RR Auction: Entertainment & Pop Culture

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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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Michael Jackson: Bad Sales Award2165 - Michael Jackson: Bad Sales Award
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In-house appreciation award presented for “participation in the success of Michael Jackson’s #1 album ‘Bad.’” Framed with its CD, plate, and an image
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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The Jacksons: Victory Sales Award2166 - The Jacksons: Victory Sales Award
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Official strip plate-style RIAA triple platinum sales award presented “to commemorate the sale of more than 3,000,000 copies of the Epic Records long-
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Madonna’s MTV Video Music Award for ‘Papa Don’t Preach’2168 - Madonna’s MTV Video Music Award for ‘Papa Don’t Preach’
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Madonna’s iconic MTV Video Music Award ‘MoonMan’ statuette awarded in 1987 for ‘Papa Don’t Preach,’ measuring approximately 12.5? tall from the bottom
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Madonna: Greatest Hits Volume 2 Sales Award2169 - Madonna: Greatest Hits Volume 2 Sales Award
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Official serial number hologram-style RIAA platinum sales award presented “to commemorate RIAA certified sales of more than 1,000,000 copies of the Ma
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Madonna Signed Postcard2170 - Madonna Signed Postcard
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Color 4 x 6 postcard photo promoting her 2003 album American Life, signed in silver ink, “Love, Madonna.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Madonna 1984 Photograph Proofs2172 - Madonna 1984 Photograph Proofs
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Two interesting circa 1984 glossy contact print proof sheets: one 5.25 x 10 sheet with eight close-up images of Madonna bathed in a direct spotlight;
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmie Rodgers Signed Photograph2173 - Jimmie Rodgers Signed Photograph
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Singer-songwriter (1897–1933) who melded jazz, blues, and Southern mountain music to become one of the first superstars of country music. Diagnosed wi
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jimmie Rodgers Pair of Autograph Letters Signed2174 - Jimmie Rodgers Pair of Autograph Letters Signed
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Rare pair of very early ALSs: an ALS in pencil, signed “James Rodgers,” one page, 5 x 7, no date but postmarked May 2, 1911, to his uncle Tom Bozeman,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jimmie Rodgers Broadside and Tour Card2175 - Jimmie Rodgers Broadside and Tour Card
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Broadside advertising Rodgers’s week-long visit to Meridian, Mississippi, beginning February 4, [1929], one page, 6 x 16, billing him as “America’s Fa
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Jimmie Rodgers’s Bandana2176 - Jimmie Rodgers’s Bandana
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Rodgers’s personally-owned and -worn red and white polka-dotted bandana, 15.25 x 15.75, including a handwritten letter of provenance for the bandana f
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Country Signed Photographs: Copas, Hawkins, and Horton2177 - Country Signed Photographs: Copas, Hawkins, and Horton
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Three promotional photos: a semi-glossy 8.25 x 10.75 cardstock photo of Hawkins with two holstered six-shooters, signed in blue ballpoint, “Hawkshaw H
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Jim Reeves Signed Photograph2178 - Jim Reeves Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Reeves leaning coolly on his guitar, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best of everything to Mary, Sin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie Signed Document2179 - Woody Guthrie Signed Document
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DS signed twice, “Woody Guthrie,” four pages, 8.5 x 11, no date. Agreement between Guthrie and People’s Songs, Inc., in which he transfers the rights
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Hank Williams Original Art Banner2180 - Hank Williams Original Art Banner
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Gorgeous original painting done by artist Arthur K. Miller, mixed media on canvas, 25.5 x 53.25, showing legendary country star Hank Williams. Intenti
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Johnny Cash Signed Album2182 - Johnny Cash Signed Album
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Ride This Train album signed and inscribed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Dear Miss Parsons, This is my best to you, Sincerely, Johnny Cash.”
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday Signed Photograph2184 - Billie Holiday Signed Photograph
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Scarce vintage circa 1948 glossy 7.75 x 10 Associated Booking Corp. publicity photo of Holiday in a gorgeous sequined blouse, signed and inscribed in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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B. B. King Signed Photograph2185 - B. B. King Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of King enjoying a drink and a cigarette next to Big Mama Thornton, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an affixed photo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Coleman Hawkins Signed Photograph2186 - Coleman Hawkins Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 William Morris Agency publicity photo showing Hawkins holding his tenor saxophone, vertically signed and inscribed in fountain p
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Willie Dixon Signed Photograph2187 - Willie Dixon Signed Photograph
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Appealing glossy 3.5 x 5.5 IFA publicity photo of Dixon posing with his upright bass, signed in person in the lower border in red felt tip. In fine co
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Duke Ellington Signed Photograph2188 - Duke Ellington Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 William Morris Agency publicity photo, nicely signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To my friend Arthur Wenzel, good luck, Duke
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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