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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Richard E. Byrd and James H. Doolittle211 - Richard E. Byrd and James H. Doolittle
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Two items: first, a bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Byrd, “R. E. Byrd,” payable to Cambridge Laundry for $29.26, May
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Camp David Accords212 - Camp David Accords
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FDC with a cachet honoring the 50th anniversary of Lions International, signed in various inks by Anwar El Sadat, Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Yitzak
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Howard Carter213 - Howard Carter
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British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s ‘Valley of the Kings’ proved to be one of the
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro214 - Fidel Castro
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Terrific archive representing the history of modern Cuba, highlighted by a 1959 document signed by Fidel Castro and a photo signed by the 1907 Advisor
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro215 - Fidel Castro
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DS in Spanish, fourteen pages, 8.75 x 13.75, April 7, 1959. Lengthy document regarding property rights, government planning and zoning, and pricing re
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Catherine the Great216 - Catherine the Great
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Choice untranslated LS in Cyrillic, one page, 7.75 x 12, 1790. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds. From 1788 to 1790, Russi
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire217 - Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
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First wife of William Cavendish, the fifth Duke of Devonshire (1757–1806), daughter of the first Earl of Spencer, and an ancestor of Lady Diana; renow
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Chiang Kai-Shek218 - Chiang Kai-Shek
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Scarce and desirable matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 photo, signed in black ink in Chinese. In fine condition, with a few surface creases and silvering to da
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Clay219 - Henry Clay
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Distinguished statesman, US senator, secretary of state, speaker of the house, and three-time presidential candidate (1777–1852) who became known as t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Marie Curie220 - Marie Curie
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TLS signed “M. Curie,” one page, 5.5 x 4, Faculte des Sciences de Paris letterhead, May 18, 1921. A brief letter to Miss Roderick. In full: “As the fr
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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