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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Dorothy Sayers716 - Dorothy Sayers
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Fantastic collection of 21 letters from Sayers to various recipients, consisting of six ALSs and 15 TLSs, comprising over 30 pages, dated between 1914
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Dr. Seuss717 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew. NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover, 8.25 x 11.25. Signed and inscribed opposite the title page i
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Samuel Francis Smith718 - Samuel Francis Smith
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AQS on an off-white 5.75 x 8 sheet, signed at the conclusion in crisp ink, “S. F. Smith.” Smith quotes from his famous ‘America.’ In full: “My country
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn719 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Signed book: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. First edition. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 160 p...
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Rabindranath Tagore720 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Signed book: Gitanjali and Fruit–Gathering. Later printing. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1918. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 221 pages. Signed on the first free
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Alfred Lord Tennyson721 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, Farringford, October 11, 1860. Letter to an unidentified recipient, in full: “I am much obliged to you
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Henry David Thoreau722 - Henry David Thoreau
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Monumentally important and influential American author, philosopher, and naturalist (1817–1862) whose works take a place among the paramount texts of
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Tristan Tzara723 - Tristan Tzara
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Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist (1896–1963). ALS in French, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, May 27, 1947. Letter to an un
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H. G. Wells724 - H. G. Wells
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Four ALSs, signed “H. G. Wells,” totaling four pages, ranging in size from 4.5 x 3.5 to 7 x 9, dated from 1903 to 1932 (two undated). Letters are all
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Paul Verlaine725 - Paul Verlaine
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Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896) who penned Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles; likewise remembered for his tumult...
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Thomas Wolfe726 - Thomas Wolfe
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Influential American writer (1900–1938) known for his poetic autobiographical fiction, best remembered for the 1929 novel Look Homeward, Angel. His li
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Emile Zola727 - Emile Zola
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 8, October 22, 1883. Letter to a writer regarding an appointment, in part (translated): “Since I want to save you the trip to Me
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Authors728 - Authors
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Collection of eight items, each signed by an author, including: James Fenimore Cooper (check), Zane Grey (signature), Edward Everett Hale (ALS), Erle
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Authors729 - Authors
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Collection of approximately forty-five items, primarily consisting of letters with a few signatures, each signed by an author, including: Alphonse de
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Authors730 - Authors
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Signed book: Lord John Ten. First edition, limited issue, numbered 172/250. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1988. Hardcover, 7.25 x 9.75, 240
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James M. Barrie731 - James M. Barrie
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ALS signed “J. M. Barrie,” one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 17, 1932. In part: “I would do as you ask willingly but I have had no ‘comm
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Max Beerbohm732 - Max Beerbohm
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English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (1872–1956). ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, June 20, 1899. Brief letter of apology to Miss
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Ray Bradbury733 - Ray Bradbury
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Signed book: Yestermorrow. First edition, first printing. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.5, 240 pages. Signed
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William S. Burroughs734 - William S. Burroughs
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Signed book: Naked Lunch. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition, limited issue, numbered 20/500. NY: Grove Press, 1984. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8,
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Arthur C. Clarke735 - Arthur C. Clarke
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Color glossy 3.25 x 5 photo of Clarke in near-profile, signed in blue ballpoint, “Arthur C. Clarke, 5/3/2001.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an un
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Isak Dinesen736 - Isak Dinesen
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Pseudonym of prominent Danish author Karen Blixen (1885–1962), best known for her account of life in Kenya, Out of Africa, later adapted into an Acade
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Dr. Seuss737 - Dr. Seuss
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Printed color illustration of the Cat in the Hat on an off-white 5.5 x 8.5 sheet, inscribed in black ink inside a hand-drawn sign, “Best Wishes to all
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Alexander Dumas, pere738 - Alexander Dumas, pere
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, October 19, no year. Letter to an unidentified recipie
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Lion Feuchtwanger739 - Lion Feuchtwanger
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Prominent German-Jewish novelist and playwright (1884–1958). TLS in German, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, July 10, 1958. Letter to director
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Robert Frost740 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Steeple Bush. First edition, limited issue, numbered 578/751. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hardcover with slipcase, 9.25 x 9.5, 63 p
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William S. Gilbert741 - William S. Gilbert
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British lyricist (1836–1911) best known for his 14 comic operas written in collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan. Fountain pen signature, “Yours
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Guy Gilpatric742 - Guy Gilpatric
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American author and pilot (1896-1950) best known for his short stories about the Scottish ship engineer Colin Glencannon. Collection of six TLSs to ed
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Ottilie von Goethe743 - Ottilie von Goethe
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Daughter of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1796–1872). ALS in German, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, May 19, 1845. Untranslated letter to the Court Advoc
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Gerhart Hauptmann744 - Gerhart Hauptmann
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German dramatist (1862–1946) who won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature. ALS in German, one page, 7 x 9, Weisenstein letterhead, October 12, 1916. Let
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Nathaniel Hawthorne745 - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Nath’l Hawthorne,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 12.75, February 16, 1855. As consul of the United States at the port of Live
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr746 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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AQS on an off-white 5 x 4 sheet, signed at the conclusion in crisp ink, “Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, November 7th 1880.” Holmes pens the last lines
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Julia Ward Howe747 - Julia Ward Howe
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Author, suffragette, dramatist, poet, and biographer (1819–1910), best remembered as the lyricist of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic.’ Uncommon 4.25 x 6.
