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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Authors591 - Authors
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Signed book: Lord John Ten. Limited first edition, unnumbered presentation copy. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1988. Hardcover, 7.25 x 9.75
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Authors592 - Authors
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Collection of seven items, each signed by an author, including: Stephen Vincent Benet (TLS), Fitzroy Maclean (signature), A. E. Housman (signature), J
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British Poets593 - British Poets
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Collection of seven ink signatures of British poets affixed to 4.25 x 6.5 book pages printed with one of his or her poems, most affixed back-to-back,
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Giosue Carducci594 - Giosue Carducci
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Influential Italian poet (1835–1907) regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906. Unc
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Countee Cullen595 - Countee Cullen
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African-American poet (1903–1946) who came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. Signed book: Copper Sun. Limited first edition, number 91/100.
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Umberto Eco596 - Umberto Eco
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Two books: a hardcover first edition of The Name of the Rose, signed and inscribed on the title page in black ink, “For Joe Collins, Umberto Eco”; and
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Odysseas Elytis597 - Odysseas Elytis
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Romantic modernist poet and essayist (1911–1996) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. Glossy 7 x 9.5 photo of Elytis, signed and ins
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Zane Grey598 - Zane Grey
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Signed book: Tappan’s Burro. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1923. Hardcover, 7.25 x 9.5, 253 pages. Signed on the first free end page in ...
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Karl Gutzkow599 - Karl Gutzkow
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German writer notable in the ‘Young Germany’ movement (1811–1878). A 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Gutzkow, lengthily signed and inscribed on th
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Ha Jin600 - Ha Jin
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Chinese-American poet and novelist (born 1956). Two items: first, ballpoint signatures in English and Chinese characters on an off-white 5.75 x 4 card
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Han Suyin601 - Han Suyin
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Pen name of Elizabeth Comber (1916–2012) whose novels and autobiographical memoirs covered the span of modern China, gaining her a reputation as an ar
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Thomas Hardy602 - Thomas Hardy
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Ink signature, “T. Hardy,” on an off-white 1.25 x .75 slip clipped from the close of a letter, affixed to a 4.25 x 6.5 book page printed with Hardy’s
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Ted Hughes603 - Ted Hughes
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English poet and children's writer (1930–1998), who was married to Sylvia Plath from 1956 until her suicide in 1963. FDC, 6.25 x 4.25, with a ca...
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Victor Hugo: Juliette Drouet604 - Victor Hugo: Juliette Drouet
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French actress (1806–1883) who abandoned her career after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and traveling compani
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Rudyard Kipling605 - Rudyard Kipling
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Ink signature, “Rudyard Kipling,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1 clipped slip, affixed to a 4.25 x 6.5 book page printed with Kipling’s poem ‘Cities and Thro
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Selma Lagerlof606 - Selma Lagerlof
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Swedish writer (1858–1940) who, in 1909, became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 signed head-an
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Harper Lee607 - Harper Lee
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 headshot photo of Lee, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow608 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Ink signature, “Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.25 slip bearing a red wax seal, affixed to a slightly larger album page. I
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Norman Mailer609 - Norman Mailer
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Signed book: The Naked and the Dead. First edition. NY: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 626 pages. Signe...
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Cormac McCarthy610 - Cormac McCarthy
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Signed book: No Country for Old Men. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed on a free end pa
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