A rare manuscript documenting Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais' personal financing of Baron Friedrich von Steuben's 1777 voyage to America sold for $65,425 at RR Auction.
A twice-signed 1782 Benjamin Franklin promissory note documenting France's financial support for the American Revolution sold for $484,151 at RR Auction.
Fifty years ago, a nineteen-year-old named Bob Eaton ran a twenty-lot mail-bid auction on page 61 of Sports Collectors Digest. His younger cousin was there to watch. This is the story of how RR Auction grew from that half-page ad into a world-class house.
An early Alexander McQueen evening dress worn by Gail Ann Dorsey during David Bowie's 50th Birthday Celebration Concert at Madison Square Garden sold for $41,250 at RR Auction.
A signed “Order of Battle” issued by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson from HMS Victory days before the Battle of Trafalgar sold for $189,888 in RR Auction’s Remarkable Rarities sale.
A royal warrant signed by King James I authorizing Sir Walter Raleigh’s final expedition sold for $81,251 in RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale.
An autograph letter written in April 1780 to Mozart’s cousin, Maria Anna Thekla Mozart, blends formal courtesy with playful humor and is part of the known series of “Bäsle” letters.
You've scraped together $500 and written Check #1 from your brand-new bank account to pay for the design work. Sixteen days later, you'll officially found your company.
This year marks fifty years since I started RR Auction. It’s hard to believe. Back in 1976, I was a kid in Boston with a love of collecting and no real sense of where it would all lead.
