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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J. R. R. Tolkien528 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, April 17, 1967. Letter to J. D. Gilbert, in full: “Thank you very much for your charming letter which pleas
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Voltaire529 - Voltaire
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LS in French, signed “Voltaire,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 9, April 12, 1754. Letter to Jesuit priest Joseph de Menoux. In full (translated): &quo...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Evelyn Waugh530 - Evelyn Waugh
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Excellent collection of three items: a 1957 first edition hardcover of The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, signed and inscribed on the first free end page
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jules Verne531 - Jules Verne
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ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.25, August 2, 1903. Letter to his nephew Andre. In part (translated): "I received your two articles on Pasteu...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells532 - H. G. Wells
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ALS signed “Wells,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8, June 3, 1889. Letter to H. E. Hadley. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “Are yo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman533 - Walt Whitman
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 3, April 15, [1881]. Letter to the Staffords in New Jersey. In full: “Well here I am in a grand old hotel, the first
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Oscar Wilde534 - Oscar Wilde
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Exquisite 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Wilde in a seated pose circa 1884, signed and inscribed in ink, “Stuart Merrill, from his friend Oscar Wilde.
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Laura Ingalls Wilder535 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7.25, December 14, 1948. Letter to Mrs. Newman. In part: “It is nice to hear from you again and to kn
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke536 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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ALS in German, signed “Rainer Maria,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 3.5, no date but circa November 1918. Bold letter to Miss Else Hotop. In full (trans
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Isaac Asimov537 - Isaac Asimov
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 5.5, personal letterhead, April 3, 1967. Letter to Maggie Rose, in full: “Your description of the other ‘intellectual’ groups is
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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