RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Alec Guinness875 - Alec Guinness
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Guiness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, signed in black ink, “Good wishes, Alec Guinness.” In fine condition, with a tear to lower left corn
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Rusty Hamer876 - Rusty Hamer
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American actor (1947–1990) best known for his role as Rusty on the 1950s comedic television series Make Room for Daddy. Ballpoint signature, “To Rober
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Rita Hayworth877 - Rita Hayworth
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Attractive glossy 8 x 10.25 photo of Hayworth with a wide smile, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Laverne, a faithful Fan, From, Rita Hayworth,
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Katharine Hepburn878 - Katharine Hepburn
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Two Bank of America checks, 5.75 x 2.5, dated November 26, 1965, and March 6, 1957. The first is filled out in another hand and signed by Hepburn; the
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William Holden879 - William Holden
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Handsome vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Holden, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Dorothy—with thanks and love over a long long time—Always
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James Bond: Moore and Lee880 - James Bond: Moore and Lee
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Two photos: a color glossy 9.75 x 7.75 photo of Scaramanga and James Bond prepared to duel with guns raised in the 1974 film The Man with the Golden G
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Boris Karloff881 - Boris Karloff
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Fountain pen signature, “Boris Karloff,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1 slip. Nicely double-matted and framed with an image of Karloff from the 1931 film The
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Grace Kelly882 - Grace Kelly
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Color 4 x 6 paperstock photo of Princess Grace and her royal family, signed in black felt tip, “Grace de Monaco.” Slight scattered creases and a faint
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Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier883 - Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier
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Color 8.75 x 10.75 German magazine photo of Kelly and Prince Rainier II on their wedding day, signed in black ink, “Grace de Monaco” and “Rainier, Pri
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Elsa Lanchester884 - Elsa Lanchester
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Striking glossy 8 x 10 photo of Lanchester as the bride of Frankenstein, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To LaVerne, Elsa Lanchester.” Slight
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Akira Kurosawa885 - Akira Kurosawa
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Color glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of Kurosawa having his bow tie adjusted before an award ceremony, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with an eve
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Lillie Langtry886 - Lillie Langtry
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Ink signature, “Many thanks, kind letter, Lillie Langtry,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 postcard from the Midland Hotel in Manchester, postmarked Novembe
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Christopher Lee887 - Christopher Lee
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Lee as the fanged Count Dracula, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a slightly grainy quality to the image
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Sergio Leone888 - Sergio Leone
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Ballpoint signature, “Sergio Leone,” on a white 4 x 5.75 card with an affixed magazine photo of the director holding a machine gun. In fine condition.
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Sophia Loren889 - Sophia Loren
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Attractive set of four glossy photos of Loren, 8 x 10 and 8 x 12, signed in blue or black felt tip. In overall fine condition, with a trivial corner b
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Sophia Loren890 - Sophia Loren
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Desirable set of three satin-finish 8 x 10 photos of Loren, each signed in blue felt tip. In overall fine condition.
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Jayne Mansfield891 - Jayne Mansfield
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 3, 1956. Agreement between Mansfield and 20th Century Fox in which she agrees to make an announcement on the Shower o
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Our Gang: Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins892 - Our Gang: Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins
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Ink signature, “Good Luck, from, Allen Farina Hoskins,” on an off-white 6 x 4.25 album page. Punch holes to left edge and scattered soiling, otherwise
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Antoinette Perry893 - Antoinette Perry
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American actress, director, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, and namesake for the Tony Awards (1888–1946). Business check, 8.25 x 3, filled ou
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Vincent Price894 - Vincent Price
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Wonderful blue felt tip self-portrait profile sketch on a white 4.25 x 5 card, signed at the bottom, “Vincent Price.” Cloth-matted and framed with a p
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William J. Rea895 - William J. Rea
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Irish actor who appeared in productions of John Drinkwater’s Abraham Lincoln in England in 1918 and 1919. Crystal-clear matte-finish 8 x 11.5 photo of
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Max Reinhardt896 - Max Reinhardt
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Innovative Austrian-American theater director and actor (1873–1943). Neatly penned ALS in German, one page, 7 x 5.75, no date. Untranslated letter to
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Bill Robinson897 - Bill Robinson
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Robinson dancing in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Roy—with sincere good w
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Sabu898 - Sabu
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Indian actor (1924–1963) best remembered for his roles in The Thief of Bagdad and Black Narcissus; he was the first Indian to achieve great success in
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Omar Sharif899 - Omar Sharif
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Omar Sharif and Julie Christie in the 1965 classic Doctor Zhivago, signed in black felt tip by Sharif. In fine condition.
