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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James A. Garfield53 - James A. Garfield
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LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 4.75 x 7.75, House of Representatives letterhead, March 27, 1880. Letter to political
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield54 - James A. Garfield
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Partial self-contained partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22.75 x 8, May 19, 1881. Lower portion of a presidential appointment, nicely signed b
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur and His Cabinet55 - Chester A. Arthur and His Cabinet
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Hardcover leatherbound autograph album, 7.5 x 9.25, signed inside, as president, “Chester A. Arthur, April 12, 1884,” and also signed by seven members
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Grover Cleveland56 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, January 22, 1889. President Cleveland appoints Alfred T. Smith “Lieutenant Colonel of the Eight
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison57 - Benjamin Harrison
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Handsome engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 4.5 x 3.5, signed below the detailed vignette in bold black ink, “Benj. Harrison.” In v
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William McKinley58 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, April 12, 1899. McKinley appoints George Rutledge Armstrong a “Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the
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William McKinley59 - William McKinley
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LS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5.25 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, March 19, 1889. Letter to Secretary
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt60 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 28, 1898. Letter to historian William Laird Clowes. In full: “I understand your third volume is very nearly out. Par
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt61 - Theodore Roosevelt
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ALS, three pages, 5.5 x 7.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, August 12, 1917. Letter to to Ralph Henry Van Deman, often called the ‘Father of American Milit
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt62 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, two pages, 7.75 x 9.5, The Outlook letterhead, February 21, 1913. Letter to Henry M. Wallace, a Detroit businessman and member of the National Pr
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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