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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Baldassare Castiglione530 - Baldassare Castiglione
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Prominent author (1478–1529) most famous for The Book of the Courtier, considered the definitive account of Renaissance court life. Extremely rare LS
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie531 - Agatha Christie
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Marvelous ALS signed “Agatha Christie Mallowan,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, April 6, [1960]. Letter to Samuel Tupper, in part:
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens532 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Signed book: The Innocents Abroad. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1905. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 446 pages. Signed and inscribed on the front pas
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens533 - Samuel L. Clemens
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AQS on an off-white 5 x 7 sheet, signed and inscribed at the bottom in black ink, “Truly yours, Mark Twain, Jan/06, To Charles D. Reid.” Twain pens a
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Stephen Crane534 - Stephen Crane
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American author and journalist (1871–1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. ALS, one page, 5.25 x
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Simone de Beauvoir535 - Simone de Beauvoir
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Untranslated handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, one page both sides, 8.75 x 13, no date. A handwritten essay in blue ink, penned by de Beauvo
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens536 - Charles Dickens
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ALS signed “CD,” one page, 7.25 x 7.25, no date but postmarked 1844. Letter to Dr. Southwood Smith. In part: “Here is the speech. Word for word, and l
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens537 - Charles Dickens
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Choice AQS on an off-white 8.75 x 10.5 sheet, prominently signed at the conclusion, “Charles Dickens, Tremont House, Boston, Twenty ninth January 1842
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson538 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Scarce ALS signed “C. L. D.,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, Ch Ch , March 17. Letter to Ursula Mallam, in full: “Please tell your mother I’ll meet
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Claude Farrere539 - Claude Farrere
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Pseudonym of the French author Frédéric-Charles Bargone (1876–1957). Scarce fountain pen signature, “hommage de sympathie, Claude Farrere,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald540 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Vintage ink signature, “Yrs. in Xt., F. Scott Fitzgerald,” on an off-white 4 x 3.25 slip affixed to a 6.75 x 3.75 album page. In very good condition,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald541 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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TLS signed “Scott Fitzgerald,” one page, 8 x 10, November 25, 1940. Letter to his secretary, Isabel Owens. In full: “It’s occurred to me that Bill War
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Gustave Flaubert542 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbô, and A Sentimental Education. Boldly penned ALS in F...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming543 - Ian Fleming
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Former British intelligence officer (1908–1964) whose novels featuring suave spy James Bond have attained unprecedented and seemingly indestructible p
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Antonio Fogazzaro544 - Antonio Fogazzaro
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Italian novelist (1842–1911) known as part of the scapigliatura movement. Uncommon 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Fogazzaro in a three-quarter-length pos
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Frost545 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: A Masque of Mercy. Limited edition, numbered 666/751. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10, 46 pages. Sig
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe546 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Broadsheet of his poem “Die Feier des siebenten Novembers 1825 dankbar zu erwidern” [The celebration of the seventh of November 1825 grateful to recip
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Dashiell Hammett547 - Dashiell Hammett
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Signed book: Red Harvest. Second printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover with a facsimile dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 270 pages. Signed and inscri
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway548 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to Roberto Herrera for $30.22, June 13, 19
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway549 - Ernest Hemingway
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Uncommon hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope, 6.5 x 4.25, addressed by Hemingway to “Madmoiselle Monique Lange de chez Gallimard, 5 Rue Sebasti
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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