RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Artifact Auction

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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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Erte645 - Erte
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Scarce color limited edition 13.5 x 19.5 lithograph entitled ‘Letter W’ from his Alphabet Suite, 303/350, signed in the lower border in pencil. Double
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming646 - Ian Fleming
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Ballpoint signature, “Ian Fleming,” on an off-white 5 x 3.5 sheet. In fine condition with a light crease along the right side and paperclip impression
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sam Francis647 - Sam Francis
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Signed book: YEA. First edition. Culver City, CA: The Lapis Press, 1989. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 25 pages. Signed on the first free end page with an o
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Hardy648 - Thomas Hardy
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Author (1840–1928) who takes a place among the towering figures of British literature with classic novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway649 - Ernest Hemingway
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ANS signed “Ernie,” at the conclusion of an 8 x 5.75 Western Union telegram dated April 1, 1950. Note in response to the telegram. In full: “I challen
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway650 - Ernest Hemingway
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Western Union telegram sent by Hemingway to Leonard Lyons, two pages, 8 x 6.5, stamp-dated September 10, 1950. In full: “Dear Lennie please kill the l
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Ernest Hemingway651 - 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 Hemingway652 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: Men Without Women. First Living Library edition, first printing. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacke
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr653 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 4.25 x 6, November 10, 1886. Letter to an unidentified woman, marked at the top by Holmes “Private.” In full: “I
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Dean Howells654 - William Dean Howells
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American author and editor (1837–1920) best known as the editor of the influential periodical Atlantic Monthly from 1871 to 1881 and as the author of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Washington Irving655 - Washington Irving
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Autograph manuscript leaf, one page, 4.25 x 7.5, no date. Page from a working draft of Irving’s A History and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, headed:
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rockwell Kent656 - Rockwell Kent
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TLS signed “Rockwell,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, October 28, 1950. Letter to Ned Travis. In part: “We became acquainted with a neighbor
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling657 - Rudyard Kipling
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Distinguished vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 7.5 portrait of Kipling in profile, affixed to its original 9.25 x 12.5 J. Russell photographer’s mount, sign
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence658 - D. H. Lawrence
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, January 9, 1926. Letter to his publisher Curtis Brown. In full: “I expect this will catch you before you leave London. I h
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Harper Lee659 - Harper Lee
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Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. First edition (stated explicitly on the copyright page). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Hardcover wi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jack London660 - Jack London
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Signed book: The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems by George Sterling. First edition. San Francisco: W. E. Wood, 1903. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 142
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow661 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Personal check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Longfellow, “Henry W. Longfellow,” payable to E. E. Hale or Order for $50.00, February 1, 1882. Che
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow662 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Original manuscript draft of Longfellow’s poem “The White Czar,” three pages on two sheets, lightly lined, 7.75 x 9.75, signed at the conclusion, “Hen
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow663 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, November 2, 1858. Letter to Reverend T. S. King. In full: “Will you do me the favor to
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Peter Max664 - Peter Max
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Uncommon original signed felt tip sketch of a woman’s face in profile on an off-white 8.75 x 10.75 sheet, signed in the upper left, “Max, 2007.” Attra
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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