[1] The company is known for its monthly auctions of historical documents, manuscripts, autographs, artifacts, sports collectibles, spaceflight memorabilia, presidential items and more.

[3] In 1976, 19-year-old Bob Eaton, who recently graduated from Newton North High School, purchased, with help from his grandfather, $1,800 worth of sports memorabilia.

[1][5] At that time, the company was making a niche selling collectible autographs; later adding American history and pop culture-related items in the auctions.

[4] In 2015, an unsuccessful attempt to bring a California class-action lawsuit against RR Auction was thrown out after no other individual was found to join the class; the company characterized the suit as "extortion by litigation".

In a countersuit filed in Federal Court in New Hampshire citing the ACPA, RR Auction sought to protect its reputation and trademark against online attacks by the complainant.