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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Rainer Maria Rilke685 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Influential poet (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. ALS in French, signed “R. M. Rilke,”
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert Ripley686 - Robert Ripley
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Signed book: Ripley’s Big Book: Believe It or Not! Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1934. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 361 pages. Signed in fount...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Larry Rivers687 - Larry Rivers
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Important American artist (1923–2002) best known for his works melding abstraction with proto-Pop imagery. Impressive color 21 x 29 proof print of Riv
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell688 - Norman Rockwell
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Two hardcover books, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, each signed and inscribed on the half-title page by Rockwell
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell689 - Norman Rockwell
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Three hardcover books each signed on the half-title page in black ink by Rockwell. In fine condition, with clipped dust jackets.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell690 - Norman Rockwell
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Color 29.25 x 9.5 print entitled ‘Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas,’ signed along the bottom in blue ballpoint, “sincerely, Norman Rockwell.” Matt
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bertrand Russell691 - Bertrand Russell
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Plas Penrhyn letterhead, June 9, 1964. Letter to William Gray. In part: “I am unwilling to write further on the matter you ment
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin692 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “A. Rodin,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, March 23, 1903. Letter to his longtime friend, fellow artist, and one-time m
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sir Walter Scott693 - Sir Walter Scott
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Scottish novelist and poet (1771–1832) best known for such classics as Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, and Waverley. ALS signed “Walter Scott,” one page, 5 x 7.75,
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Egon Schiele694 - Egon Schiele
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Influential, forward-looking Austrian artist (1890–1918) who takes a place among the leading figures of the Expressionist movement of the early 20th c
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Dr. Seuss695 - Dr. Seuss
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Original signed felt tip and colored pencil sketch of one red fish on a 6.5 x 3.5 First Day Cover with a cachet honoring the 50th anniversary of the c
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw696 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 7 x 4.5, personal letterhead, December 3, 1935. Letter ordering stationery. In part: “I want a parcel of 225 e
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George Bernard Shaw697 - George Bernard Shaw
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ANS signed “G. B. S.,” one page on a 4.5 x 3.5 printed correspondence postcard, March 14, 1928. Response to an interview request on a pre-printed card
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw698 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 3.5 x 4.5, The Guilford Hotel postcard, August 9, 1913. Letter to actor Dore Lewin Mannering, Jr. In part: “I
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George Bernard Shaw699 - George Bernard Shaw
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TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 6.25, personal letterhead, April 11, 1918. Letter regarding the influence of World War I on classical musi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Paul Signac700 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863-1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. ALS in French, signed “P. Signac,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Shel Silverstein701 - Shel Silverstein
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Fantastic felt tip sketch of a house and handwritten draft on a 9 x 12 manilla envelope. A working draft of Silverstein’s famous poem “A Light in the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith702 - Samuel Francis Smith
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AQS on an off-white 3.75 x 2.75 card, signed “S. F. Smith,” and dated November 20, 1894. Smith pens the famous stanza from ‘America.’ In full: “My cou
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Louis Stevenson703 - Robert Louis Stevenson
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Scottish author (1850–1894) who takes a place among the most popular and durable literary figures of the nineteenth century. Uncommon ALS, one page, 9
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck704 - John Steinbeck
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ALS in pencil, signed “John,” four pages, lightly-lined, 8 x 12.5, July 17, 1963. Lengthy letter to Howard Gossage. In part: "This is the first...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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