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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Henrik Ibsen675 - Henrik Ibsen
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ALS in German, one page, 7 x 4.5, August 20, 1894. Letter to the German author Julius Elias, urging German impresarios to use only translations author
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Jack Kerouac676 - Jack Kerouac
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Desirable triple-signed personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, payable to “Jack Kerouac” for $75, October 28, 1958. Also endor
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Joyce677 - James Joyce
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Extraordinary pair of ALSs, each one page, 8.25 x 10.5, dated 1918–1919. The first, November 1, 1918, in part: “As I have been so long absent from Ire
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Nikos Kazantzakis678 - Nikos Kazantzakis
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Autograph manuscript in Greek, signed “N. Kazantzakis,” eleven pages, 6.75 x 13.75, no date but circa 1940s. A complete draft of the famous ‘Hoplopoii
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Ken Kesey679 - Ken Kesey
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Signed book: The Day After Superman Died. First edition, limited issue, numbered 184/300. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 48
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francis Scott Key680 - Francis Scott Key
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Autograph check, 7.75 x 3.75, filled out entirely in Key’s hand and signed, “F. S. Key,” payable to Mr. N. Hickman for $26, December 4, 1839. In very
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling681 - Rudyard Kipling
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Signed book: Sea and Sussex. First edition, limited issue, numbered 47/150. NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.25, 95 pag...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Karl Kraus682 - Karl Kraus
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Austrian writer and journalist (1874–1936) best known for his satire. Ink signature in German (translated), “Many thanks and best wishes, Karl Kraus,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence683 - D. H. Lawrence
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Signed book: The Story of Doctor Manente. First edition, limited issue, numbered 181/200. Florence: G. Orioli, 1929. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jack London684 - Jack London
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 23, 1902. Letter to Paul Lemperly, in full: “Thank you very much for the clipping. I had not seen it.” In fine conditio
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Arthur Miller685 - Arthur Miller
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Signed book: Death of a Salesman. Limited illustrated edition, numbered 106/500. NY: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 139 page
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell686 - Margaret Mitchell
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ALS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, April 13, 1936. Letter to Miss Martha Angley. In part: “I'm gla...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell687 - Margaret Mitchell
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Signed book: Southern Treasury of Life and Literature. Authors edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9,...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell and Olivia de Havilland688 - Margaret Mitchell and Olivia de Havilland
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Two TLSs to John W. Draper, an English professor at West Virginia University: one signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 11, personal lett
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Dorothy Parker689 - Dorothy Parker
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Signed book: After Such Pleasures. Limited first edition, numbered 186/250. NY: Viking Press, 1933. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 232 pages. Signed on the co
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gordon Parks690 - Gordon Parks
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American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006) who is best known for his Life Magazine photographic essays and for directing th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mario Puzo691 - Mario Puzo
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Blue ballpoint signature, “Mario Puzo,” on a 4 x 2.75 bookplate. In fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition, first printing hardcover copy of T
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand692 - Ayn Rand
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Signed book: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. First edition, first printing. NY: New American Library, 1966. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed on
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Whitcomb Riley693 - James Whitcomb Riley
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American author and poet (1849–1916) best known for writing in ‘Hoosier’ dialect and for his children’s poems. Uncommon 6.75 x 9.75 imperial cabinet p
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sean O’Casey694 - Sean O’Casey
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Exceptional archive of approximately sixty autograph and typed letters, most signed “Sean,” ranging in date from 1933-1952. Letters are to MacDonald E
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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