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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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Julia Ward Howe518 - Julia Ward Howe
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Signed book: Later Lyrics. First edition. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Company, 1866. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.5 x 7.75, 326 pages. Signed and inscr...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo519 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to an unidentified recipient, thanking him for his letter and adding (translated): “With friends
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Langston Hughes520 - Langston Hughes
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American poet, novelist, playwright, and activist in the Civil Rights movement, who became one of the best-known figures of the Harlem Renaissance of
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Yukio Mishima521 - Yukio Mishima
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ALS, three pages, lightly-lined, 6.75 x 8.75, July 20, 1959. Letter to John Goodwin, in full: “Just a brief note for your inquiry. I could find the ex
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell522 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, August 22, 1936. Letter to psychiatrist Dr. Charles E. Mayos, in full: “Since my book 'Gone With The...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell523 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh (Mrs. John R. Marsh),” two pages, 7.5 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 25, 1941. Letter to Helen Dortch Longs
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Pepys524 - Samuel Pepys
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British civil servant (1633–1703) best remembered as the author of a nine-year, multi-volume diary, one of the essential documents of 17th-century Bri
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Emily Post525 - Emily Post
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American author (1872–1960) who earned fame for her various books and columns on etiquette. Archive of correspondence material from Emily Post, consis
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Perrault526 - Charles Perrault
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French author (1628–1703) known for his development of the fairy tale genre. Scarce ANS in French, signed “Perrault,” one page, 6.5 x 1.75, no date. I
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck527 - John Steinbeck
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DS, eight pages, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1963. Agreement between Steinbeck and David Merrick for a stage adaptation of the film Viva Zapata!, in which Stei
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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