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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Authors and Illustrators625 - Authors and Illustrators
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Collection of 100 items consisting primarily of signatures and bookplates, with a few letters, prints, checks and other items mixed in. Signers includ
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Honore de Balzac626 - Honore de Balzac
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Prolific and important French novelist and playwright (1799–1850) best known for his complex ‘cycle’ La Comédie humaine. Very scarce ALS in Fre...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Bernard Berenson627 - Bernard Berenson
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Art historian (1865–1959) specializing in the Renaissance, he established the market for paintings by the ‘Old Masters.’ ALS, one page both sides, 8.2
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum628 - Gutzon Borglum
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Exceptional matte-finish 7.75 x 10.25 photo of workers rappelling the face of George Washington while carving Mount Rushmore, signed in the lower righ
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dan Brown629 - Dan Brown
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Signed book: The Da Vinci Code. First edition, first printing. NY: Doubleday, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 454 pages. Signed on the t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Karel Capek630 - Karel Capek
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One of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century (1890–1938) who introduced and made popular the word ‘robot,’ which first appeared in hi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Bukowski631 - Charles Bukowski
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TLS signed “Buk,” one page, 8.5 x 10.75, July 11, 1978. Letter to R. Soring. In full: “Thanks for your review, I mean thanks for sending the reviews.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Truman Capote632 - Truman Capote
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ALS signed “T. Capote,” one page both sides, 7 x 10, personal letterhead, no date, but postmarked November 25, 1964. Letter to William Gray. In full:
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Francis Bicknell Carpenter633 - Francis Bicknell Carpenter
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American painter (1830–1900) who resided with Lincoln at the White House for six months and is best known for his 1864 painting, ‘First Reading of the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens634 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of Clemens seated at his desk and holding a cigar, signed in the upper right in fountain pen, “Ma
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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