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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Richard Nixon102 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: 1999: Victory Without War. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 336 pages. Signed on a...
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Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford103 - Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
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Two items: a Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Museum bookplate, signed in blue ink, “Richard Nixon”; and an FDC with a cachet reproducing the ...
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Gerald Ford104 - Gerald Ford
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Uncommon booklet entitled The American Adventure: The Bicentennial Messages of Gerald R. Ford, July 1976, 5.75 x 9, 28 pages, signed on the first page
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Gerald Ford105 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 17, 1979. Letter to golf legend Gene Sarazen. In part: “I would like to than
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Gerald Ford106 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Jerry,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Congress of the United States letterhead, January 17, 1973. Letter to Professor Leon D. Nobes at Western Michi
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Gerald Ford107 - Gerald Ford
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Souvenir typescript on a beige 5.75 x 9.25 sheet, signed in black felt tip, “Gerald R. Ford, 11/5/79.” The last two paragraphs of the presidential par
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Gerald Ford, Al Gore, and Dan Quayle108 - Gerald Ford, Al Gore, and Dan Quayle
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of the White House, signed in felt tip and ballpoint by Gerald Ford, Walter Mondale, Dan Quayle, and Al Gore. Scattered surf
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Ronald Reagan109 - Ronald Reagan
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Reagan in a handsome suit and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Bonnie Alley, with very best wishes, Ronald Reag
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Ronald Reagan110 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 14, no year. In full: “This is a very belated answer to your letter and generous gift. The cand
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Ronald Reagan111 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Ron,” one page, 6 x 9, no date but prior to 1971. Letter to Jake Ehrlich. In full: “Some one forging your name sent me an autographed phot
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Ronald Reagan112 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed book: Where’s the Rest of Me? Second printing. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 316 pages. Signed an
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Bill Clinton113 - Bill Clinton
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Clinton working in the Oval Office, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Bill Clinton114 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: Giving. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9.5, 240 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt
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Bill Clinton115 - Bill Clinton
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Bill and Hillary kissing, signed in black felt tip, “Bill Clinton.” In fine condition, with a JSA label affixed to the lo
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Bill Clinton116 - Bill Clinton
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A 2009 Upper Deck 20th Anniversary Retrospective trading card, number 505, showing Clinton signing the Brady Bill into law in 1993, signed vertically
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Bill Clinton117 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed on the title page in blue fel
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George W. Bush118 - George W. Bush
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Three Decision Points bookplates, 4.25 x 3.5, each signed in black felt tip. In overall very fine condition.
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George W. Bush119 - George W. Bush
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Signed book: Decision Points. Later printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2010. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 497 pages. Signed on the half-title p
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George W. Bush120 - George W. Bush
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Souvenir typescript of President Bush’s statement on September 11, 2001, two pages, 5.5 x 9, signed at the conclusion in black felt tip. In part: “Tod
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Barack Obama121 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Attractively signed on
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aaron Burr135 - Aaron Burr
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Manuscript DS, signed “A. Burr,” seven pages on four sheets, 7.75 x 12.5, September 22, 1824. A lengthy legal document concerning the case of Rachel E
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Aaron Burr136 - Aaron Burr
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Bank check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Burr, “Aaron Burr,” payable to Mr. David Guinn for £21.3.6, April 29, 1788. Nicely mounted, matte...
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Andrew Carnegie137 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, April 30, 1891. Letter to Mrs. E. MacMillan of Philadelphia. In part: “The Professor has written to me a
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George Washington Carver138 - George Washington Carver
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ALS signed “G. W. Carver,” two pages both sides, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, July 28, 1931. Letter to Ralph Doubled
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Anders Celsius139 - Anders Celsius
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Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1701–1744). Rare ALS in Swedish, signed “And. Celsius,” one page, 8 x 5.75, May 20, 1731. An untrans
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Chess Champions140 - Chess Champions
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Excessively rare glossy 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo of the competitors at the 1928 all-star chess tournament in Bad Kissingen, Germany, signed on the rev
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Chiang Kai-Shek and Madame Chiang141 - Chiang Kai-Shek and Madame Chiang
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Highly desirable pairing of signatures: a bold ink signature of Chiang Kai-Shek in Chinese characters on an off-white 3.75 x 6.5 sheet with raised let
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Winston Churchill142 - Winston Churchill
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Fountain pen signature, “Winston S. Churchill,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 slip clipped from the top of blindstamped Treasury Chambers stationery. Light
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Winston Churchill143 - Winston Churchill
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ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 8, blindstamped Villa Reve letterhead, April 7, 1923. Letter to newspaper editor Robert Donald. In fu
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Winston Churchill144 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 6.75 x 8.5, personal Hyde Park Gate letterhead [struck through and replaced with a typed
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Winston Churchill145 - Winston Churchill
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Remarkable matte-finish 6.75 x 9.25 photo of Churchill, cigar clenched between his teeth, doing some outdoor masonry work, signed and inscribed in fou
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Henry Clay146 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10, November 28, 1843. Letter to Congressman Timothy Childs, marked at the top of the page, “(Confidential).” In f
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody147 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Handsome 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Cody in dapper Western attire, signed and inscribed at the bottom of the image, “W. C. Cody, Buffalo Bill, Feb. 1
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody148 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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ALS signed “W. C. Cody,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Chicago Shan-Kive and Round-Up letterhead, September 18, 1916. Letter to his attorney Henry He
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Charles Darwin149 - Charles Darwin
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English naturalist and author (1809–1882) whose book explaining his theories of evolution, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection
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Declaration of Independence: Elbridge Gerry150 - Declaration of Independence: Elbridge Gerry
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ALS signed “E. Gerry,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, March 25, 1789. Letter to respected jurist John Lowell. In part: “I received your letter by M
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Declaration of Independence: Robert Treat Paine151 - Declaration of Independence: Robert Treat Paine
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Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declar
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Declaration of Independence: William Hooper152 - Declaration of Independence: William Hooper
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American lawyer and politician (1742–1790) who represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress and was a signer of the Declaration of Independe
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Frederick Douglass153 - Frederick Douglass
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Manuscript DS, signed “Fred’k Douglass, Recorder,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, February 3, 1882. A mortgage document in which S. C. Harris loans $7
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Thomas Edison154 - Thomas Edison
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Fantastic matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Edison as a young man in the 1870s, beautifully signed in bold black ink with his famous ‘umbrella’
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