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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John Steinbeck705 - John Steinbeck
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Perfect ink signature, “John Steinbeck,” on a white 3.25 x 2.5 card. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck706 - John Steinbeck
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TLS signed “John,” one page, 8.5 x 11, September 18, 1964. Letter to Howard Gossage. In part: “We went to Washington for the medal bit and it was very
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Booth Tarkington707 - Booth Tarkington
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TLS, four pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 22, 1945. Letter to Ralph Knight at the Saturday Evening Post. In part: “On the point of the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Thurber708 - James Thurber
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Scarce autograph manuscript of a work entitled “Of Time and the Ocean,” 41 pages, 8.5 x 11, no date. In pencil, Thurber scrawls a poetic philosophical
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alice B. Toklas709 - Alice B. Toklas
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ALS signed “Alice,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, September 14, 1955. Letter to Saul Mauraker. In part: “Lately it has struck me so very strange that people
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Tony Award Authors710 - Tony Award Authors
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Collection of 34 items, consisting of signatures and a single photo, each signed by a Tony Award–winning writer. Most notable are Edward Albee, Arthur
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec711 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a pl...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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John Trumbull712 - John Trumbull
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American painter of well-known scenes of the American Revolution (1756–1843). ALS signed “Jno. Trumbull,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, May 6, 1827. Letter to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alberto Vargas713 - Alberto Vargas
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Collection of three unsigned drawings by Vargas, ranging in size from 16.5 x 14.5 up to 29 x 22. The first is a pencil on paper preliminary study sket
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Alberto Vargas714 - Alberto Vargas
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Peruvian-born American illustrator (1896–1982) best remembered for his colorful, sensuous renderings of pinup-style nudes. Ballpoint signature and ins
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol715 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: Andy Warhol’s Exposures. First edition, first printing. NY: Andy Warhol Books/Grosset and Dunlap, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.5 x
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol716 - Andy Warhol
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Warhol’s personally-owned Elgin pocket watch, measuring 1.75? in diameter, featuring a face with Arabic numerals, blue hands, and a smaller subdial fo
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol717 - Andy Warhol
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Original signed felt tip sketch of his famous soup can labeled “Tomato Soup” with a dollar sign above, signed vertically on the right side, accomplish
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol718 - Andy Warhol
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Felt tip signature, “Andy Warhol,” on a white 8.25 x 11.75 sheet. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold passing through a single letter of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol719 - Andy Warhol
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Commemorative cover with a colorful cachet honoring UNDRO against hunger, designed by Warhol, signed near the bottom in black felt tip. In fine condit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Noah Webster720 - Noah Webster
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Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page both side
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Tennessee Williams722 - Tennessee Williams
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Scarce ALS signed “Tennessee,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Letter to “Marion.” In full: “I was afraid the book had disappeared—sorry about
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright724 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Appealing Wright-designed business check for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 8 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Wright, “Frank Lloyd Wright
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright725 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Signed book: In The Nature of Materials: the Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1898–1941 by Henry-Russell Hitchcock. First edition, fourth printing. NY
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Emile Zola726 - Emile Zola
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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, April 28, 1871. Letter to a colleague. In full (translated): “Will you be free Tuesday evening, the day after to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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