RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Auction Details

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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
William Henry Harrison23 - William Henry Harrison
RR Auction
Outstanding very early ADS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison,” one page, 6.75 x 2.5, Greenville, July 25, 1795. Handwritten requisition document in which Harri
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
John Tyler24 - John Tyler
RR Auction
Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 20.75 x 16, October 13, 1845. Four language ship’s paper issued to “Humphrey Shearman, ma
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
John Tyler25 - John Tyler
RR Auction
Boldly penned ALS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, November 6, 1842. Letter to the commissioners under the Choctaw Treaty. In part: “My Brother Mr. W
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
John Tyler26 - John Tyler
RR Auction
Rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, November 1, 1844. President Tyler grants Matthew Allen of Florida a parcel of land “as
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
James K. Polk27 - James K. Polk
RR Auction
ALS, one page, 7.25 x 12.25, April 30, 1841. Letter to John W. Ford, marked “Private” at the top by Polk. In full: “Since writing to you proposing app
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Zachary Taylor28 - Zachary Taylor
RR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col. Comdr,” one page, 8 x 10, March 31, 1836. Document concerning the accounting of $17.13 which is “postage on
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Zachary Taylor29 - Zachary Taylor
RR Auction
Partial-self-contained manuscript DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 6.75 x 2.5, April 14, 1849. Document reads, in full: “Let the penalty
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Millard Fillmore30 - Millard Fillmore
RR Auction
Hand-addressed and free-franked mailing envelope circa 1852–1853, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed in Fillmore’s hand to “Hon. Henry S. Randall, Secy of State,
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Millard Fillmore31 - Millard Fillmore
RR Auction
ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 28, 1857. Letter to Hamilton Fish. In full: “Perceiving that the Senate ordered some extra copies of the Opinions of the S
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Millard Fillmore32 - Millard Fillmore
RR Auction
Civil War–dated ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, September 21, 1861. Letter to Dr. Cyrus Powers, nephew of his late wife Abigail. In part: “I have
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark