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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J. K. Rowling856 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. First edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8, 636 pages. Signed on
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling857 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. First adult edition, first printing. London: Bloomsbury, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25
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J. K. Rowling858 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. First edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8, 636 pages. Signed on
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J. K. Rowling859 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. First American edition, first printing. NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005. Hardcover with dust jac
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J. K. Rowling860 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. First edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.5, 607 pages. Signe
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J. K. Rowling861 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. First edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8, 607 pages. Signed on
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling862 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed set of two books: Harry Potter’s School Books, including Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. First edit...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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W. H. Auden863 - W. H. Auden
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Signed book: The Dance of Death. Later printing. London: Faber & Faber, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 9, 38 pages. Signed on the titl...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Authors864 - Authors
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Three items signed by authors who incorporated animals into their work: a limited edition hardcover of Santana: The Hero Dog of France by Ernest Thomp
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Samuel Beckett865 - Samuel Beckett
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Signed book: Collected Poems in English and French. First edition. NY: Grove Press, 1977. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 147 pages. Signed on a bookplate aff
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Noel Coward866 - Noel Coward
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Unusual color print of a Coward caricature affixed to an 11 x 15.5 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen by Coward. Framed and in fine condition.
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Charles Dickens867 - Charles Dickens
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Large ink signature, “Faithfully yrs, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 5 x 1.5 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition, with light
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Edna Ferber868 - Edna Ferber
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Two books: a signed first edition hardcover of Show Boat, with slipcase, limited issue numbered 45/201, published in 1926 by Doubleday, signed on the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle869 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Neat ink signature, “Yours faithfully, A. Conan Doyle, March 4,” on an off-white 5 x 2.5 slip. In very good to fine condition, with several intersecti
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Robert Frost870 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: New Hampshire. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1924. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 113 pages. Signed on the first free end page in
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Alex Haley871 - Alex Haley
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Signed book: Roots. First edition. limited issue, numbered 340/500. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 587 pages. S
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Langston Hughes872 - Langston Hughes
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Signed book: A Pictorial History of the Negro in America. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25, 316 pag
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo873 - Victor Hugo
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Victor H.,” one page on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 5.5, no date. Reverse of second integral page addressed in Hu
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Eugene Ionesco874 - Eugene Ionesco
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Signed book: Der Konig stirbt (Exit the King) in German. Later printing. Berlin: Luchterhand, 1964. Softcover, 5.5 x 8, 62 pages. Signed on the half-t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stephen King875 - Stephen King
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Uncommon signed book: Mr. Mercedes. First edition. NY: Scribner, 2014. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 437 pages. Signed on the title page in b
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Stephen King876 - Stephen King
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Signed book: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Advance uncorrected proof, first edition. NY: Scribner, 2015. Softcover, 6 x 9.25, 495 pages. Signed on an open
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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H. L. Mencken877 - H. L. Mencken
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 5.5, personal letterhead, July 7. In part: “The lovely corks are in two bottles of Maryland rye, and the bottles are almost empty
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Arthur Miller878 - Arthur Miller
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Signed book: After the Fall. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 129 pages. Signed on the title page in bl
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Arthur Miller879 - Arthur Miller
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Signed book: Death of a Salesman. 50th anniversary edition. NY: Penguin Books, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 142 pages. Signed on the
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Eugene O’Neill880 - Eugene O’Neill
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Signed book: Lazarus Laughed. Limited edition of 775 copies (this being number 484). NY: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, 179 pages. Sig
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Ayn Rand881 - Ayn Rand
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Bold ballpoint signature, “Ayn Rand,” on an off-white 2 x 1.25 clipped bookplate affixed to a larger card. In fine condition.
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James Whitcomb Riley882 - James Whitcomb Riley
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Attractive ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, measuring 9 x 7.25 open, January 10, 1895. Letter to Charles T. Scott, in full: “Answering as direc
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Dr. Seuss883 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: Sleep Book. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.25 x 11.25, 54 pages. Signed on the oppo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn884 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Signed book: The Gulag Archipelago. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Softcover, 4.25 x 7, 660 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black ballpoint. In...
