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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Martin Luther King, Jr229 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: The Desegregated Heart. First edition, later printing. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1962. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 364 pages. Signed in
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz230 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Highly-renowned German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716). Unsigned handwritten manuscript on a 6.75 x 6.5 sheet. Leibniz pens five lines of ph
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Leopold I231 - Leopold I
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King of Belgium following its independence from the Netherlands (1790–1865). ALS in German, signed “Leo,” one page, 5 x 7.25, October 30, 1862. Untran
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Louisiana Purchase232 - Louisiana Purchase
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Twelve complete issues of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Liberty newspapers, dated from April 2 to July 3, 1803. Included are 11 regular issues, 10.75 x 17.25,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rosa Luxemburg233 - Rosa Luxemburg
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One of the leading Marxist political theorists and economic reform advocates during the period of the Russian Revolution (1871–1919). Early ALS in Rus
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela234 - Nelson Mandela
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Color glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of Mandela with President Roman Herzog of Germany in 1996, signed in gold ink, “N. Mandela, 13.7.2001.” In fine condition,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela235 - Nelson Mandela
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Scarce signed book: Madiba. South Africa: Martin Schneider and Company, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.75 x 11.5, 144 pages. Signed on the title
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Catherine de Medici237 - Catherine de Medici
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Italian noblewoman (1519–1589) who was Queen consort of France from 1547 to 1559 and the mother of three French kings: Francis II, Charles IX, and Hen
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III238 - Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III
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Collection of 14 untranslated DSs in Italian, totaling 27 pages, each approximately 9.5 x 14.5, dated between 1926 and 1939. Ten are signed at the con
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon239 - Napoleon
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LS in French, one page, 7 x 9, June 10, 1806. Letter to his son Prince Eugene Napoleon. In full (translated): “When I said the Treasury of Italy, my i
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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