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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John Muir297 - John Muir
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Partial autograph manuscript, one page, 8 x 3.75, part of a page from Muir’s working draft of The Mountains of California. Muir writes, in full: “Flow
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Benito Mussolini298 - Benito Mussolini
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Uncommon matte-finish 5.25 x 3.25 postcard photo of Mussolini in profile, signed vertically in bold black ink, “B. Mussolini.” In fine condition, with
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Napoleon299 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Np,” one page both sides, 8 x 12, March 1, 1808. In part (translated): “The past Republic of Venice owned a Palace in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon302 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Napol,” one page, 7 x 5.75, October 23, 1817. Crisply-penned untranslated letter, nicely signed at the conclusion by Napoleon. M
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson303 - Horatio Nelson
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Manuscript DS, signed “Nelson & Bronte,” one page, 8 x 13, December 21, 1803. From the Victory, Nelson appoints David Moore to be a surgeon on b...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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William Nelson304 - William Nelson
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Reverend and elder brother (1757–1835) of Horatio Nelson. Archive of seven ALSs written by William Nelson to Lady Hamilton, each signed “Wm. Nelson,”
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Otto Nordenskjold305 - Otto Nordenskjold
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Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer (1869–1928). Unsigned pencil sketch by Nordenskjold from Norse mythology of a classic Vi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton306 - Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton
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ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, October 8, 1801. Letter to Lady Hamilton. In part: “I send on shore one line by the boat whic...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Eliot Ness307 - Eliot Ness
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City of Cleveland press identification card issued to Arthur Loesser, 4 x 3, with a clipped snapshot of Loesser stapled to the right side, stating Loe
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione308 - Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
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Nineteenth century Italian aristocrat (1837–1899) and the most beautiful woman of her day, she achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon II
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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