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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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Moshe Dayan358 - Moshe Dayan
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Signed book: Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life. First edition, first printing. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5
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Lee de Forest359 - Lee de Forest
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Vintage glossy 7.25 x 6.75 photo of de Forest holding his 3-electrode vacuum tube, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Cordial regards to Mr. &am...
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William Dennison360 - William Dennison
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Politician (1815–1882) who served in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet as postmaster general. Partly-printed DS, signed “W. Dennison Jr.,” one page, 10.25 x 8
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Thomas E. Dewey361 - Thomas E. Dewey
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, June 2, 1947. Letter to H. F. Morse. In part: “Many thanks for your good
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DNA: Watson and Crick362 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Two items: a hardcover edition of Avoid Boring People, signed on the title page in black ballpoint, “James D. Watson”; and an ink signature, “Francis
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DNA: Watson and Crick363 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Ballpoint signature, “James D. Watson,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card; and a ballpoint signature, “Francis Crick,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 postcard. In
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DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins364 - DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
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Vintage ink signatures, “James D. Watson,” “Francis Crick,” and “M. H. F. Wilkins,” on individual off-white 5 x 3 cards bearing typed collector’s nota
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William E. Dodge365 - William E. Dodge
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Businessman (1805–1883) who was a founding member of the YMCA and referred to as one of the ‘Merchant Princes’ of Wall Street prior to the Civil War.
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Daniel Drew366 - Daniel Drew
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Financier (1797–1879) credited with introducing ‘watered stock’ the the New York financial district. Partly-printed DS, signed “D. Drew,” one page, 11
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Paul du Chaillu367 - Paul du Chaillu
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French-American traveler and anthropologist (1835–1903) best known as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas and the Pygmy peo
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Zora Duntov368 - Zora Duntov
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Automotive engineer known as the ‘Father of the Corvette’ (1909–1996). Thirty-five identical color glossy 8 x 10 photos of Duntov surrounded by engine
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Lord Elgin369 - Lord Elgin
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British colonial administrator and diplomat who served as the Governor General of the Province of Canada (1811–1863). Famous for having taken the Part
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Oliver Ellsworth370 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 7.5 x 6.25, June 15, 1778. Pay order reads, in part: “Pay Capt. John Chenevard
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English Prime Ministers371 - English Prime Ministers
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Ink signatures of six different British prime ministers on off-white clipped slips of various sizes. Signers are: Henry Pelham, Rockingham, Portland,
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Robert Ettinger372 - Robert Ettinger
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American academic (1918–2011) who is best known as ‘the father of cryonics’ for his work and advances in the field of cryogenics. He is currently cryo
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Cyrus W. Field373 - Cyrus W. Field
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LS, one page, 5.5 x 9, Washington Building letterhead, October 10, 1887. Letter to Randolph Remington. In part: “I have at present all the horses I re
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French Presidents374 - French Presidents
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Collection of 13 ALSs from different French presidents, dated between 1876 and 1921. Signers are: Albert Lebrun, Armand Fallieres, Adolphe Thiers, Gas
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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French Prime Ministers375 - French Prime Ministers
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Ink signatures of seven different prime ministers of France on individual off-white cards. Signers are: Antoine Pinay, Guy Mollet, Maurice Couve de Mu
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Indira Gandhi376 - Indira Gandhi
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FDC with a cachet honoring Gandhi, signed in blue ink, “Indira Gandhi, 1966.” Also signed by one other. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authenticati
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Indira Gandhi377 - Indira Gandhi
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Pearl-finish 6 x 9.25 photo, signed in the lower border in blue ink, “Indira Gandhi 1982.” Paperclip impression to top, and some scattered light bends
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Rajiv Gandhi378 - Rajiv Gandhi
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Former prime minister of India, son of Indira Gandhi and grandson of Nehru. He was assassinated in 1991 during an election campaign. Pearl-finish 6 x
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Edmond-Charles Genet379 - Edmond-Charles Genet
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French-born diplomat (1763–1834) who served as French Ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution, in which capacity he incited contr
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German Royalty380 - German Royalty
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Five items consisting of letters and documents, each signed by a German Royal: two TLSs by Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenberg, dated 1947 a
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Jane Goodall381 - Jane Goodall
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Goodall as a young primatologist, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Mikhail Gorbachev382 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Gorbachev with Ronald Reagan, signed in blue felt tip, “M. Gorbachev.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of
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John Gotti384 - John Gotti
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Satin-finish 8.5 x 9.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Gotti in court, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Rebecca, Your friend, John Gotti”; an
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Roger Griswold385 - Roger Griswold
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Connecticut lawyer and politician (1762–1812) who declined John Adams’s request for him to serve as secretary of war. Rare ADS, one page, 8 x 11.5, Ma
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Ernst Haeckel386 - Ernst Haeckel
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Influential German evolutionist, morphologist, and developmental biologist (1834–1919). AQS in German on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of
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Judson Harmon387 - Judson Harmon
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Politician who served as attorney general under Grover Cleveland (1846–1927). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by C. M. Bell of Washington, signed at
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Hilary A. Herbert388 - Hilary A. Herbert
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Politician who served as secretary of the navy under Grover Cleveland (1834–1919). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by C. M. Bell of Washington, sign
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Edmund Hillary389 - Edmund Hillary
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the mountaineer, signed in black felt tip, “Ed Hillary.” In fine condition.
