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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Victor Hugo683 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, signed “Victor H,” one page, 4 x 9.5, January 3, 1865. In full (translated): "You have charmed me sir, with a simple and frighte...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Washington Irving684 - Washington Irving
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, December 17, 1853. Letter to John Tucker Prince, in part: “You ask for some anecdote of a journey
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Max Jacob685 - Max Jacob
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Important French poet, painter, writer, and critic (1876–1944) who converted from Judaism to Catholicism at age 39. AMS in French, three pages, 10.5 x
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Francis Scott Key686 - Francis Scott Key
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Short AMS signed “F. S. Key, Esqr,” one page on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 slip, no date but likely circa 1829. Key writes an additional stanza for Rober
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Heinrich von Kleist687 - Heinrich von Kleist
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German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811). ALS in German, signed “Heinrich,” one page, 7.25 x 5, March 14, 1803. Conclusion
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Pyotr Lavrov688 - Pyotr Lavrov
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Prominent Russian theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist, and sociologist (1823–1900) who endorsed revolutionary socialist ideals. Two ALSs in C
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow689 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Nicely penned autograph quote, unsigned, 4.75 x 2, January 16, 1866, in full: “Nature does not give all things to all men. To one She gives the vision
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann690 - Thomas Mann
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, May 19 [1943]. Letter to Miss Lawrence, in full: “Thank you for your letter of May 8th. Your deducti
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell691 - Margaret Mitchell
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Signed book: Gone with the Wind. First edition, first printing. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Rebound hardcover, 6.25 x 9, 1037 pages. Signed on th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell692 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS, one page, 7 x 7.75, personal letterhead, June 5, 1936. Letter to Robert Saltmarsh, a bookseller from New Bedford, Massachusetts, in full: "...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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