RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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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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Salvador Dali476 - Salvador Dali
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Color 8.75 x 11.75 book photo of Dali’s 1940 surrealist work entitled ‘Slave Market with the Apparition of the Invisible Bust of Voltaire,’ prominentl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali477 - Salvador Dali
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Scarce DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 22, 1968. Dali agrees to a Music Images commission to “paint a watercolor to be used primarily as a cover of a
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Salvador Dali478 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali on Modern Art: The Cuckolds of Antiquated Modern Art. First edition in English, translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. NY: The Dial Pres
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Honore Daumier479 - Honore Daumier
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French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor (1808–1879). ALS in French, signed “H. Daumier,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, April 4, 1850. Letter t
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Jacques-Louis David480 - Jacques-Louis David
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French master of the Neoclassical style (1748–1825). Rare ALS in French, signed “David,” one page, 7.25 x 9, August 9, 1790. Written to the Count d’An
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Thomas Eakins481 - Thomas Eakins
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Prominent realist painter considered one of the most important American artists (1844–1916). Exceedingly rare ALS, one page, 5.5 x 6.75, February 17,
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Thomas Eakins482 - Thomas Eakins
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Prominent realist painter considered one of the most important American artists (1844–1916). Ink signature, “Thomas Eakins,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.7
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Keith Haring483 - Keith Haring
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A Very Special Christmas album signed vertically on the front cover in black felt tip, “K. Haring 88.” Slight rippling and scattered creases to covers
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Keith Haring484 - Keith Haring
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Great color offset lithograph for Haring's 1989 show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 33.5 x 24.5, signed and inscribed at the bottom in black ink,...
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Winslow Homer485 - Winslow Homer
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ADS, one page, 9 x 5.75, November 4, 1898. Homer confirms the receipt of a payment. In full: “Received Scarboro, Me, Nov 4, 1898, From Mr Thos B. Clar
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Fernand Khnopff486 - Fernand Khnopff
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Belgian symbolist painter (1858–1921). ALS in French, penned on both sides of a 4.5 x 3.5 black-bordered card, 1900. Untranslated letter mentioning th
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Yves Klein487 - Yves Klein
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TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Iris Clert letterhead, April 29, 1958. An open letter to the Prefect of the Seine. In full (translated): “An unj
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet488 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Giverny par Vernon letterhead, February 4, 1898. Letter to bookseller and art editor Henry Floury, ordering seve
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Edvard Munch489 - Edvard Munch
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Norwegian artist (1863–1944) whose brooding, anguished paintings and graphic works, based on personal grief and obsessions, were instrumental in the d
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Georgia O’Keeffe490 - Georgia O’Keeffe
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DS, signed “G. O’K.” and “Georgia O’Keeffe,” one page, 8.5 x 11, August 27, 1971. Document sent to her sister, Anita O’Keeffe Young, regarding the fut
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Camille Pissarro491 - Camille Pissarro
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Remarkable ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” one page, 4.5 x 7, May 4, 1898. Letter to fellow painter Claude Monet. In full (translated): “I learne
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Pablo Picasso492 - Pablo Picasso
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Exceptional matte-finish 7 x 9.25 photo of the great artist hoisting a young child onto his shoulder, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Pour mon che
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Frederic Remington493 - Frederic Remington
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to Joel Burdick, describing and sketching an improved design for a medical stret
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John Singer Sargent494 - John Singer Sargent
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ALS signed “John S. Sargent,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, December 20. Letter to his model Flora Priestly, in part: “The sad event tha
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Alois Senefelder495 - Alois Senefelder
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German actor and playwright (1771–1834) who invented the printing technique of lithography in 1796. Third-person ALS in French, signed within the text
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Paul Signac496 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. ALS in French, one page both side
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Andy Warhol497 - Andy Warhol
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Iconic exhibition book showing his artwork entitled ‘Red Elvis, 1962,’ 8 x 10.25, boldly signed and inscribed along the bottom in black felt tip, “Rob
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Alexander Archipenko498 - Alexander Archipenko
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Ukrainian abstract sculptor (1887–1964) who veered away from the traditional form of neo-classical sculpture to implement the use of negative space to
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Richard Avedon499 - Richard Avedon
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Signed book: An Autobiography. First edition, later printing. NY: Random House, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.25 x 14.25, 250 pages. Signed and
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Marc Chagall500 - Marc Chagall
