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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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Charles Dickens578 - Charles Dickens
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Outstanding ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, May 29, 1857. Letter to writer Henry Morley, in part: “Many thanks for your book, which I hope and believe will do
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere579 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Alr. Dumas,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date but postmarked November 13, 1855. Addressed on the reverse of the second
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Robert Frost580 - Robert Frost
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Handsome portrait etching of Frost by Richard Hood, 6.25 x 7.25, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by the poet, “Robert Frost,” and in pencil
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Robert Frost581 - Robert Frost
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ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 6.75, no date but postmarked November 4, 1930, Amherst, Massachusetts. Letter to Martha Ellen Sachs, in full: “I should
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Maxim Gorky582 - Maxim Gorky
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Sought-after ink signature in Cyrillic on an off-white card with an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and posta
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Henrik Ibsen583 - Henrik Ibsen
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Very bold ink signature, “Henrik Ibsen, 1893,” on a clipped slip with an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo584 - Victor Hugo
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Annotated article in French, unsigned, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, July 22, 1870. Printed version of Hugo’s open letter entitled “To the Women of Guernsey,”
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Guy de Maupassant585 - Guy de Maupassant
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ALS in French, signed “Maupassant,” one page on a 5 x 3 postcard, January 30, no year. In part (translated): “I am taken with a migraine, and it is im
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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T. E. Lawrence586 - T. E. Lawrence
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Fantastic ALS signed “T. E. Shaw,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.75, December 11, 1928. Letter to writer Henry Williamson, written from M
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Sir Walter Scott587 - Sir Walter Scott
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ALS signed “Walter Scott,” one page, 7.25 x 6.25, no date. Letter concerning a quarrel between Lord Byron and Samuel Rogers. In part: “I never heard R
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Margaret Mitchell588 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, February 6, 1947. Letter to Josephine Chandler, in part: “Some of t
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw590 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 10, The Christian Science Monitor letterhead, December 16, 1925. Response at the bottom of a letter writte
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Shel Silverstein591 - Shel Silverstein
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Fantastic felt tip sketch and handwritten draft on both sides of a 8.25 x 10 manilla envelope. On one side, Silverstein has drawn a large and whimsica
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith592 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stu
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John B. L. Soule593 - John B. L. Soule
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Teacher, journalist, and minister (1815–1891) who is said to have written ‘Go west, young man’ in an 1851 editorial in the Terre Haute Express. ALS si
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck594 - John Steinbeck
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Signed book: East of Eden. First edition, limited issue of 1500. NY: Viking Press, 1952. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.25, 602 pages. Nicely signed
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alfred Lord Tennyson595 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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ALS signed “A Tennyson,” one page, 4.25 x 7.25, May 26, 1848. In full: “Wordsworth’s direction is Rydal Mount, Grasmere in Westmoreland or Cumberland—
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J. R. R. Tolkien596 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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TLS, one page, 6 x 9, personal letterhead, no date but postmarked May 1, 1972. Letter to Miss Donna Sadlier, in full: “It was most kind of you to writ
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jules Verne597 - Jules Verne
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Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 6.75, October 7, 1898. In fine condition. An appealing, boldly penned example.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jules Verne598 - Jules Verne
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ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 5.25, December 30, 1892. Letter to the artist Raymond Ducrest de Villeneuve. In part (transla
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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