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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Friedrich von Schlegel651 - Friedrich von Schlegel
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German poet, critic, philologist, and scholar (1772–1829). ALS in German, signed “Fr. Schlegel,” one page, 4.5 x 7.5, no date. Untranslated letter con
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak652 - Maurice Sendak
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New Year’s card depicting Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are artwork designed for the cover of Rolling Stone, 4.75 x 5.75, signed and inscribed inside
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw653 - George Bernard Shaw
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TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, January 10, 1936. Letter to Vernon Bartlett, in full: “On the 22nd we start on a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw654 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 4.75 x 5.5, personal letterhead, April 23, 1947. Letter to a dentist. In part: “I am ninety, toothless, and no
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith655 - Samuel Francis Smith
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AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 7 lightly lined sheet, signed at the conclusion, “S. F. Smith.” Smith pens a portion of his famed ‘America.’ In part: “My c
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gertrude Stein656 - Gertrude Stein
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ALS signed “Gertrude,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.25, no date but notated 1908 in pencil. Letter to her old friend Hortense Guggenhei
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck657 - John Steinbeck
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ALS, one page on a 5.5 x 3.25 postcard, no date but postmarked October 30, 1962, Sag Harbor, New York. Letter to Ms. Pinks’ sophomore English class, i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Stendhal658 - Stendhal
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French writer born Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842) considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism. Handwritten manuscript in Frenc
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Turgenev659 - Ivan Turgenev
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Exceptionally bold ink signature in German (translated), “In remembrance of our beautiful life in Baden-Baden, Ivan Turgenev, 9 May 1881, B-B.,” on an
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jules Verne660 - Jules Verne
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ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.25, April 21, 1888. Letter to Robert Kastor in Paris, complying with an autograph request. In fine condition. Accompani
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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