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 Hemingway643 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest W. Hemingway,” payable to Roberto Herrera for $700, December 20,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway644 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: Men Without Women. First Living Library edition, first printing. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacke
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway645 - Ernest Hemingway
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ALS signed “Ernest,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7.5, Norddeutscher Lloyd letterhead, April 21, no year but circa late 1920s. Letter to
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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O. Henry646 - O. Henry
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Short story writer born William Sydney Porter (1862–1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. Bold ink signature, “O. Henry, u no who,” on the r
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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O. Henry647 - O. Henry
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Handwritten manuscript in pencil, unsigned, one page, 7.75 x 10, no date. A page of O. Henry’s draft for the Christmas story ‘Stickney and the Necktie
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo648 - Victor Hugo
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Boldly penned ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, March 4, 1878. Letter to poet Raoul Lafagette. In part (translated): "You eloquently expose a f...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henry James649 - Henry James
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TLS, four pages, 6.75 x 9, personal letterhead, June 23, 1913. Letter to his cousin Louise Walsh, in part: “Forgive my use of this cold–blooded machin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jack Kerouac650 - Jack Kerouac
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ALS signed “Jack,” one page on a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard, no date but postmarked Winter Park, Florida, April 3, 1958. Letter to his girlfriend Joyce Glass
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Francis Scott Key651 - Francis Scott Key
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ALS, signed “F. S. Key,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, January 24, 1825. Letter to James Stabler, in full: “I remember the old man mentioned in you
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Leopardi652 - Giacomo Leopardi
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Important Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist (1798–1837). ALS in Italian, signed “Leopardi,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, May 31, 1826. Le
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Harper Lee653 - Harper Lee
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Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 40th anniversary edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 323 pages. Signed on t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Guy de Maupassant654 - Guy de Maupassant
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French naturalist writer (1850–1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell655 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Marsh,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 8, 1948. Letter to Myron Quimby, an aspiring writer. In part: “I think
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Anna de Noailles656 - Anna de Noailles
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Romanian-French writer (1876–1933) friendly with the intellectual, literary and artistic elite of the day including Marcel Proust, Andre Gide, Paul Va
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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George Orwell657 - George Orwell
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ALS signed “Eric,” one page, 4.75 x 6.25, December 19, 1932. Letter to his close friend Eleanor Jacques, apparently arranging a romantic rendezvous a
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound658 - Ezra Pound
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TLS on a 4.5 x 3.5 postal card, no date but postmarked November 18, 1929. Letter to author George Herbert Thring of Britain’s Society of Authors, in f
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand659 - Ayn Rand
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Signed book: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. First edition, limited issue, numbered 357/700. NY: The New American Library, 1966. Hardcover with slipcas
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand660 - Ayn Rand
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Objectivist Newsletter letterhead, May 2, 1964. Letter to Marion Jessop, in part: “I am pleased that you liked my books a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke661 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Scarce ALS in German, both sides of a 5.25 x 3.5 card, June 12, 1912. Letter to a gentleman. In part (translated): “There exists a translation of the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Marquis de Sade662 - Marquis de Sade
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LS in French, signed “Sade,” one page both sides, 6 x 7.75, January 1769. Letter to his attorney and estate manager, Bartholemy Fage, in full (transla
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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