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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John J. Audubon536 - John J. Audubon
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Ornithologist and artist (1785–1851) whose monumental pictorial studies of the birds and quadrupeds of North America take a place among the most disti
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Herbert Bayer537 - Herbert Bayer
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Graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, and architect (1900–1985) widely recognized as the last living member of the Bauhaus. Collection of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Arnold Bocklin538 - Arnold Bocklin
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Swiss symbolist painter (1827–1901) known best for his masterwork ‘Isle of the Dead.’ ALS in German, signed “A. Bocklin,” one page both sides, 6.75 x
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum539 - Gutzon Borglum
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Pearl-finish 7 x 4 photo of the unfinished Abraham Lincoln section of Mount Rushmore, nicely signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Sincere greetings
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum540 - Gutzon Borglum
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TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 15, 1931. Interesting letter to Assistant Postmaster General W. Irving Glover. In part: “Your
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Georges Braque541 - Georges Braque
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Important French painter (1882–1963) who, along with Picasso, was one of the seminal figures in the development of Cubism. ALS in French, signed “G. B
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Jules Breton542 - Jules Breton
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French Realist painter (1827–1906). Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Breton in a half-length pose, signed and inscribed in French in black ink to
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Henri Cartier-Bresson543 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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ALS in French, signed “Henri,” one page, 4.25 x 5.75, no date but circa 1938. Letter to his brother-in-law, the film critic Georges Sadoul. Cartier-Br
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Henri Cartier-Bresson544 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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French photographer (1908-2004) considered the father of modern photojournalism. Postcard depicting Cartier-Bresson’s 1955 photograph ‘Paris a Vue d’O
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Mary Cassatt545 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 5.5 French ‘Carte Pneumatique,’ postmarked June 10, 1913. Letter to her biographer, art critic Achille Segard. In f
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall546 - Marc Chagall
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Matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Chagall with his arms crossed, nicely signed in white artist’s pencil. Matted and framed to an overall size of 12.75 x
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Giorgio de Chirico547 - Giorgio de Chirico
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AQS in German on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card, signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint and dated July 18, 1963. Chirico writes, in full (translated)
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Camille Corot548 - Camille Corot
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French landscape painter (1796–1875) identified with the Barbizon School. ALS in French, signed “C. Corot,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Untranslated
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Salvador Dali549 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: The Unspeakable Confessions of Salvador Dali. Later printing. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali550 - Salvador Dali
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Color postcard depicting Dali’s 1932–1933 surrealist painting entitled ’Meditation on a Harp,’ 4 x 6, signed in the upper right in blue ballpoint. In
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Christian Dior552 - Christian Dior
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Ballpoint signature, “tian dior,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card affixed to a larger sheet. Some irregular toning and slight soiling, otherwise fine con
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Gustave Eiffel553 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.25, Rue de Prony letterhead, August 18, 1882. Untranslated letter sending
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Paul Gauguin554 - Paul Gauguin
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Important French post-Impressionist painter (1848–1903) recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style. In 1891, he traveled to Tah
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Al Hirschfeld555 - Al Hirschfeld
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Impressive oversized ink sketch drawn for the front page of the entertainment section of the New York Times in 1979, accomplished by Hirschfeld on a 2
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Steve Kaufman556 - Steve Kaufman
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American pop artist (1960–2010) who began his career in Andy Warhol’s ‘Factory.’ Limited edition printer’s proof silkscreen artwork portraying Ludwig
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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