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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Noah Webster673 - Noah Webster
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ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page, 8 x 9.75, February 22, 1831. Webster writes home from Baltimore to his wife Rebecca in New Haven. In part: “I arriv
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H. G. Wells674 - H. G. Wells
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Wells holding a large book, signed and inscribed on the right side in fountain pen, “Mr. Wells offers his best to the Town Hall
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman675 - Walt Whitman
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National State Bank of Camden, New Jersey check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Whitman, “Walt Whitman,” payable for “Fifty Dollars,” November 1
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Oscar Wilde676 - Oscar Wilde
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Important Irish writer (1854–1900) and leader of the Aesthetic Movement, known for such works as The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being E
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William Carlos Williams677 - William Carlos Williams
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TLS signed “W. C. Williams,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 19, 1938. Letter to the editors of the Kenyon Review, in full: “I appreciate your invitation
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William Butler Yeats678 - William Butler Yeats
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 sheet of personal letterhead, signed at the conclusion in bold ink, “W. B. Yeats, July 2, 1924.” Yeats pens the
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William Butler Yeats679 - William Butler Yeats
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ALS signed “W. B. Yeats,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, August 12, 1897. Letter to French critic Henri Davray, who translated several
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Authors680 - Authors
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Collection of ten items, each signed by an author in felt tip or ballpoint, including: Allen Ginsberg (SP), Kurt Vonnegut (signature), John Updike (so
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James M. Barrie681 - James M. Barrie
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ALS signed “J. M. Barrie,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 21, 1919. Letter to the editor of the Daily Mail, in full: “If you care to
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Samuel Beckett682 - Samuel Beckett
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ANS signed “Sam Beckett,” one page, 3.75 x 2.75, personal letterhead, June 29, 1976 (Paris). Note to Mr. Uggla, in full: “Thank you for your letter wi
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Truman Capote683 - Truman Capote
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Signed book: Music for Chameleons. Limited first edition, numbered 129/350. NY: Random House, 1980. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 262 pages. Si
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Thomas Carlyle684 - Thomas Carlyle
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ALS signed “T. Carlyle,” one page both sides, 5 x 8.5, January 27, 1853. Letter to B. B. Woodward, in part: “Accept many thanks for your massive and s
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Raymond Chandler685 - Raymond Chandler
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TNS signed “R. C.,” one page on a beige 5.5 x 3.25 postcard, stamp-dated October 7, 1949. Note to James Keddie, in full: “The two books went back to y
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Agatha Christie686 - Agatha Christie
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TLS signed “Agatha Christie Mallowan,” one page of a self-contained air mail letter, 6 x 12, September 14, 1972. Letter to Mrs. Millard K. Daisher of
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James Fenimore Cooper687 - James Fenimore Cooper
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Otsego County Bank check, 5.75 x 2, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to Latton & Co for $2.375, June 5, 1840. In f...
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Hedwig Courths-Mahler688 - Hedwig Courths-Mahler
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German writer who used the pseudonyms Relham, H. Brand, Gonda Haack, and Rose Bernd (1867–1950). A 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of the writer, signed at
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Ralph Ellison689 - Ralph Ellison
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Ink signature, “Ralph Ellison,” on an off-white 4 x 3 bookplate. In fine condition. Accompanied by a hardcover fifth printing of Ellison’s famous nove
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Robert Frost690 - Robert Frost
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Matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Frost relaxing in a chair outside, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Robert Frost, To his faithful gardener of so
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Erle Stanley Gardner691 - Erle Stanley Gardner
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Signed book: The Land of Shorter Shadows. First edition. NY: William Morrow & Company, 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 228 pages. S...
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Gunter Grass692 - Gunter Grass
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Matte-finish 4 x 5.75 photo of Grass turning a page on a large notepad, signed in black ink. In fine condition.
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Zane Grey693 - Zane Grey
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Glossy 10 x 8 double-weight photo of Grey with his horse at a mountain cabin in the Tonto Basin, signed in purple ink. In fine condition.
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Zane Grey694 - Zane Grey
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Grey’s small leatherbound pocket notebook, unsigned, blindstamped with his name on the first page, 3.25 x 5, tallying expenses during the summer of 19
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H. Rider Haggard695 - H. Rider Haggard
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Prolific British novelist (1856–1925) best known for such adventure fare as King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x
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Eugene Ionesco697 - Eugene Ionesco
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Distinguished Romanian-born playwright (1909–1994) best known as a leading figure in the ‘Theatre of the Absurd.’ Matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 portrait of I
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Joyce Kilmer698 - Joyce Kilmer
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American writer (1886–1918), best known for the much-anthologized poem ‘Trees,’ who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne at the age of 31. TLS, on
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Joyce Kilmer699 - Joyce Kilmer
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American writer (1886–1918), best known for the much-anthologized poem ‘Trees,’ who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne at the age of 31. ALS, on
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Stephen King700 - Stephen King
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Glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of King holding a raven and a candle, signed in purple felt tip. In fine condition.
