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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Pablo Neruda712 - Pablo Neruda
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Untranslated ALS in Spanish, signed twice in print and cursive, “Pablo Neruda,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dorothy Parker and David O. Selznick713 - Dorothy Parker and David O. Selznick
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DS, signed “Dorothy Parker,” “D. Selznick,” and “Alan Campbell,” six pages, 8.5 x 11, September 21, 1936. Agreement under which Selznick International
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke714 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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ALS in German, signed “R. M. Rilke,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.25, March 16, 1922. Letter to Mr. Jaffe, written from his home at Chateau de Muzot,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Marquis de Sade715 - Marquis de Sade
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ALS in French, signed “Sade,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, no date. Letter to his son Armand. In part (translated): “You will admit, my dear Armand, that yo
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Romain Rolland716 - Romain Rolland
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ALS in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, February 4, 1929. Letter to Maurice Delamain of the Stock publishing house, in part
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak717 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the half-title ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak718 - Maurice Sendak
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Wonderful original ballpoint sketch of a young boy marching ahead of Sendak’s beloved dog Jennie, on an off-white 5.25 x 4.5 album page, signed and in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw719 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. B. S.,” one page on the reverse of a 4 x 5.75 personal postcard, May 28, 1946. Letter to J. Tierney, in full: “My statement is correct.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith720 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Remarkable 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Smith in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed in the lower border in black ink, “S. F. Smith, born in Boston, Oct.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck721 - John Steinbeck
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ALS signed “John,” one page, 6.25 x 7, no date. Letter to editor Pascal Covici, in part: “I’m called out to a dinner I cannot avoid. I’ll be back as s
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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