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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Abraham Lincoln21 - Abraham Lincoln
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LS written in another hand and signed by Lincoln, “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, January 4, 1861. Letter to F. F. Rockwell complying with an auto
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln22 - Abraham Lincoln
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Legal docket headed “Peoples Cases, May Term 1844,” eight pages both sides, from the chambers of Judge Lockett. The disbound manuscript document has c
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln23 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partial ADS, unsigned, two pages, 7.5 x 9.75, undated [but 1854]. The first two pages of a lengthy handwritten legal document regarding three related
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln24 - Abraham Lincoln
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ANS as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 3.25 x 2, January 17, 1865. In full: “Send me the papers in the case of Lieut. Col. J. P. Foster.” In
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln25 - Abraham Lincoln
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Quill pen, 5.5? long, made by Abraham Lincoln’s cousin and tutor, Dennis F. Hanks. Pen is tied with green ribbon to a 4.5 x 2 card, with a handwritten
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln26 - Abraham Lincoln
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Hardcover autograph album, 5.75 x 9, with 181 signatures inside, with a few single-page signatures, some signatures on affixed clipped slips, and some
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln27 - Abraham Lincoln
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Original hand-drawn black ink silhouette of Lincoln standing in a distinguished full-length profile pose with his hand in his jacket pocket, on the re
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson28 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, April 18, 1865. President Johnson appoints Evan Miles as “Captain of the Twelfth Regime
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson29 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, January 5, 1867. President Johnson directs the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the Un
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant30 - U. S. Grant
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen., U.S.A.,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 5.75, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 2, 1863. Letter to He
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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