ATLANTA, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- WorthPoint Corporation has formed a partnership with Boston-based RR Auction, a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, autographs, and historic artifacts.
Founded in 1976, RR Auction has achieved countless record-setting prices in more than 600 successful sales, including: astronaut Dave Scott's Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Chronograph watch, which sold for $1.625 million; President Kennedy's 1945 reporter diary ($718,750); author Mario Puzo's archive for his novel "The Godfather" ($625,000); an original Apple-1 computer (garnering nearly $459,000); and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde's guns (over $500,000).
RR Auction prides itself on selling historic material that is thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to ensure the highest standards of authenticity. With over 40 years of auction experience, RR Auction continues to grow and expand into new categories, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
More than 10,000 of RR Auction's results are now available for search on WorthPoint.com, including player-signed contracts for Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, Olympic medals and torches, signed Picasso originals, and official NASA space mission items.
"Our subscribers will enjoy a really cool tour of history and popular culture with the archives from RR Auction on our site. We are excited to share that information and the stories behind the items with such a large audience," said WorthPoint Founder and CEO Will Seippel. "Bob Eaton's RR Auction team is top notch, and they generate incredible results for their consignors. We are proud to partner with them."
"For the past 40 years, RR Auction has specialized in rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts, and we are always looking to partner with companies like WorthPoint that have a wide reach," said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction. "WorthPoint can be an incredibly valuable research tool and a great place for us to share our remarkable results."
RR Auction is preparing for several remaining auctions in 2020. For more information visit RRAuction.com/AuctionCalendar.
About WorthPoint: WorthPoint Corporation manages the largest online resource for researching, valuing, and preserving antiques, art, and collectibles. The company's suite of offerings on WorthPoint.com includes a Price Guide, a resource gallery for identifying maker's marks, autographs, patterns, and symbols (M.A.P.S.), and a digital Library with over 1,100 books on collectible topics. Through data aggregated from online marketplaces including eBay and leading auction houses, WorthPoint empowers the antiques and collectibles industry by providing a steady stream of new data each month, building on over 550 million archived prices and more than 2.4 billion images to improve pricing transparency for sellers and buyers. Based in Atlanta, WorthPoint has subscribers on six continents.
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