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Sinclair Lewis701 - Sinclair Lewis
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Signed book: Gideon Planish. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1943. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.25, 438 pages. Signed and inscri
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Jack London702 - Jack London
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by London, payable to Salinger Bros. for $5, stamp-dated September 5, 1903. Expertly double-matted and f
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow703 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Cambridge, December 28, 1863. Letter to a lady. In part: “It will give me great pleasu
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Norman Mailer704 - Norman Mailer
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TLS signed “Norman,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 5, 1969. Letter to his editor, Ned Bradford, in part: “All in all, I think it’s just as well that Little,
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Henry Miller705 - Henry Miller
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Two ALSs on 6 x 4 postcards, dated 1958 and 1966. The first, depicting artwork by Bern Porter, in part: “Shouldn’t I mail you back Stuart’s volume of
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John Muir706 - John Muir
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 9, 1910. Letter to General Henry L. Abbot. In part: “Your kind letter makes me fairly tingle with pleasure as it bri
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Robert Musil707 - Robert Musil
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Renowned Austrian writer (1880–1942) whose unfinished novel The Man Without Qualities is regarded as one of the most important modernist novels. Rare
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Nobel Prize Winners708 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Four ink signatures of recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature on individual cards, including: Halldor Laxness, Jaroslav Seifert, Naguib Mahfouz,
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Kenzaburo Oe709 - Kenzaburo Oe
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Japanese author (born 1935) who won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature. Glossy 4 x 6 photo of Oe behind a microphone, signed in blue felt tip. In fine
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Dorothy Parker710 - Dorothy Parker
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Writer and critic (1893–1967) best known for her often cruelly witty and cynical tone. ANS in colored pencil, signed “Dorothy Parker,” on an off-white
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Sax Rohmer711 - Sax Rohmer
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English novelist (1883–1959) known for his series featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, MV Britannic letterhead, Septe
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Nelly Sachs712 - Nelly Sachs
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Poet and playwright (1891–1970) who fled from Nazi Germany in 1940 and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966. Untranslated TLS in German, one pag
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Arthur Schnitzler713 - Arthur Schnitzler
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Austrian writer (1862–1931) best known for his sexually charged plays and stories. His 1926 novella Traumnovelle served as the basis for Eyes Wide Shu
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Sir Walter Scott714 - Sir Walter Scott
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ALS signed “WS,” one page, 3.5 x 4, no date. Letter to his publisher James Ballantyne, in full: “You have given up sending invoices and bills of loadi
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Jaroslav Seifert715 - Jaroslav Seifert
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Czech writer, poet, and journalist (1901–1986) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1984. Untranslated ALS in Czech, one page, 8.25 x 11.7
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Maurice Sendak716 - Maurice Sendak
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 7, 1969. Letter to Mr. Bean, in full: “I fear all is not well—My father is very ill—& has been for some time—it...
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Robert W. Service717 - Robert W. Service
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British-Canadian poet and writer (1874–1958) known for his vivid descriptions of the Yukon territory during the Klondike gold rush. ALS signed “R. W.
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George Bernard Shaw718 - George Bernard Shaw
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TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, January 10, 1936. Letter to Vernon Bartlett, in part: “On the 22nd we start on a
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George Bernard Shaw719 - George Bernard Shaw
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TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, January 5, 1949. Letter to Fanny Holtzmann, in part: “The Public Trustee would no
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Tennessee Williams720 - Tennessee Williams
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TLS signed “Tom,” one page both sides, 6 x 9.5, The Robert Clay letterhead, March 5, 1956. Letter to his cousin Jim Adams, in part: “I’ve had no chanc
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Thomas Wolfe721 - Thomas Wolfe
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Signed book: Of Time and the River. First edition, later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 912 p...
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Bela Bartok722 - Bela Bartok
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Hungarian-born musician (1881–1945) who, through his far-reaching endeavors as composer, performer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, emerged as one of
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Alban Berg723 - Alban Berg
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Austrian composer (1885–1935) who produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-to...
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