RR Auction: Fine Autographs and 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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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec459 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “Lautrec,” one page, 5 x 3, no date but postmarked December 10, 1893. Untranslated letter to publisher and lithographer Andre Ma
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Edouard Vuillard460 - Edouard Vuillard
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French painter and printmaker (1868–1940). ALS in French, signed “E. Vuillard,” one page, 4.25 x 6.25, no date but postmarked January 28, 1923. Untran
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol461 - Andy Warhol
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Outstanding exhibition book showing his artwork entitled ‘Blue Liz as Cleopatra, 1963,’ 8 x 10.25, boldly signed in the lower right in black felt tip.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler462 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Scarce ANS signed with his distinctive ‘butterfly’ signature, one page, 7 x 4.5, blindstamped Hogarth Club letterhead, no date but circa 1886. In full
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright463 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Interesting TLS, 8.75 x 7.75, Taliesin letterhead, May 10, 1943. Letter to Jim Smith, secretary of Cooperative Homesteads, Inc., in full: “I sympathiz
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Walt Disney465 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to Walt Disney—Special Account for $600, November 16, 19
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney466 - Walt Disney
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Signed book: Ivanhoe. First edition. San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1936. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 107 pages. Boldly signed on the first free end page in p
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Bud Sagendorf467 - Bud Sagendorf
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Original hand-inked nine-panel Popeye comic strip for Sunday, July 19, 1987, boldly drawn in ink and pencil on off-white 16.25 x 11 artist’s cardstock
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Matt Groening468 - Matt Groening
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An American cartoonist, screenwriter, producer, animator, author, musician, comedian, and voice actor (born 1954), who is known most famously for crea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Watterson469 - Bill Watterson
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Signed book: The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book. Later printing. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1989. Softcover, 8.5 x 10.75, 125 pages. Signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Hans Christian Andersen470 - Hans Christian Andersen
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Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Fantasti
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Guillaume Apollinaire471 - Guillaume Apollinaire
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Influential French poet and playwright (1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Authors: London School of Economics472 - Authors: London School of Economics
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Extraordinary collection of over 150 letters, both ALSs and TLSs, addressed to officers of the London School of Economics by dozens of important write
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Authors473 - Authors
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Collection of approximately 70 items, consisting of a variety of formats such as signatures, letters, envelopes, AQSs, and souvenir typescripts, each
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Baudelaire474 - Charles Baudelaire
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Influential nineteenth-century French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 coll
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Bertolt Brecht475 - Bertolt Brecht
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German playwright, poet, and theatre director (1898–1956). Uncommon AQS in German on a thin off-white 5 x 4.25 onionskin sheet, signed below and dated
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Rupert Brooke476 - Rupert Brooke
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English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the World War I, who tragically passed away at age 27 due to an infected mosquito bit
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Charles Bukowski477 - Charles Bukowski
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Prolific poet, novelist, and short story writer (1920–1994) known for his alcoholism, love of women, and vulgar style. Original signed black felt tip
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Bukowski478 - Charles Bukowski
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TLS signed “Buk,” written on both sides of a letter sent to him from publisher Herb Yellin, 5.5 x 8.5, with a sketch of a dog and a drunken portrait o
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William S. Burroughs479 - William S. Burroughs
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Striking satin-finish 7 x 9.5 close-up photo, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint, “William S. Burroughs, 5/23/1997.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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