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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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629Sir Walter ScottRR Auction
ALS signed “W. S.,” one page, 8 x 9.75, no date but docketed June 20, 1805 on the reverse. Letter to Rev. E. L. Foster on publishing the works of John
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
630Ernest Thompson SetonRR Auction
Nature writer (1860–1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. ALS, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, July
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
631Hunter S. ThompsonRR Auction
Signed book: The Proud Highway. First edition. NY: Villard, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.75, 683 pages. Signed on a bookplate affixed to
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
632Hunter S. Thompson and Johnny DeppRR Auction
Signed book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Modern Library first edition. NY: The Modern Library, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 283
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
633James ThurberRR Auction
TLS signed “Jim Thurber,” one page, 8.5 x 11, July 31, 1951. Letter to fellow cartoonist Mary Petty. In full: “Last night I was listening to the Choll
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
634Thornton WilderRR Auction
ALS signed “T. N.—the old friend” (Wilder’s middle name was “Niven,” and he occasionally signed with his first and middle initials for close friends),
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
635Enrico CarusoRR Auction
Vintage sepia matte-finish 6.25 x 8.5 seated portrait of Caruso smoking a cigar, prominently signed in fountain pen, “Enrico Caruso, New York, 1909.”
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
636Cesar FranckRR Auction
Composer and pianist (1822–1890) who won some official recognition as the nominated successor of Benoist as organ professor at the Conservatoire. Shee
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
637Gaetano DonizettiRR Auction
Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white sheet of 8 x 6.7 musically l
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
638Bohuslav MartinuRR Auction
Prolific Bohemian-Czech composer (1890–1959) of modern classical music. Choice matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 portrait of Martinu with cigarette in hand, nice
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00