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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Duke and Duchess of Windsor176 - Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Ballpoint signatures, “Edward, Duke of Windsor” and “Wallis, Duchess of Windsor,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 stationery card embossed with a royal cre
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison177 - Thomas Edison
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Iconic matte-finish 7.25 x 9.75 portrait of Edison by Walter Scott Shinn, boldly signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To D. McNi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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DNA: Watson and Crick178 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Signed offprint article: ‘Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.’ Off-print from: Nature Vol. 171 (April 25,
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison179 - Thomas Edison
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ALS signed “T. A. Edison,” one page, 5.5 x 6.5, The Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, May 9, no year. Letter to Major Eaton. In full: “I am g
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Antonio Egas Moniz180 - Antonio Egas Moniz
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Portuguese neurologist (1874–1955) who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949. Nice collection of ten items related to Egas Moniz,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Gustave Eiffel181 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, February 2, no year. A letter written on the behalf of his daughter, Clair
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein183 - Albert Einstein
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TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal letterhead, May 8, 1954. Letter to Margaret Brackenbury. In part: “I thank you ver
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein184 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, California Institute of Technology letterhead, January 17, 1933. Untranslated letter to B. C.
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Empress Anna of Russia185 - Empress Anna of Russia
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Russian aristocrat (1693–1740) who reigned as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Untranslated manuscript DS in Cyrillic, signed “Anna,” one page, 7
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Empress Maria Feodorovna186 - Empress Maria Feodorovna
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Second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia and mother of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1759–1828). Handwritten endorsement in Cyrillic, si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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