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Exhibit catalog from a show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York in late 1969, 7 x 9.25, 44 pages, nicely signed on the title page in black felt
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Frederic E. Church501 - Frederic E. Church
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Artist (1826–1900) who was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. Ink signature, “New York, Nov. 11th 1885, Yours
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Tsuguharu Foujita502 - Tsuguharu Foujita
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Japanese painter and printmaker (1886–1968) whose work combined Japanese techniques with Western style. Untranslated ANS in French, signed “Foujita,”
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Tsuguharu Foujita503 - Tsuguharu Foujita
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Japanese painter and printmaker (1886–1968) whose work combined Japanese techniques with Western style. ALS in French, signed “Foujita,” one page, 5.2
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Red Grooms504 - Red Grooms
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American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life (born 1937). Two exhibitio
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Annie Leibovitz505 - Annie Leibovitz
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Two books: a hardcover first edition of Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, signed and inscribed on the title page in black felt tip; and a hardcover editio
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John Everett Millais506 - John Everett Millais
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Noted English painter and illustrator (1829–1896). ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, December 5, 1879. Letter to art dealer and collec
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Henry Moore507 - Henry Moore
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Glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Moore, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a tiny tear and minor creasing
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Albin Polasek508 - Albin Polasek
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Czech-American sculptor and educator (1879–1965) who created more than four hundred works during his career. Matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Polase
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Norman Rockwell509 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: Willie Was Different: The Tale of an Ugly Thrushling. Later printing. NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x...
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Richard Rogers510 - Richard Rogers
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British architect (born 1933) noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture. Signed book: Richard Rogers: A Biography. F
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Andy Warhol511 - Andy Warhol
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Felt tip signature, “Andy Warhol,” on a white 8.25 x 11.75 sheet. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold passing through a single letter of
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler512 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Highly desirable signed book: The Baronet & the Butterfly. Large paper limited edition in its original binding, numbered 34/250. NY: R. H. Russe...
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Andrew Wyeth513 - Andrew Wyeth
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Signed book: Dry Brush and Pencil Drawings. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.25 x 9, 73 pages, signed on
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Charles Addams515 - Charles Addams
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Original vintage signed and inscribed full-length felt tip sketch of Wednesday Addams on an off-white 4.25 x 11 sheet, signed and inscribed, “For Fath
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Milton Caniff516 - Milton Caniff
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Two classic ink and watercolor sketches of Steve Canyon and Summer Smith Olson drawn by Caniff on individual off-white 10 x 13.75 sheets, both stylist
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Robert Crumb517 - Robert Crumb
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Early and original complete comic strip, signed “R. Crumb,” on both sides of a 6.75 x 8.5 off-white lightly lined sheet, titled “A Sad Comic Strip,” d
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney518 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to New England Life Insur. Co. for $1059.50, st
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Hergé519 - Hergé
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Famous Belgian cartoonist (1907–1983) best known for his comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. A pre-printed sketch of Tintin and Milou on an of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz521 - Charles Schulz
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Sought-after ballpoint sketch of Snoopy bounding forward, drawn by Schulz on a pink 4.75 x 4.25 sheet, signed in blue ballpoint, “Every best wish—Char
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Gahan Wilson522 - Gahan Wilson
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American cartoonist (born 1930) best known for his drawings for The New Yorker. Signed book: Everybody’s Favorite Duck. First edition, first printing.
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James Baldwin525 - James Baldwin
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ALS signed “Jimmy,” one page, 8.25 x 11.5, December 30, 1971. In full: “This will reach you after the year has begun, and I’m shamefully late with thi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Beckett526 - Samuel Beckett
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ALS, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, May 2, 1966. Letter to Herr Friedrich, in part: “Thank you for the copies of Die Welt der Literatur and for your kind invi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Karel Capek527 - Karel Capek
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Signed book: Lasky Hra Osudna [Fateful Game of Love]. Prague: Aventinum, 1922. Softcover, 4.25 x 6.75, 48 pages. Signed on the title page in fountain
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Charles Bukowski528 - Charles Bukowski
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ANS signed “Buk,” at the conclusion of an autograph request written to him, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, January 29, 1984. In full: “Ah, shit, Gerard, I ca
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Truman Capote529 - Truman Capote
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Unusual handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, no date but probably circa 1935–36. A poem entitled “Pussy: A Pussy Cat’s
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