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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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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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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