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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Ernest Hemingway490Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to his friend and assistant Roberto Herrera for $150, Febru
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Victor Hugo491Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, January 14, 1841. A brief letter to French writer and historian Alfred Michiels. In full (translated): “I will c
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
James Joyce492James Joyce
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Signed book: Ulysses. First edition, fourth printing. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1924. Hardcover, 6.75 x 8, 736 pages. Neatly signed and inscribe
Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
Francois Mauriac493Francois Mauriac
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French author (1885–1970) who received the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature. Desirable autograph manuscript in French, signed in the title, “por Francoi
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Arthur Koestler494Arthur Koestler
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Jewish-Hungarian author (1905–1983) best known for the anti-Stalinist novel Darkness at Noon. Exceptional handwritten manuscript for an article introd
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Clement C. Moore495Clement C. Moore
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Poet and scholar (1779–1863) remembered for his classic poem ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas,’ beginning with the iconic line, ‘’Twas the night before Chri
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Vladimir Nabokov496Vladimir Nabokov
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Very rare DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August 4, 1969. Document extending a deadline for an option agreement between Nabokov and McGraw Hill International
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Samuel Pepys497Samuel Pepys
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British naval administrator (1633–1703) best remembered as the author of a nine-year, multi-volume diary, one of the essential documents of 17th centu
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Romain Rolland498Romain Rolland
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French writer (1866–1944) who won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature. ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, January 11, 1923
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Jean-Jacques Rousseau499Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Important Swiss-French philosopher and writer who held that the individual is essentially good but usually corrupted by society (1712–1778). Rare unsi
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00