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Robert Shayne900 - Robert Shayne
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Robert Shayne’s Screen Actors Guild membership card, 3 x 2.25, signed on the reverse in black ballpoint. The card features membership and social secur
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Douglas Sirk901 - Douglas Sirk
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German film director (1897–1987) best known for his work in 1950s Hollywood melodramas, including Imitation of Life and Written on the Wind. Satin-fin
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Star Trek: Leonard Nimoy902 - Star Trek: Leonard Nimoy
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Color 10 x 8 Paramount Pictures publicity cardstock photo of Spock giving the Vulcan salute, signed in black felt tip by Leonard Nimoy. In fine condit
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Star Trek: Shatner and Nimoy903 - Star Trek: Shatner and Nimoy
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Kirk and Spock, signed in blue felt tip by William Shatner and in black felt tip by Leonard Nimoy. In fine conditio
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James Stewart904 - James Stewart
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ALS signed “Jimmy,” one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal stationery letterhead, no date but postmarked May 26, 1989. Letter to former President Ronald Reag
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James Stewart905 - James Stewart
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Desirable matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Stewart presumably posing for a publicity shot for the 1957 film The Spirit of St. Louis, signed and inscribed
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James Stewart906 - James Stewart
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ANS signed “Jimmy Stewart,” one page, 5 x 3, no date. Note to Charles Van Dyke, in full: “Thank you for your kind and thoughtful letter. I hope you ha
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Tarzan907 - Tarzan
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Two ink signatures, “Johnny Weissmuller” and “Best wishes, Maureen O’Sullivan,” on individual off-white sheets, approximately 4.5 x 2.5. Both are doub
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Shirley Temple908 - Shirley Temple
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Set of three glossy photos of Temple as a child actress, each approximately 8 x 10, signed and inscribed in blue and black felt tip. In overall fine c
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Ernest Thesiger909 - Ernest Thesiger
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Character actor (1879–1961) best remembered as the mad scientist Dr. Pretorius in The Bride of Frankenstein. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 profile p
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Three Stooges910 - Three Stooges
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Fountain pen signatures, “Sincerely, The 3 Stooges, Moe, 11/10/45,” “Curly,” and “Larry, 3 Stooges,” on two slips clipped from scrapbook pages and aff
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Lana Turner911 - Lana Turner
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Sensuous glossy 8 x 10 photo of Turner running her fingers through a pearl necklace, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To the Readers of Olam Hakoln
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John Wayne912 - John Wayne
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Handsome original sketch of Wayne accomplished by an admirer in pencil on an off-white 7.75 x 9.75 cardstock sheet, signed in the lower right in black
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Johnny Weissmuller913 - Johnny Weissmuller
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Glossy 7.75 x 9.5 photo of a dagger-wielding Tarzan stalking along a jagged outcropping, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For my friend, John
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Billy Wilder914 - Billy Wilder
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Desirable color lobby card for the 1950 Paramount film Sunset Boulevard, 14 x 11, signed along the bottom in blue felt tip by Wilder. Some creasing to
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Wizard of Oz915 - Wizard of Oz
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Invitation to a ‘Follow The Yellow Brick Road’ cocktail-buffet dance held at the Waldorf Astoria on February 10, 1975, 5.75 x 5, signed and inscribed
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Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger916 - Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger
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Glossy 10 x 7.5 photo of Dorothy and Toto consoling a distraught Scarecrow along the yellow brick road, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To La
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Wizard of Oz: Jack Haley917 - Wizard of Oz: Jack Haley
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Set of four Lake Pillsbury Properties business checks, 8.5 x 3.5, dated between 1969 and 1970, each filled out in type and signed “Jack Haley.” In ove
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Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton918 - Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton
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Glossy 8 x 9.75 photo of Hamilton casting a ghastly shadow as the Wicked Witch of the West, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Watch it, Laverne, I’l
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Fay Wray919 - Fay Wray
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Vintage matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 close-up photo of Wray bathed in shadow, signed and inscribed in white ink, “To Nola—With every sincere good wish—Fay
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Young Frankenstein: Wilder and Garr920 - Young Frankenstein: Wilder and Garr
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of a scene from Young Frankenstein, signed in silver ink, “Gene Wilder,” and in black felt tip, “Teri Garr.” In fine conditi
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Jose Raul Capablanca921 - Jose Raul Capablanca
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World-champion Cuban chess player (1888–1942) considered one of the greatest of all time. ALS signed “J. R. Capablanca,” one page, 5.5 x 3.25, no date
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Alexander Cartwright922 - Alexander Cartwright
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Referred to as the ‘Father of Baseball,’ Cartwright (1820–1892) and his fellow New York Knickerbocker Ball Club members devised the modern rules of th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ty Cobb923 - Ty Cobb
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First National Bank of Nevada check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Cobb, “Tyrus R. Cobb,” payable to Pacific Telephone & Te...
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Jimmy Conzelman924 - Jimmy Conzelman
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Pro Football Hall of Famer (1898-1970). ALS signed “Jim Conzelman,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Chicago Cardinals Football Club letterhead, no date. Letter to
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