine
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James McPherson428 - James McPherson
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Career U.S. Army officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was killed at the Battle of Atlanta. After the w
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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