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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Sigmund Freud165 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page both sides, 6 x 9, personal letterhead, September 20, 1936. Letter to an aspiring Belgian psychiatrist desirin
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud166 - Sigmund Freud
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TLS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 6 x 8.75, personal letterhead, October 27, 1924. Letter to Austrian psychoanalyst Paul Federn. In full (trans
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi167 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS in Hindi, signed “Bapu,” both sides of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, postmarked October 22, 1945. Letter to Shri R. Achuthan, a freedom fighter, student r
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 11,000.00
 
 
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Geronimo168 - Geronimo
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Chiricahua Apache (1829–1909) who attained the status of legend for his steadfast defense of Native American lands against the United States governmen
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Hubert de Givenchy169 - Hubert de Givenchy
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French fashion designer (born 1927) who founded the House of Givenchy in 1952, famous for designing clothes for the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jacque
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Emma Goldman170 - Emma Goldman
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Scarce TLS, two pages, 8 x 10.75, Mother Earth Publishing Association letterhead, May 18, 1916. Letter to Margaret Deland of the American Author’s Fun
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Hamilton171 - Alexander Hamilton
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DS, signed “A. Hamilton,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9, July 22, 1792. Printed Treasury Department circular issued to all collectors o
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock172 - John Hancock
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Boldly penned Revolutionary War-dated ALS, one page, 6.75 x 9, October 5, 1780. Letter to John Brown Esq. In full: “The weather proves so exceedingly
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock173 - John Hancock
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Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “By order of Congress, John Hancock, Presidt.,” one page, 7.25 x 7.5, February 27, 1777. In full: “Resol
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann174 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann
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Comprehensive collection of 12 newspapers detailing the trial of Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping case, dated between 1934 and 1936. The earliest
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann175 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann
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German-born carpenter (1899–1936) who became the central figure in the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping case, dubbed the ‘Crime of the Century.’ Unused offic
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Martin Heidegger176 - Martin Heidegger
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Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. Signed journal publication
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Howard Hughes177 - Howard Hughes
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DS, signed “Howard R. Hughes, president,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, October 11, 1927. Agreement between First National Pictures and Hughes’s Caddo Company,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Howard Hughes, Sr178 - Howard Hughes, Sr
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American businessman (1869–1924) who made his fortune by developing drill bits during the Texas Oil Boom, though best known as the father of Howard Hu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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David Hume179 - David Hume
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Tremendously influential philosopher (1711–1776) considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. Incredibly rare AL
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Alexander von Humboldt180 - Alexander von Humboldt
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German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man’s knowle
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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J. Hans D. Jensen181 - J. Hans D. Jensen
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German nuclear physicist (1907–1973) who made contributions to the separation of uranium isotopes and received the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physics with M
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Alvin Karpis182 - Alvin Karpis
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Thief, bankrobber, kidnapper, and bootlegger (1907–1979) nicknamed ‘The Rat’ by J. Edgar Hoover. Collection of six items consisting of three TLSs, two
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carl Jung183 - Carl Jung
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Influential psychologist (1875–1961) recognized as the founder of analytical psychology. TLS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” two pages, 8.25 x 11.5, p
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Carl Jung184 - Carl Jung
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TNS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard, May 5, 1934. Brief note to the publishing house S. Fischer in Berlin, accepting a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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