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Gertrude Stein885 - Gertrude Stein
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Ink signature, “Gertrude Stein,” along the bottom of an off-white 3.5 x 4.5 sheet of Hotel Mark Hopkins stationery. Double-matted and framed with an i
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Hunter S. Thompson and Johnny Depp886 - Hunter S. Thompson and Johnny Depp
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Signed book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Movie edition, first thus, later printing. NY: The Modern Library, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75
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Chris Van Allsburg887 - Chris Van Allsburg
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Signed book: Jumanji. First edition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.25 x 10, 28 pages. Signed and inscribe
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Edgar Wallace888 - Edgar Wallace
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British novelist, playwright, and journalist (1875–1932) who produced popular detective and suspense stories. ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7, Regent’s Park le
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Eudora Welty889 - Eudora Welty
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Vintage matte-finish 9 x 7.25 photo of Welty in a garden presented in its original 14 x 11 mat, titled and signed on the mat in pencil by the photogra
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Richard Wright890 - Richard Wright
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Influential African-American author (1909–1960) whose work often addressed race relations in the United States. Signed book: Native Son. Second issue.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Maria Callas891 - Maria Callas
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Vintage matte-finish 4.25 x 6 photo of Callas in Ifigenia in Tauride, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Maria Callas, 1964.” In fine condit
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Enrico Caruso892 - Enrico Caruso
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Wonderful original bold ink self-portrait on an off-white 3.5 x 5.5 card, signed in the lower right and dated 1906. Mounted, matted, and framed. In fi
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Enrico Caruso893 - Enrico Caruso
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Desirable 3.75 x 6 cabinet photo of Caruso, signed and inscribed in French with a date of Berlin 1906. Published by T. Massak of Prague. Matted and fr
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Pablo Casals894 - Pablo Casals
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Casals intently playing the cello, signed and inscribed in Spanish in fountain pen. Blindstamped in the lower
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Pablo Casals895 - Pablo Casals
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Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4.75 x 6.5, Piccadilly Hotel letterhead, December 15, 1925. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unrelated teleg
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Pablo Casals896 - Pablo Casals
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Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 6 x 7 album page, signed in fountain pen. Casals pens two bars of music, adding the title below. In fine condition.
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Alfredo Casella897 - Alfredo Casella
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Italian composer of modernist tendencies (1883–1947) perhaps best known for his retrospective works, ‘Scarlattiana’ and ‘Paganiniani.’ Vintage matte-f
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Feodor Chaliapin898 - Feodor Chaliapin
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Two items: a striking matte-finish 6.5 x 8.5 formal portrait, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To my dear old friend Eugene Plotnikoff, with my
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Jascha Heifetz899 - Jascha Heifetz
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Scarce AMQS on an off-white 6.75 x 4 personal stationery card, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “For J. Beresford Fowler—With cordial good wishes—Jas
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Carl Flesch900 - Carl Flesch
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Hungarian violinist and teacher (1873–1944) who instructed numerous notable performers and pedagogues. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Flesch
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Cesar Franck901 - Cesar Franck
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Composer and pianist (1822–1890) who won some official recognition as the nominated successor of Benoist as organ professor at the Conservatoire. Shee
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Vladimir Horowitz902 - Vladimir Horowitz
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Sought-after AMQS in pencil on an off-white 6.25 x 7 album page. Horowitz pens one bar of music, signing below, “V. Horowitz, Philadelphia 13/II 78.”
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Franz Liszt903 - Franz Liszt
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ALS in German, signed “F. Liszt,” one page, 4 x 6.25, personal embossed letterhead, no date but postmarked April 26, 1835. Letter to Monsieur Mercier,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Roussel904 - Albert Roussel
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Leading French modernist composer during the interwar period (1869–1937). Superb 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Roussel in a head-and-shoulders pose by G
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Nellie Melba and Luisa Tetrazzini905 - Nellie Melba and Luisa Tetrazzini
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Two signed photos: a sharp 7 x 9 mounted albumen portrait of Melba, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Mr. Scott Rowland, In kind remembran
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