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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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King George III164 - King George III
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Autograph letter, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, February 12, 1782. George writes to Lord Stormont. In full: “The two Notes Ld. Stormont has drawn up, and whic
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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King George IV165 - King George IV
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King of Great Britain and Ireland (1762–1830) from 1820 to his death. The eldest son of George III, he alienated his subjects with his prodigious spen
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King Henry IV166 - King Henry IV
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King of France (born 1553), the first of the Bourbon line, who ruled from 1589 until he was assassinated in 1610. Manuscript DS, in French, signed “He
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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King Manuel I167 - King Manuel I
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King of Portugal, born in 1469, who ruled from 1495–1521). Manuscript vellum DS, in Spanish, signed “El Ray,” one page, 16.25 x 9.25, 1502. A document
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Martin Luther King, Jr168 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: The Desegregated Heart. First edition, later printing. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1962. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 364 pages. Signed in
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Martin Luther King, Jr169 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Highly desirable vintage ballpoint signature, “Best wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.,” on an off-white 5.5 x 7.5 sheet. Nicely triple-cloth-matted and
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John Marshall170 - John Marshall
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Influential American statesman and jurist (1755–1835) who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Among the notable cases over which
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Mary, Queen of Scots171 - Mary, Queen of Scots
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Very early and incredibly rare LS in French, signed “Your very affectionate and good-hearted Niece, Marie R,” one page, 8 x 12.25, March 8, 1564. Lett
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Catherine de Medici172 - Catherine de Medici
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Queen Consort of France (born Florence, 1519) from 1547 to 1559 and mother of three French kings: Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. ALS in French
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Mata Hari173 - Mata Hari
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Dutch-born dancer (1876–1917), née Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, whose renown as a performer was permanently overshadowed by her activities as a...
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Samuel F. B. Morse174 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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ALS signed “Sam. F. B. Morse,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, April 3, 1841. Letter to Catherine Pattison. In part: “What has become of my amiable Tr
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John Muir175 - John Muir
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Naturalist and author who gained the establishment of Yosemite National Park. Rare ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, November 24, 1913. Letter to Miss Pomeroy.
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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John Muir176 - John Muir
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Partial autograph manuscript, one page, 8 x 3.75, part of a page from Muir’s working draft of The Mountains of California. Muir writes, in full: “Flow
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon177 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Nap,” one page, 7.25 x 9, October 13, 1810. Letter to the Duke de Feltre, Minister of War General Henri Clarke. In full (transla
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Louis Pasteur178 - Louis Pasteur
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Autograph manuscript, in French, one page, both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, dated June 19–28, [1857], headed at the top in pencil in an unknown hand, “(ferment
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Pope Francis179 - Pope Francis
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Rare color satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 photo of Pope Francis as a cardinal, signed in black felt tip, adding “Archbishop of Buenos Aires,” beneath his si
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Pope Pius X180 - Pope Pius X
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Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, Pius X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Pulitzer181 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Rare partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 6.75, March 10, 1900. Proxy appointment reads, in part: “I, Joseph Pulitzer do hereby constitute and appoint Cha
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Queen Anne182 - Queen Anne
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Queen of England (born 1665), the last British monarch in the Stuart dynasty, who reigned from 1702 until her death in 1714. Among the most notable ev
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth I183 - Queen Elizabeth I
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Queen regent of England and Ireland (1533–1603), daughter of Henry VIII, who reigned from November 17, 1558, until her death. Extremely rare manuscrip
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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