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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Cecil Beaton522 - Cecil Beaton
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ALS signed “Cecil,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, dated in another hand December 4, 1953. Letter to Simon, in part: “Growing old
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum523 - Gutzon Borglum
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Fantastic matte-finish 16 x 13 photo of Mount Rushmore under construction as George Washington’s face is completed, signed and inscribed in fountain p
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Mathew Brady524 - Mathew Brady
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Docketing notation in Brady’s hand, “E. L. Cook, Dec. 6/64,” on the last page of a four-page ALS to Brady from Cook, four pages on two adjoining sheet
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jacques-Louis David525 - 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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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Eugene Delacroix526 - Eugene Delacroix
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ALS in French, signed vertically in the left margin, “Eug. Delacroix,” one page, 7.75 x 10, postmarked March 17, 1829. Letter about sending a picture
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Maynard Dixon527 - Maynard Dixon
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American painter (1875–1946) whose body of work focused on the American West and was at one time married to famed Depression-era photographer Dorothea
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Marcel Duchamp528 - Marcel Duchamp
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French painter (1887-1968) known for ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.’ Collection of five ALSs in French, all written to Jacques Brunius between 1
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Paul Gauguin529 - Paul Gauguin
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Important French post-Impressionist painter (1848–1903) recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style. In 1891, he traveled to Tah
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Paul Gauguin530 - Paul Gauguin
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ALS in French, signed “P. Gaugin,” one page, 4.25 x 7, no date but circa 1884. Rare letter to his fellow painter Camille Pissarro. In full (translated
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Alberto Giacometti531 - Alberto Giacometti
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Influential Swiss artist (1901–1966) best known for his instantly recognizable sculptural portrayals of the human form. Scarce ALS in French, two page
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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