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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Ernest Hemingway550 - Ernest Hemingway
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Document in Spanish, unsigned, one page, 8.25 x 11, July 8, 1960. Insurance policy issued to Hemingway covering fire and cyclone damage. In part (tran
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway551 - Ernest Hemingway
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Unsigned document in Spanish, two pages, 8.5 x 13.5, July 15, 1960. Hemingway’s last automobile insurance policy for the three cars at his Finca Vigia
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway552 - Ernest Hemingway
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Two items: a colorful 5.5 x 3 unsigned ticket for a bullfight at the Plaza Toros de Malaga, August 8, 1959; and an unsigned folding schedule for the b
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse553 - Hermann Hesse
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Spectacular AMS in German, comprised of seven sets of adjoining 6 x 8.5 sheets, with the first titled and signed on the front within a hand-painted wr
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben554 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
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German poet (1798–1874) best known as the author of ‘Das Lied der Deutschen,’ the national anthem of Germany. Two ALSs in German, both signed “Dr. Hof
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal555 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal
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Austrian writer (1874–1929) who authored novels, operas, poems, and essays, best remembered as the librettist for Richard Strauss. ALS in German, sign
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ken Kesey556 - Ken Kesey
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Signed book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. First British edition. London: Methuen & Co, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 311 pages....
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence557 - D. H. Lawrence
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 13, May 1, 1929. A contract between Lawrence and publisher Jonathan Cape for the publication of “the manuscript of a work at pres
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harper Lee558 - Harper Lee
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Scarce ALS signed “Nelle Harper Lee,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, February 2, 2000. Letter to Don Salter in Mobi
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Leopardi559 - Giacomo Leopardi
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ALS in Italian, signed “Giacomo,” one page, 7.5 x 10.25, February 18, 1826. A letter thanking his father for the presents of figs in oil, and discussi
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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C. S. Lewis560 - C. S. Lewis
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Influential Irish author and scholar (1898–1963), a former atheist who became an eloquent convert to Christianity, best known for his juvenile fantasy
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Jack London561 - Jack London
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Uncommon matte-finish 3.5 x 4.5 photo of Jack London and his wife Charmain, apparently looking over a map, signed in ink, “Charmain and” and “Jack Lon
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann562 - Thomas Mann
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Highly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic (1875–1955). Signed book: Konigliche Hoheit [Royal Highness]. Limited editio
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Yukio Mishima563 - Yukio Mishima
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ALS in English, one page, 11.25 x 7, personal folding airmail letterhead, June 18, 1959. Letter to John Goodwin in New York. In full: “Wishing this le
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams564 - Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams
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Two ALSs in pencil written to Philip Rice, co-editor of The Kenyon Review. The first is a bizarre letter by Ezra Pound sent while confined in St. Eliz
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Reed565 - John Reed
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American journalist, poet, and socialist activist (1887–1920). TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, July 28, no year but likely 1919. Letter to economist and jour
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling566 - J. K. Rowling
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Felt tip signature and inscription, “To Ulrich Kolvenbach—I can always do with an obedient servant (I have none)…J. K. Rowling,” on a white 5.75 x 4 c
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger567 - J. D. Salinger
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Choice LS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 20, 1973. Letter to Mr. Allen, in part: “Thanks so much for taking the trouble and bother of sending me all th
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Carl Sandburg568 - Carl Sandburg
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Glossy sepia 4.25 x 5.25 photo of Sandburg in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Robley Durham Stevens, with good wishes, Carl Sandbu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Sand569 - George Sand
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Eminent French author (1804–1876), born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, better known by the masculine pen name she adopted early in her career. An early
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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