RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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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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L. Frank Baum682 - L. Frank Baum
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Sought-after fountain pen signature, “Sincerely yours, L. Frank Baum” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip. Matted and framed with an image of Baum. In very
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Truman Capote683 - Truman Capote
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ALS signed “Truman C.,” one page on a 4 x 5.75 postcard depicting a tranquil moment on the Greek isle of Paros, no date. Letter to Boris Groudinko, in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie684 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, May 8, 1966. Letter to Evelyn Byrne, in full: “Thank you so much for your charming letter. Best wishes to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens685 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Ink signature, “yrs truly, Saml. L. Clemens,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip clipped from a penny postcard. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau686 - Jean Cocteau
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ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, Santo-Sospir letterhead, May 14, 1959. Letter to Monsieur Carrand. In full (translated): "It is because I have ...
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Stephen Crane687 - Stephen Crane
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American author and journalist (1871–1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. ALS, one page, 5.25 x
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Conrad688 - Joseph Conrad
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TLS signed “Ever yours, Joseph Conrad,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, Oswalds, Bishopsbourne letterhead, April 7, 1923. Letter to his friend and biograp
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Charles Dickens689 - Charles Dickens
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Ink signature, “Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dickens, London, England,” on an off-white 9.25 x 1.5 slip clipped from a housing register, dated January 22,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens690 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4 x 6, Gad’s Hill Place letterhead, March 13, 1866. Letter to R. A. Lithgow. In full: “I have been about, or your letter should have be
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere691 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Alec. Dumas,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Dumas adds an initialed postscript to the upper right. In very good
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot692 - T. S. Eliot
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Christmas card featuring a Mabel Alleyne wood engraving of a hillside hovel, measuring 7 x 4.5 open, signed inside below a printed holiday greeting, “
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Ralph Waldo Emerson693 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, January 7, 1868. Letter to Professor Johnson T. Platt, in full: “I believe I made some promise
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Allen Ginsberg694 - Allen Ginsberg
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Wonderful 6 x 4.25 postcard photo taken by William S. Burroughs of Ginsberg posing on a New York City rooftop, signed in the lower border in black ink
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nathaniel Hawthorne695 - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Collection of three items in Hawthorne’s hand, including: an ink signature, “Nath’l Hawthorne,” on an off-white slip clipped from a check; a handwritt
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Ernest Hemingway696 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: For Whom the Bell Tolls. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 471 pages. Signed and inscribed o...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse697 - Hermann Hesse
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TLS signed “H. Hesse,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.75, no date but circa 1930. Untranslated letter to his publisher Samuel Fischer f
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr698 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, August 20, 1890. Letter to Charles Tuckerman. In part: “I know too well that the per
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Langston Hughes699 - Langston Hughes
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Signed book: Fine Clothes to the Jew. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 89 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo700 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, November 30, 1868. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): "I have received your eloquent letter and I hop...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo701 - Victor Hugo
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ANS in French, one page, 2.25 x 2, no date. Interesting note, in full: “Est prie, de donner une livre aux pauvres [It is requested to give a book to t
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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