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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Alamo: Byrd Lockhart125 - Alamo: Byrd Lockhart
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Texas surveyor (1782–1839), Alamo defender, courier, and Texian officer during the Texas Revolution. Manuscript DS, signed “Byrd Lockhart,” three page
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Baldwin126 - Abraham Baldwin
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Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, signed “Abraham Baldwin Chaplain,” one page, 7.75 x 5.5, July 10, 1780. Document reads, in part: “Recd. Highlan
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Bavarian Royalty and Opera Stars127 - Bavarian Royalty and Opera Stars
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Unusual assemblage of ink signatures on adjoining off-white 4.5 x 7 album pages. Royal signatures of key figures in World War I include: Rupprecht, Cr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion128 - David Ben-Gurion
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ALS in Hebrew, signed “D.B.G.,” one page, lightly-lined, 4.5 x 8.25, February 9, 1954. In part (translated): “I have just now finished reading in the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Leonid Brezhnev129 - Leonid Brezhnev
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DS in Cyrillic, signed “L. Brezhnev,” one page, 8.25 x 11, January 3, 1948. Letter to Nikita Khrushchev, who was serving as first secretary of the CP(
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Daniel Bernoulli130 - Daniel Bernoulli
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Important Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700–1782) known for his applications of mathematics to fluid mechanics. ALS in French, one page, 7.25 x
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Niels Bohr131 - Niels Bohr
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Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. TLS in German, one page, 8.75 x 11.25
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Letizia Bonaparte132 - Letizia Bonaparte
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Mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (1750–1836) who shared her son’s exile in Elba during 1814. LS in French, signed “Madame,” one page, 7.25 x 9.75, March 1
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Aaron Burr133 - Aaron Burr
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ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, January 25, 1820. Letter to Martha Bradstreet. In part: “I have again called at Mr. Jones office but had n
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Aaron Burr134 - Aaron Burr
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Unsigned docketing notation, “James Morrison v. Nathaniel F. Mix } attachment,” penned by Burr on the reverse of the second integral page of a manuscr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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