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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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Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis531 - Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis
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ALS signed “Louis D. Brandeis,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Supreme Court letterhead, July 20, 1930. Letter to Zionist leader Henrietta Szold, discussing the
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Supreme Court: Benjamin Cardozo532 - Supreme Court: Benjamin Cardozo
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ALS signed “B. N. C.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 8, January 7, 1930. Letter to Frank S. Hiscock, “My dear Chief.” In full: “Thank yo
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Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter533 - Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 Hessler Supreme Court portrait, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To my esteemed Brother Harlan F. Stone, with happy
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Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter534 - Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.75 x 9, Supreme Court letterhead, July 13. Letter to Judge [Louis E.] Levinthal. In part: “One of the…satisfactions your P
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Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter535 - Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter
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AQS on an off-white 7 x 9 heavy stock marbled sheet. Frankfurter writes, “Let us raise a standard to which goodwill may repair. Felix Frankfurter, Cam
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Supreme Court: Edward Douglass White536 - Supreme Court: Edward Douglass White
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American politician and jurist (1845–1921) who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1910 to 1921, best known for establishing the ‘Rule o
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Titanic: Frank E. McGee537 - Titanic: Frank E. McGee
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Ship’s surgeon on board the Carpathia, who tended to Titanic survivors. Vintage ink signature, “Frank E. McGee, CO., 2.6.12,” on an off-white 5 x 8 sh
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Titanic: Edward J. Smith538 - Titanic: Edward J. Smith
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English naval officer (1850–1912) in command of the RMS Titanic, and one of the 1502 who died when the ship sank. Excessively rare DS, signed “E. J. S
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Alexis de Tocqueville539 - Alexis de Tocqueville
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French political thinker and historian (1805–1859) best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution. Untranslated A
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Cornelius Vanderbilt540 - Cornelius Vanderbilt
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American businessman and philanthropist (1843–1899) who succeeded his father and grandfather as head of the New York Central Railroad. His mansion in
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Francois Eugene Vidocq541 - Francois Eugene Vidocq
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French police official (1775-1857) whose crime-solving techniques served as patterns for private detective agencies. He nowadays is considered by hist
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Booker T. Washington542 - Booker T. Washington
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AQS on the correspondence side of an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 card, postmarked September 25, 1900. Washington writes, in full: “One of the best ways for a
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Robert Walpole543 - Robert Walpole
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British statesman (1676–1745) generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Manuscript DS, signed “Walpole,” one page, 9 x 12.5, Au
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Chaim Weizmann544 - Chaim Weizmann
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ALS in German, signed “Ch. Weizmann,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, Hotel Plaza Athenee letterhead, January 17, 1925. Weizmann, one of
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Henry Wells and William Fargo545 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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DS one page both sides, 12 x 8.25, September 9, 1864. A nicely engraved certificate for two shares of capital stock in the American Express Company, i
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George Westinghouse546 - George Westinghouse
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Engineer and businessman (1846–1914) best known for the invention of the air brake and for his energetic promotion of AC power distribution. DS, signe
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Bill Wilson547 - Bill Wilson
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Signed book: Alcoholics Anonymous. Second edition, first printing. NY: Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc., 1955. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Brigham Young548 - Brigham Young
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Endorsement signature, “Brigham Young,” on the reverse of a manuscript check on an 8 x 5 lightly-lined sheet made out to him by John B. Price for &#...
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John Jacob Astor, Jr549 - John Jacob Astor, Jr
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American financier who was the wealthiest member of the Astor family in his generation (1822–1890). ALS signed “J. J. Astor,” one page, 5 x 7.75, June
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Cyrus A. Bartol550 - Cyrus A. Bartol
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Unitarian minister and Transcendentalist (1813–1900). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Bartol seated at his desk, signed in the lower border in bl
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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