RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

Auction Details

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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Jean Cocteau567 - Jean Cocteau
RR Auction
Original signed artist’s pencil sketch of an abstract depiction of Orpheus with a harp on an off-white 9 x 13 sheet, signed vertically within the harp
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Hart Crane568 - Hart Crane
RR Auction
Rare ALS signed “Hart Crane,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Cunard RMS Tuscania, no date but circa mid-December 1928. Letter to John
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Dickens569 - Charles Dickens
RR Auction
ALS signed “CD,” one page, 4.5 x 7, March 8, 1858. Letter to journalist and editor Mark Lemon, in full: “I trust you are better? You were sadly missed
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Dickens570 - Charles Dickens
RR Auction
ALS signed “CD,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Gads Hill Place letterhead, June 30, 1865. Letter to The Sun journalist Charles Kent, in full: “Can you come down
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Dickens571 - Charles Dickens
RR Auction
Messrs. Coutts & Company bank check, 7.5 x 3.25, neatly filled out and signed by Dickens, “Charles Dickens,” payable to House for $22.10.0, May ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Dickens572 - Charles Dickens
RR Auction
Ink signature, “Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2 slip affixed to a slightly larger scrapbook page. In very good to fine con
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Arthur Conan Doyle573 - Arthur Conan Doyle
RR Auction
ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, 12, Tennison Road letterhead, February 11, 1892. In full: “Many thanks for your very kind note whi
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Alexandre Dumas, fils574 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
RR Auction
French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Two items: an ALS
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Alexandre Dumas, pere575 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
RR Auction
Handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, twelve pages, no date but circa late 1850s. Dumas’s manuscript for a two-part story entitled ‘One of My Am
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Alexandre Dumas, pere576 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
RR Auction
ALS in French, signed “Ale. Dumas,” one page on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 5.25, monogrammed personal letterhead, no date. Letter to a gentleman, in
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark