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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