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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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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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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