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J. Edgar Hoover390 - J. Edgar Hoover
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Impressive color matte-finish 15.75 x 19.5 half-length portrait of Hoover affixed to a 19.75 x 24 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black in
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J. Edgar Hoover391 - J. Edgar Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead, September 1, 1937. Letter to Mr. Louis Sobol of the New York Evening Journal. I
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Collis P. Huntington392 - Collis P. Huntington
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One among scores of gold-seeking ‘forty-niners,’ Huntington eventually became a member of the ‘Big Four’ who organized the Central Pacific Railroad in
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Iowa Democratic Presidential Race 2008393 - Iowa Democratic Presidential Race 2008
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Color 16 x 12 print entitled The 2008 Iowa Democratic Presidential Race, picturing all eight candidates, signed in black felt tip by all eight: Joe Bi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Helen Keller394 - Helen Keller
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Vintage pencil signature, “Helen Keller,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 card. In very good condition, with a central vertical fold and scattered creases.
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Kennedy Assassination395 - Kennedy Assassination
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Three items: Vegas Club business check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Jack Ruby, payable to the Texas Employment Commission for $32.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination396 - Kennedy Assassination
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Souvenir typescript of the November 22, 1963, Dallas Police Department apprehension report of Lee Harvey Oswald, two pages, 8.5 x 11, signed at the co
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Kennedy Assassination: M. Nick McDonald397 - Kennedy Assassination: M. Nick McDonald
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Composite 8 x 10 cardstock photo of McDonald and Lee Harvey Oswald, signed in blue felt tip, “Officer M. Nick McDonald, Captor of Oswald, 11-22-63.” I
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Caroline Kennedy398 - Caroline Kennedy
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Signed book: A Patriot’s Handbook. First edition, first printing. NY: Hyperion, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 663 pages. Signed on the
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Ted Kennedy399 - Ted Kennedy
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8.75, United States Senate letterhead, December 11, 1972. Letter to Gary Dotterman. In part: “I have just recently returned from
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Sister Elizabeth Kenny400 - Sister Elizabeth Kenny
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Australian nurse (1880–1952) who pioneered the treatment of polio. Vintage ink signature, “Elizabeth Kenny,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condi
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King Umberto II401 - King Umberto II
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Last King of Italy (1904–1983) who spent the last 37 years of his life in exile. Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.25 photo of Umberto in profile, signed and
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Coretta Scott King402 - Coretta Scott King
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FDC with a cachet honoring a Bible passage, signed in black ballpoint. In fine condition.
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Kathe Kruse403 - Kathe Kruse
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German doll designer. Color 6 x 4 cardstock photo, signed in black ballpoint, and also signed on the reverse, adding a sentiment regarding her 80th bi
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Fiorello LaGuardia404 - Fiorello LaGuardia
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Ink signature, “F. LaGuardia,” on an off-white 4.75 x 3 embossed card below the printed sentiment, “I am glad to comply with your request for an autog
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Daniel S. Lamont405 - Daniel S. Lamont
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Politician who served as secretary of war under Grover Cleveland (1851–1905). Superlative original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Lamont by an anonymous
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Ferdinand de Lesseps406 - Ferdinand de Lesseps
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French diplomat (1805–1894) who spearheaded the project to build the Suez Canal and started the Panama Canal. ALS in French, signed “Ferd. de Lesseps,
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David Lloyd George407 - David Lloyd George
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British statesman (1863–1945) and the only Welsh Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; he is also the only one to have spoken English as a second lang
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John Lubbock408 - John Lubbock
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British banker, politician, and scientist (1834–1913) who made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and biology. ALS, one page, 4.25
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