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.
In December, RR Auction conducted its first international live auction at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, held during celebrations marking the 255th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth.
We recently had the privilege of showing a remarkable group of Einstein portrait lithographs at The Vilna Shul in Boston. Seeing the collection together for the first time — including a rare signed “Per aspera ad astra” inscription — was unforgettable. The auction takes place December 10.
