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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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Wendell Phillips429 - Wendell Phillips
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American abolitionist and social reformer (1811–1884). Civil War–dated AQS on an off-white 5 x 7 sheet, signed “Wendell Phillips, New Bedford, March 1
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Mary Ellen Pleasant430 - Mary Ellen Pleasant
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Entrepreneur (1814–1904) who was a busy figure in the Underground Railroad and helped many slaves make their way to freedom in the north. The Abolitio
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Princess Mary431 - Princess Mary
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Daughter of King George V and Queen Mary (1897–1965). ALS signed “Mary,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.25, Buckingham Palace letterhead, November 30,
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Edmund Randolph432 - Edmund Randolph
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Printed Act of Congress, signed “Edm Randolph,” one page, 8 x 13, dated May 31, 1794. The secretary of state presents an act approved by George Washin
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Henri Coiffier de Ruze, Marquis of Cinq-Mars433 - Henri Coiffier de Ruze, Marquis of Cinq-Mars
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Favourite of King Louis XIII who led the last and nearly successful conspiracy to overthrow Cardinal Richelieu (1620–1642). ADS on two sides of an off
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Anwar Sadat434 - Anwar Sadat
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Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.5 photo, signed vertically in Arabic in black ink. In very good condition, with light overall irregular ink adhesion to sig
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Jonas Salk435 - Jonas Salk
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FDC with a cachet honoring the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, signed in black ink by Salk. In fine condition, with two thin diagonal lin
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Col. Harland Sanders436 - Col. Harland Sanders
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Signed book: ‘Finger Lickin’ Good.’ Later printing. Illinois: Creation House, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 9, 144 pages. Signed on the firs
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Charles Schwab437 - Charles Schwab
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 9, 1932. Brief letter to Elmer Daily, the president of the Middle Atlantic Baseball League. In full:
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Albert Schweitzer438 - Albert Schweitzer
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TNS, one page on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4 paperstock photo of Lambarene, January 1965. Note to a well-wisher. In full: “Thank you warmly for your goo
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Albert Schweitzer439 - Albert Schweitzer
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ANS in French, one page, lightly-lined, 5.25 x 8.25, March 27, 1955. Note at the conclusion of a letter written by his nurse, addressed to publisher R
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Albert Schweitzer440 - Albert Schweitzer
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ALS in German, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, 1952. Schweitzer writes to Rev. Walter Donald Kring at the First Unitarian Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. I
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Glenn Seaborg441 - Glenn Seaborg
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Nobel Prize–winning chemist (1912–1999) who was instrumental in the discovery of several elements. Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed in black fe
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Short Snorter442 - Short Snorter
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Series 1935A one dollar Hawaii overprint silver certificate, signed vertically on the portrait side in ink by Gene Tunney, Richard E. Byrd, Ernie Pyle
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Slave Paper443 - Slave Paper
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DS one page both sides, 6.25 x 14.5, January 13, 1864. Legal document detailing the transactions involving slaves belonging to minor heirs of the F. M
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon444 - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Baptist preacher (1834–1892). ALS signed “C. H. Spurgeon,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, Nightingale Lane letterhead, July 10, 1873. Letter to an unidentified
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson445 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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Canadian explorer and ethnologist (1879–1962) best known for his expeditions to the Arctic and for his studies of the native peoples there. TLS signed
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Billy Sunday446 - Billy Sunday
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Vintage irregularly clipped 5 x 5 magazine photo of Sunday preaching, signed in fountain pen, “W. A. Sunday, Mch 17-33, Psalm 34.” Photo is affixed to
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Billy Sunday447 - Billy Sunday
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ALS signed “W. A. Sunday, Psalm 34,” one page, 6 x 9.5, The Kahler letterhead, no date, but postmarked September 15, 1932. Letter to Mrs. McCrury. In
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Billy and Helen Sunday448 - Billy and Helen Sunday
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Evangelist (1862–1935) and former baseball player who preached a fundamentalist theology in a highly flamboyant style. Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.5
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