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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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