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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Edward, Duke of Windsor275 - Edward, Duke of Windsor
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ANS signed “Edward,” one page, 5 x 7, personal monogrammed letterhead, December 1951. In full: “To W. Somerset Maugham, with best wishes from Edward,
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German Presidents and Chancellors276 - German Presidents and Chancellors
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Collection of 13 photos of German leaders, approximately 4 x 6, each signed in ink by the subject, including: Chancellors Angela Merkel, Helmut Kohl,
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Mikhail Gorbachev277 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Three items: a limited edition FDC with a cachet honoring Gorbachev’s speech at Monticello to Thomas Jefferson, numbered 530/1000, signed in blue ball
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Otto Hahn278 - Otto Hahn
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German chemist (1879–1968) who won the 1944 Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission. Small German holiday card featuring a color image of bel
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John Hay279 - John Hay
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Private secretary (1838–1905) to and, later, biographer of Abraham Lincoln who also served as secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt. LS as a
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Robert F. Kennedy280 - Robert F. Kennedy
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, February 1, 1956. Letter to Frances H. Mylett. In part: “Your letter of January 30, 1956, to
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Robert F. Kennedy281 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Glossy 9.5 x 7.25 candid photo of Kennedy, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For Kenny Bundt, with appreciation and best wishes, Robert F. Kenn
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Lev Landau282 - Lev Landau
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Russian physicist (1908–1968) who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research into ‘superfluidity.’ Uncommon 5 x 6.5 cardstock head-and-shoul
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John Langdon283 - John Langdon
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New Hampshire’s second governor (1741–1819), signer of the Constitution, and president pro tempore of the US Senate under George Washington. Partly-pr
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Gordon W. ‘Pawnee Bill’ Lillie284 - Gordon W. ‘Pawnee Bill’ Lillie
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American showman (1860–1942) who began his career as a trapper and Pawnee interpreter and later became a partner in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. ALS
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J. Pierpont Morgan285 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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DS, one page both sides, 9.5 x 13.5, June 30, 1886. A one-hundred year bond issued by the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company for $1000, signed at th
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Mother Teresa286 - Mother Teresa
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Signed book: In My Own Words. First edition, first printing. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7, 109 pages. Sign
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Mother Teresa287 - Mother Teresa
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A graceful 5.75 x 8.75 book photo of Mother Teresa deep in prayer, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “God bless you, M Teresa mc.” In fine
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Benito Mussolini288 - Benito Mussolini
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Bold ink signature, “Benito Mussolini,” on an off-white 5 x 3.75 card. In fine condition, with subtle soiling and a paperclip impression to the top ed
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Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emmanuel III289 - Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emmanuel III
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Partly-printed DS in Italian, one page, 9.5 x 14.5, December 23, 1935. Untranslated official document, boldly signed at the conclusion by Mussolini an
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Fridtjof Nansen290 - Fridtjof Nansen
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Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate (1861–1930) who led the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888. Un
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Notables291 - Notables
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Impressive collection of approximately 350 items, comprised primarily of signatures, with a few photos, souvenir typescripts, and other formats, signe
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Marina Oswald292 - Marina Oswald
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Former wife of Lee Harvey Oswald (born 1941). Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Belle Teufel, payable to Mrs. Lee Har
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi293 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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The final Shah of Iran (1919–1980) prior to the establishment of an Islamic republic in that country in 1979. FDC with a cachet honoring the state vis
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Rosa Parks294 - Rosa Parks
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Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Parks, “Rosa L. Parks,” payable to St. Matthew AME Church for $25, August 2, 1981. In fine conditio
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