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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King George III211 - King George III
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Early ink signature, “George PR,” on an off-white 6 x 7 slip clipped from a larger document, still retaining the seals affixed below the signature; an
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King Philip II212 - King Philip II
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King of Spain (born 1527) from 1556 until his death in 1598; his eventful reign included Spain’s conquest of the Philippines, the establishment of a c
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King George VI213 - King George VI
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Four ALSs, three signed by King George VI as “Albert,” and one by his brother Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, signed “Henry,” all written to photogr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr214 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Historically significant handwritten manuscript in pencil, unsigned, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1957–1958. King continues drafting a portio
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr215 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 230 pages. Beautifully sign...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ferdinand Lassalle216 - Ferdinand Lassalle
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German-Jewish jurist, philosopher, and socialist political activist (1825–1864). ALS in German, signed “F. Lassalle,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, postmarke
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Lister217 - Joseph Lister
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British surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day. ALS, one page, 3.75
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Liebknecht218 - Wilhelm Liebknecht
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German social democrat (1826–1900) who, with August Bebel, was a principal founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. ALS in German, signed “W
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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David Livingstone219 - David Livingstone
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Scottish missionary and explorer (1813–1873) who ‘disappeared’ on an expedition to find the source of the Nile only to be famously rediscovered by Hen
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ernst Mach220 - Ernst Mach
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Austrian physicist and philosopher (1838–1916) who, as a result of his research into the effects of supersonic velocity, lent his name to the ratio of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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