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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U. S. Grant43 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” one page, 7.5 x 8.5, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, February 25, 1865. Hand
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant44 - U. S. Grant
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Scarce Civil War–dated original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Grant in uniform, resting his arm on a table, signed in the lower border in black
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant45 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 8, 1876. President Grant authorizes the secretary of state “to affix the Seal of the United
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant46 - U. S. Grant
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Superb engraved official portrait by the US Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing showing Grant in profile, 6 x 7.5, boldly signed belo
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant47 - U. S. Grant
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ALS, three pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Head-Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, July 3, 1866. Letter to Major Ge
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant48 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.75 x 17.5, July 5, 1876. Four language ship’s paper issued to “Stephen Flanders master or commander of th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant49 - U. S. Grant
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Crisp ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with a couple of light vertical indentations.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant50 - U. S. Grant
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Original and large unsigned albumen photo, 9.5 x 11.5, affixed to a 10.75 x 13 mount, of U. S. Grant, his wife Julia, and his two sons Frederick and J
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes51 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS, signed as governor of Ohio, “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 7.25 x 4, December 27, 1871. State of Ohio financial document authorizing the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes52 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Rutherford B. Hayes,” one page, 23.5 x 18.5, May 20, 1889. President Hayes issues a certificate from the Military Order of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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