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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August Macke616 - August Macke
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Painter and leading member of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887–1914) who was killed at the front in Champagne, France, in 1914. M
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Edouard Manet617 - Edouard Manet
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ALS in French, signed “E. Manet,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date but circa 1860s. Letter to the painter Frederic Bazille. In part (translated): “Do you t
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andre Masson618 - Andre Masson
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French artist (1896–1987) associated with the movements of Cubism and Surrealism. ALS in French, one page, 7.25 x 10, May 17, 1967. Untranslated lette
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Joan Miro619 - Joan Miro
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ALS in Spanish, signed “Miro,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 7, 1947. Untranslated letter to documentary filmmaker Richard de Rochemont, his “distinguished
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Edvard Munch620 - Edvard Munch
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ALS in German, one page, 5.5 x 7.25, no date. Boldly penned letter to an unnamed recipient, in part (translated): “I am sick…write as soon as possible
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Maxfield Parrish621 - Maxfield Parrish
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 16, 1937. Letter to Claude Pritchard, in part: “I have your most appreciative letter of May 12th & wish half the be...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frederic Remington622 - Frederic Remington
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to Joel Burdick, describing and sketching an improved design for a medical stret
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William Sartain623 - William Sartain
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American artist (1843–1924) known primarily for his Tonalist paintings, especially scenes of the tidal wetlands of Nonquitt, Massachusetts. Five items
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Kurt Schwitters624 - Kurt Schwitters
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Scarce ALS in pencil, two pages both sides, lightly-lined, 5.25 x 7.5, October 10, 1946. Letter to Alexander Dorner, former curator of the Lower Saxon
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Gottfried Semper625 - Gottfried Semper
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German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture (1803–1879) who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden. ALS signed “Semper,”
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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