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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Abraham Lincoln42 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partial partly-printed war-time DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 6, no date. Lower portion of a military commission, boldly signed, “Abraham Lincoln,
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln43 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 18, March 6, 1865. President Lincoln appoints Arthur J. Pritchard as "Assistant Paymaster in ...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln44 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.25 x 16.5, August 26, 1861. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Alfred C. Davis, master and commander
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln46 - Abraham Lincoln
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Extraordinary endorsement signature, “A. Lincoln,” at the conclusion of a note on an off-white 3 x 1.25 slip clipped from a larger document. Written i
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln47 - Abraham Lincoln
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A piece of wood from the original Rutledge New Salem Mill Dam. Section of board measures 18.5 x 9.5 and shows the original saw blade cuts and hand-hew
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln48 - Abraham Lincoln
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Clean 4.25 x 6.5 period cabinet portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a formal bust-length pose. Reverse is blank except for a contemporary identification no
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln49 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original and complete July 28, 1858, issue of the Daily Illinois State Journal, 16 x 24, four pages. Below the fold on the front page is an advertisem
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln: William H. Herndon50 - Abraham Lincoln: William H. Herndon
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American lawyer (1818–1891) best known as Lincoln’s law partner from 1841. He later wrote a biography of Lincoln, Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln: David H. Rutledge51 - Abraham Lincoln: David H. Rutledge
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Manuscript DS, signed “D. H. Rutledge,” one page, 7.5 x 5.75, April 4, 1840. A summons for Reubin Black in a divorce case between Reubin and Nancy Bla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson52 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 9.5, September 30, 1868. President Johnson directs the secretary of state “to affix the Seal of the Unit
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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