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Stephen King748 - Stephen King
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of King holding a cat while a kitten rests on his shoulder, signed in blue felt tip, “’It was the cat! It was the goddamn cat!’ St
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Stephen King749 - Stephen King
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Rare personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Jeffrey Gelb, payable to Stephen King for $300, May 21, 1992, endorsed on the reverse in red i
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Selma Lagerlof750 - Selma Lagerlof
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ALS in German, one page, lightly-lined, 5.5 x 7, June 10, 1927. Letter to Ernst Heimeran, in part (translated): "I must unfortunately fail to c...
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Harper Lee751 - Harper Lee
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Highly desirable souvenir TQS, one page, 6 x 4, signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip. A quote from her classic To Kill a Mockingbird. In full: “S
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George Henry Lewes752 - George Henry Lewes
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British philosopher and critic (1817–1878) and husband of novelist George Eliot. AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 3.5 slip, signed at the conclusion in blac
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Jacland Marmur753 - Jacland Marmur
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Polish-born American author (1901-1970) best known for his Naval stories in The Saturday Evening Post and Colliers. Collection of eight letters to edi
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James A. Michener754 - James A. Michener
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Signed book: Tales of the South Pacific. American Booksellers Limited Edition. NY: Macmillan, 1950. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 326 pages. Signed on the ha
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Edna St. Vincent Millay755 - Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Signed book: The King’s Henchman. Artist’s edition, limited issue, numbered 95/500. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.75 x...
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Henri Murger756 - Henri Murger
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French novelist and poet (1822–1861) best remembered as the author of La Vie de Boheme, which was later adapted into the famous operas by Puccini and
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Eugene O’Neill757 - Eugene O’Neill
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Signed book: Strange Interlude. First edition, limited issue, numbered 19/775. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, 7.75 x 10.25, 297 pages. S...
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Kenzaburo Oe758 - Kenzaburo Oe
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Color glossy 5 x 7 photo of Oe behind a microphone, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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John Osborne759 - John Osborne
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English playwright, screenwriter, and actor (1929–1994). Glossy 4.75 x 6.5 portrait of Osbourne, signed vertically in blue ink. A notable crease to up
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Chuck Palahniuk760 - Chuck Palahniuk
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Signed book: Fight Club. First edition, first printing. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 208 pages. Signed...
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William Michael Rossetti761 - William Michael Rossetti
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English writer and critic (1829–1919). ALS signed “W. M. Rossetti,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, April 28. Letter to Thomas Gibb
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Bertrand Russell762 - Bertrand Russell
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Glossy 4.25 x 6 photo of Russell in his study, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In very good condition, with a few creases and surface im
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Maurice Sendak763 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: In the Night Kitchen. NY: Harper & Row, 1970. Later printing. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25, 40 pages. Signed and inscri...
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George Bernard Shaw764 - George Bernard Shaw
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Westminster Bank Limited check, 8 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Shaw, “G. Bernard Shaw,” payable to Theatre Arts Monthly for ...
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Claude Simon765 - Claude Simon
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French novelist (1913–2005) who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1985. Glossy 7 x 9.5 portrait of Simon, signed in brown felt tip. In fine co
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