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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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George Washington 1796 Sheperd’s Town Autograph Letter Signed2023 - George Washington 1796 Sheperd’s Town Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS as president signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 8.75, October 12, 1796. In response to praise and concerns from his historic Far
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Estimate : 150,000.00 - 200,000.00
 
 
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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Signed Document2024 - George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Signed Document
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Scarce and desirable partly-printed DS, signed twice as president, “Go: Washington,” and twice “Th: Jefferson” as secretary of state, one page both si
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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John Adams Autograph Letter Signed2025 - John Adams Autograph Letter Signed
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Rare ALS as president, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.25, March 29, 1799. Letter to Attorney General Charles Lee, regarding the fractured Federalist P
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Abigail Adams’s Sewing Kit and Lace2026 - Abigail Adams’s Sewing Kit and Lace
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Remarkable collection consisting of Abigail Adams’s personally-owned sewing needle case and two swatches of the dress Adams is seen wearing in her fam
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson White House China Soup Bowl2027 - Thomas Jefferson White House China Soup Bowl
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Original Thomas Jefferson presidential china soup bowl. Beautiful china shallow soup bowl, circa 1790, is made of white Chinese porcelain, measures 9.
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 17,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson Signed Document2028 - Thomas Jefferson Signed Document
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DS, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.5 x 11.5, March 2, 1791. Congressional broadside publishing “An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled ‘An
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Oversized Signed Albumen Photograph2029 - Abraham Lincoln Oversized Signed Albumen Photograph
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Immensely rare 3.75 x 5.25 mounted albumen photograph of Abraham Lincoln sharing a book with his 10-year-old son Tad, affixed to its original 7 3/8 x
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Estimate : 100,000.00 - 150,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed2030 - Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 8, February 12, 1863. Letter to General Henry W. Halleck. In full: “Gen. Meagher, now with me, says the Irish B
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Signed Document2031 - Abraham Lincoln Signed Document
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Civil War-dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15.5, October 25, 1864. President Lincoln requests “His Majesty the King of Siam” to ac
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield Oversized Signed Photograph2032 - James A. Garfield Oversized Signed Photograph
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Magnificent 9.75 x 8.25 mounted albumen photograph of Garfield giving his inaugural address on the east portico of the US Capitol on March 4, 1881, af
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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