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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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609Jean CocteauRR Auction
ALS in French, one page, 7 x 10, Santo-Sospir letterhead, August 3, 1959. Untranslated letter to Monsieur Carrand. Double-matted with the original mai
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
610ColetteRR Auction
Pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873–1954), best known for such works as the Claudine series, La Chatte, and Gigi. Untransl
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
611Theodore DreiserRR Auction
ALS, two pages, 5.5 x 8.5, March 14, 1920. Letter to Jeremiah Cullen. In part: “If you still have the copy of Sister Carrie you mention, 1st edition,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
612Camille FlammarionRR Auction
French astronomer and author (1842–1925) who authored several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism. ALS in French,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
613E. M. ForsterRR Auction
ALS, one page both sides, 7 x 9, King’s College letterhead, October 28, 1958. Thoughtful letter to writer Rex Warner. In part: “My glimpse of you yest
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
614Erle Stanley GardnerRR Auction
Lawyer-turned-writer (1889–1970) best known as the creator of fictional defense attorney Perry Mason. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, Fe
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
615Nathaniel HawthorneRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Nath. Hawthorne,” one page, 8.75 x 6.5, May 26, 1848. Customs document for the district of Salem and Beverly, in part: “We
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
616Oliver Wendell Holmes, SrRR Auction
ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, November 26, 1889. Letter to Secretary of the Commonwealth Henry B. Pierce, in full: “Please accept
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
617Oliver Wendell Holmes, SrRR Auction
ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page, 8.5 x 9.25, April 11, 1888. Letter to Wyatt W. Randall, in full: “I must take the pen myself to thank yo
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
618Langston HughesRR Auction
Vintage glossy 7 x 5 photo of Hughes signing autographs for a crowd of adoring African-American youth, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Clif
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00