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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Ernest Hemingway826 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Volume 4935 of the Collection of British and American Authors series. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway827 - Ernest Hemingway
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Personal check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to Roberto Herrera for $150, September 7, 1954. In fine
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe828 - Julia Ward Howe
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Desirable AQS, one page, 8.5 x 4.75, June 1908. Ward pens the opening four lines from her poem ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ in full: “Mine eyes
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Washington Irving829 - 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 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James Joyce830 - James Joyce
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Signed book: Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. First edition, limited issue, number 72 of 100 copies on Japanese vellum. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929.
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Jack Kerouac831 - Jack Kerouac
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Signed book: Visions of Cody. First edition, limited issue, numbered 283/750. NY: New Directions, 1960. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8.5, 128 pages. Signed on th
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling832 - Rudyard Kipling
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, April 27, 1894. Letter to Thomas Hutchinson, in full: “Your sonnet to hand. Yours is indeed a deadly trade—the hobby of aut
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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T. E. Lawrence833 - T. E. Lawrence
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Fantastic ALS signed “T. E. Shaw,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.75, December 11, 1928. Letter to writer Henry Williamson, written from M
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Yukio Mishima834 - Yukio Mishima
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ALS, three pages, 10 x 7, Biwako Hotel letterhead, September 5, 1963. Letter to novelist John Goodwin, in part: “I finally got a chance to read your ‘
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell835 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 17, 1940. Letter to Mr. Gates, in full: “I haven't an ide...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell836 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 11, personal letterhead, February 25, 1937. Letter to Mrs. Mahon, in part: “I appreciated so very much the things you wrote me a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sean O’Casey837 - Sean O’Casey
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ALS signed “Sean,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, November 22, 1960. Letter to Lewis Funke, the drama editor at the New York Time
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Samuel Pepys838 - Samuel Pepys
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British civil servant (1633–1703) best remembered as the author of a nine-year, multi-volume diary, one of the essential documents of 17th century Bri
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke839 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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ALS in German, signed “R. M. Rilke,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.25, March 16, 1922. Letter to Mr. Jaffe, written from his home at Chateau de Muzot,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak840 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: The Art of Maurice Sendak. First edition. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.75 x 11, 278 pages. Signed and
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw841 - 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 part: “On the 22nd we start on a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith842 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Beautifully penned AQS on an off-white 5.75 x 12 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, “S. F. Smith.” Smith pens the four original verses of ‘Americ
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck843 - John Steinbeck
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, November 12, 1962. Letter to Mrs. Bauer, in full: “I can’t tell you how happy your letter of congratulat
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harriet Beecher Stowe844 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Lengthy AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “Harriet Beecher Stowe, April 25, 1892.” Stowe quotes from the preface of Uncle
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Henry David Thoreau845 - Henry David Thoreau
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Fantastic handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1854. A page from Thoreau’s draft for his ‘Moonlight’ le
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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