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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Mikhail Sholokhov510 - Mikhail Sholokhov
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Russian novelist (1905–1984) who won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature, best known for his four-volume epic And Quiet Flows the Don. Title page remov
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith511 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stu
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Rabindranath Tagore512 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. LS in Engli
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dylan Thomas513 - Dylan Thomas
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Two ALSs signed “Dylan,” both to English cricket commentator and journalist John Arlott. The first is one page, 6.5 x 8, no date but likely circa 1945
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien514 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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British author and scholar (1892–1973) whose Lord of the Rings trilogy became one of the towering classics of fantasy literature and inspired a series
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Turgenev515 - Ivan Turgenev
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Highly influential Russian author (1818-1883) whose 1862 novel Fathers and Sons remains one of the pillars of nineteenth-century literature. ALS in Fr
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Voltaire516 - Voltaire
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LS in French, signed “Voltaire,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.75, February 26, 1775. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): "An old man ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Emile Zola517 - Emile Zola
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Magnificent oversized 8.75 x 12.75 cabinet card–style bust portrait of Zola wearing his pince-nez glasses, prominently signed and inscribed at the bot
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Authors520 - Authors
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Collection of four checks, each filled out and signed by a different author, including: James Russell Lowell, Zane Grey, Will Durant, and Alex Haley.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Authors521 - Authors
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Signed book: Lord John Ten. Limited first edition, unnumbered presentation copy. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1988. Hardcover, 7.25 x 9.75, 240 pa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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