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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Arthur Conan Doyle647 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5.25 x 3.25, personal letterhead, November 3. Letter to Mrs. Harcourt Rose. In part: “You should make a party t
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Alexandre Dumas, pere648 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Uncommon AMS in French, signed “Ale. Dumas,” five pages, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa early 1860s. Dumas’s untranslated manuscript for an article entit
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez649 - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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ALS signed “Gabriel,” one page, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, April 19, 1977. Letter to “Gabriel Marquez Norbutt.” In full: “This letter is to re
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Robert Frost650 - Robert Frost
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Twice-signed book: Mountain Interval. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 75 pages. Opposite the frontispiece, Frost p
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Kahlil Gibran651 - Kahlil Gibran
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Lebanese-American artist and writer (1883–1931) best known for his writings on religion and for his best-selling 1923 spiritual-philosophical classic
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe652 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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ADS in German, signed “Goethe,” one page, 7.75 x 4.25, November 3, 1806. Goethe orders (translated) “two pints dessert wine.” In very good condition,
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Maxim Gorky653 - Maxim Gorky
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LS in French, signed in Cyrillic by Gorky, one page, 5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, no date. Untranslated letter written and also signed by his lover,
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Carlo Gozzi654 - Carlo Gozzi
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Italian playwright (1720–1806) primarily known for his satirical works. ALS in Italian, one page, 7 x 9.5, June 16, 1802. Letter to his younger brothe
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Zane Grey655 - Zane Grey
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Handwritten manuscript, unsigned, nine pages, 3.75 x 6.75, headed “Beaver Dam Camp, October 3, 1927,” on the first page. In part: “We motored from Alt
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Ernest Hemingway656 - Ernest Hemingway
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The First National Bank of Boston check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to Roberto Herrera for $100,
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Ernest Hemingway657 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Later printing. NY: Modern Library, 1932. Hardcover, 4.5 x 6.5, 355 pages. Signed and inscribed on the dedication pag
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Ernest Hemingway658 - Ernest Hemingway
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Ink signature and inscription, “Biarritz, 10/5/54, For Christine with all best wishes always from her friend, Ernest Hemingway,” on a light blue 6 x 4
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Heinrich Hoffmann659 - Heinrich Hoffmann
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German psychiatrist who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving (1809–1894). ALS
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Aldous Huxley660 - Aldous Huxley
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 5.25, La Gorguette, Sanary, letterhead, August 6, 1932. Letter to notable author and artist Jean Cocteau. I
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Henrik Ibsen661 - Henrik Ibsen
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Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of moder
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Italian Poets, Scholars, and Politicians662 - Italian Poets, Scholars, and Politicians
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Nice collection of autographs of Italian poets, scholars, and politicians from the collection of Maria Gaspari, primarily penned directly on 11 x 7 al
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Johannes V. Jensen663 - Johannes V. Jensen
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Danish author (1873–1950) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. Matte-finish 4 x 5.5 portrait of the writer with his hands clasped, a
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Aleksandr Kuprin664 - Aleksandr Kuprin
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Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870–1938) best known for his story The Duel. ALS in Cyrillic, signed “A. Kuprin,” one page, 8 x 10.75, Augu
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Else Lasker-Schuler665 - Else Lasker-Schuler
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Jewish poet and playwright (1869–1945) famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin, who later fled Nazi Germany for Zurich before settling in Jerusale
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Lin Yutang666 - Lin Yutang
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Writer (1895–1976) whose compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, perso
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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