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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Virginia Woolf661 - Virginia Woolf
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Signed book: Beau Brummell. Limited edition of 550, this example unnumbered. New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930. Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.75, eight p...
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Emile Zola662 - Emile Zola
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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8, August 6, 1893. Letter to “Ponchet,” in part (translated): “I am going to give one hundred francs, but it is as a l
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Authors663 - Authors
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Collection of five items, each signed by an author, including: Edward E. Hale (LS); Rupert Hughes (AMS); Eugene Field (signature); Edgar Rice Burrough
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Enid Bagnold664 - Enid Bagnold
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British author and playwright (1889–1981) best known for the 1935 story, National Velvet, which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. Signed book:
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson665 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson
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Norwegian writer (1832–1910) who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. Untranslated ALS in Norwegian, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 10.75
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Ray Bradbury666 - Ray Bradbury
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ANS, on the inside of a greeting card featuring artwork inspired by Bradbury’s 1972 novel The Halloween Tree, one page, 5.5 x 8.25, in full: “Jim! Mad
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Willa Cather667 - Willa Cather
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Signed book: Lucy Gayheart. Limited first edition, numbered 46/749. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 231 pages. Signed on the coloph
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand668 - Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
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Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768–1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. Ink signature, “Chateaubriand,” on
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Eugene Field669 - Eugene Field
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American writer (1850–1895) best known for his poems of childhood, including ‘Wynken, Blynken, and Nod’ and ‘Little Boy Blue.’ ALS, one page, 5.5 x 4.
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Anatole France670 - Anatole France
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ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 7, no date. Short untranslated letter to a friend. In fine condition, with light rippling and toning, and some surface
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Paul Heyse671 - Paul Heyse
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German writer and translator (1830–1914) who wrote novels, poetry, and short stories and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910. ALS in Ge
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Julia Ward Howe672 - Julia Ward Howe
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ALS, one page, 5 x 7.75, January 10, 1884. Letter to Mr. Kimball, in part: “I am sorry that I cannot accept your gratifying invitation for Sunday and
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Julia Ward Howe673 - Julia Ward Howe
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 10.75, January 29, 1905. Response to an invitation. In part: “I am indeed very sorry to find myself unable to be present at the a
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Eugene Ionesco674 - Eugene Ionesco
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TNS, one onionskin page, 8.25 x 10.25, Paris, October 12, 1976. Note to an unidentified gentleman, in full: “Thank you for your letter. I don’t have a
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Washington Irving675 - Washington Irving
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Ink signature, “Washington Irving, Sunnyside, March 18th, 1857,” on a light blue 4.25 x 2.25 lightly-lined slip. Affixed to a same-size sheet. In fine
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Stephen King676 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Cujo. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 319 pages. Signed on a free end page in blue ballpoin
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Stephen King677 - Stephen King
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Signed book: 11/22/63. First edition. NY: Scribner, 2011. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 849 pages. Signed on the title page in blue ink. In f
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Lin Yutang678 - Lin Yutang
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, August 16, 1944. Letter to Mrs. Whiteside, in part: “Thank you for your card. We are now on our vacation touring the state o
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow679 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” one page, 5.25 x 6.5, Cambridge, September 13, 1866. Letter to Mr. Hooper, in full: “It will give me great pleasure
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow680 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.75 x 7, November 25, 1853. Letter to famed American diplomat Elihu Burritt, in
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