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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’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving 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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Frank Sinatra133 - Frank Sinatra
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DS, nine pages, 8.5 x 13, December 6, 1955. Contract between Capitol Records and Sinatra’s Essex Productions for the recording of an album. Agreement
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Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Three Stooges134 - Three Stooges
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DS, signed “Moe Howard,” “Larry Fine,” and “Joe DeRita,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, January 17, 1959. Exclusive agency contract between the Stooge
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gene Autry135 - Gene Autry
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DS, one page, 8.25 x 13.5, no date but circa 1940. Assignment of Canadian copyright in which Autry and Fred Rose grant the T. B. Harms Company, the ri
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz136 - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
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DS, two onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, April 1, 1957. Three-year merchandising agreement between Ball and Arnaz and Television Products Limited of London.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo137 - Greta Garbo
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Uncommon bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and boldly signed by Garbo, payable to Leslie Allenr for $1224.00, February 27, 1970. In fin
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Chuck Connors138 - Chuck Connors
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Actor and athlete (1921–1992) best known for his role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated television series The Rifleman. Rare Californian license to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Desi Arnaz139 - Desi Arnaz
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Large collection of receipts and invoices amassed as potential business expenses by Arnaz during 1952 and compiled as part of his 1952 federal income
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jayne Mansfield140 - Jayne Mansfield
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Mansfield’s Republic of Venezuela-issued public entertainment registration card, 3.75 x 2.5, expiring in 1966, filled out in type and signed at the bo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis, Jr141 - Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis, Jr
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Exceptional archive of material related to the production of the 1968 comedy Salt and Pepper, including a script, contracts, and production notes. The
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Lucille Ball142 - Lucille Ball
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Autograph poem signed “Your Wife,” three pages, 7.5 x 11.75, November 19, 1971. Ball pens a poem to her husband, Gary Morton, for their tenth annivers
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Lucille Ball143 - Lucille Ball
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ALS signed “Your Missus,” five pages, 11 x 8, 1978. Letter to her husband, Gary Morton. In part: “I was suddenly in need of telling you how full &am...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh144 - Vivien Leigh
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ALS signed “Vivien,” one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, February 5, 1962. Letter to a friend. In part: “I am enclosing something about which I wo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Burgess Meredith145 - Burgess Meredith
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ALS, one page, 5 x 6.25, September 15, 1994. Letter of thanks. In full: “I am just recovering from the ceremony of the ‘Burgess Meredith lane—’ which
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn146 - Katharine Hepburn
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TLS, one page, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, November 2, 1983. Response to a skeptical autograph collector. In full: “The signatures are not valid. Sorr
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Sal Mineo147 - Sal Mineo
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ALS signed “Sal,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, August 9, 1955. Letter to Rosalind Saffer, who frequently corresponded with Mineo. In p
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Wayne148 - John Wayne
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TLS, one page, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, April 5, 1976. Letter to Cindy Adams. In part: “Nothing would please me more than to be able to give you an
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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W. C. Fields149 - W. C. Fields
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, February 10, 1936. Letter to Mr. Winslow. In full: “With due ceremony, I extend my hand in thanks and gree
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edmund Gwenn150 - Edmund Gwenn
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British-born character actor (1877–1959) who won the Academy Award for his supporting role as Kris Kringle in the holiday classic, Miracle on 34th Str
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Sooky151 - Sooky
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Souvenir cast sheet for Academy Award–winning director Norman Taurog’s 1931 film Sooky, 8.5 x 11, signed by 13 members of the cast and crew, including
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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East of Eden152 - East of Eden
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Collection of three items consisting of: a 1954 document signed by Julie Harris agreeing to make herself available to the Warner Bros. publicity depar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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