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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Queen Mary of Teck225 - Queen Mary of Teck
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Uncommon matte-finish 6.25 x 8.25 photo of Mary wearing her priceless jewels, affixed to its original 9 x 12.5 mount, signed on the mount in fountain
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Edmund Randolph226 - Edmund Randolph
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American politician (1753–1813) who served as both attorney general and secretary of state in George Washington’s cabinet. Partly-printed DS, signed “
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Tadeusz Reichstein227 - Tadeusz Reichstein
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Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996) awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for his work on hormones of the adrenal cortex which culmin
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Paul Samuelson228 - Paul Samuelson
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Economist (1915–2009) considered one of the founders of neo-Keynesian school who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Economics. Collection of eight TLSs on MI
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Leopold Sacher-Masoch229 - Leopold Sacher-Masoch
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Austrian writer and journalist (1836–1895) from whose name the word masochism is derived. Untranslated LS in German, one page, 5.75 x 9, personal lett
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Antonio Scarpa230 - Antonio Scarpa
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Italian anatomist (1752–1832) who wrote several important treatises on a wide range of anatomical and medical subjects. Scarce ALS in Italian, signed
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Schopenhauer231 - Arthur Schopenhauer
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Important and highly influential German philosopher (1788–1860) best known for his often pessimistic works exploring the nature of reality, will, and
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Albert Schweitzer232 - Albert Schweitzer
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Extraordinary archive of material for the book entitled The Africa of Albert Schweitzer, published in 1948 by Charles R. Joy and Melvin Arnold, includ
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Henry M. Stanley233 - Henry M. Stanley
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Author, explorer, and special correspondent for the New York Herald (1841–1904), most famous for his inquiry, ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?,’ upon find
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Francis Edward Stuart234 - James Francis Edward Stuart
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Son of King James II of England who claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones (as James III of England and Ireland and James VIII of Scotland) u
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: Benjamin Cardozo235 - Supreme Court: Benjamin Cardozo
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ALS signed “B. N. C.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 8, January 7, 1930. Letter to Frank S. Hiscock, Cardozo’s predecessor as chief judg
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Supreme Court: Benjamin Cardozo236 - Supreme Court: Benjamin Cardozo
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Two letters: an ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.25, October 2, 1927, in part: “I am writing for my sister to thank you for…this glor
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Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter237 - Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter
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Archive comprised of material sent to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson by Frankfurter, including one TLS on Supreme Court letterhead and seven ANSs on Sup
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: John Marshall238 - Supreme Court: John Marshall
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Influential American statesman and jurist (1755–1835) who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ADS, signed “J. Marshall for P,” th
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: John Marshall239 - Supreme Court: John Marshall
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ADS signed as chief justice, “J. Marshall,” one page, 7.75 x 5, August 22, 1829. Document regarding a real estate transaction. In part: “I have agreed
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: Warren Court240 - Supreme Court: Warren Court
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Color satin-finish 8 x 11 photo of the justices inside an impressive area of the Supreme Court, affixed to a 10 x 13.5 mount, signed on the mount in v
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William Barret Travis241 - William Barret Travis
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Lawyer and soldier (1809–1836) who migrated to Texas in the early 1830s and became active in the movement agitating for independence from Mexico. In e
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Texas242 - Texas
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DS, one page, 8 x 12.5, October 16, 1830. A real estate document from the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company. In part: “This Certifies That the Subs
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky243 - Leon Trotsky
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Russian Communist leader (1879–1940) who, with Lenin, organized the Bolshevik seizure of power during the October Revolution of 1917. DS in Russian, s
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jonathan Trumbull244 - Jonathan Trumbull
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Governor of Connecticut who was the only colonial governor to side with the Americans during the Revolutionary War (1710–1785). Revolutionary War–date
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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