RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph 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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Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan565 - Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan
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Glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Apollo 10 astronauts helping themselves to a slice of a giant USS Princeton cake, signed in black felt tip by Tom Staf
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chuck Yeager566 - Chuck Yeager
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Signed book: Yeager. London: Century, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 342 pages. Signed in black ink on the first free end page. In fine
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Charles Addams570 - Charles Addams
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Original vintage signed and inscribed full-length felt tip sketch of Wednesday Addams on an off-white 4.25 x 11 sheet, signed and inscribed, “For Fath
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James M. Barrie571 - James M. Barrie
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Scottish author and dramatist (1860–1937) best known for the classic children’s play Peter Pan. LS signed “J. M. Barrie,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Bartlett572 - John Bartlett
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ALS, one page, 4 x 6, March 18, 1892. Brief letter to J. D. Miller. In full: “Kindly send me your address that I may express your copies of Familiar N
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Bartlett573 - John Bartlett
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Signed book: Familiar Quotations. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1863. Hardcover, 4.75 x 7.25, 480 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free e
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Pierre Bonnard574 - Pierre Bonnard
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French painter and lithographer (1867–1947). He trained at the Académie Julien, then joined the group called Les Nabis, which included Denis an...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum575 - Gutzon Borglum
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Fountain pen signature, “Sincerely, Gutzon Borglum, Mount Rushmore, Nov. 12, 1937,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 sheet. A uniform shade of mild toning an
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Mathew Brady576 - Mathew Brady
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ANS signed “B,” at the top of a letter to Brady from Elijah Cook, nephew of pioneer photographer Charles D. Fredricks, four pages on two adjoining she
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Bourke-White577 - Margaret Bourke-White
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Pioneering American photographer and photojournalist (1904–1971). Two items: ALS, one page, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Mr. Moskowi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Claude Bragdon578 - Claude Bragdon
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Architect, writer, and stage designer (1866–1946). ALS, one page, 6 x 7.75, personal letterhead, June 28, [1931]. Letter to literary and art critic Le
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Edgar Rice Burroughs579 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. letterhead, April 6, 1937. Letter to the managing editor of the Galveston News-Tribune. In full: “
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Catlin580 - George Catlin
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American artist, author, and traveler (1796–1872) best known for his Indian Gallery, a monumental collection of paintings documenting the quickly vani
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler581 - Raymond Chandler
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Detective novelist (1888–1959) best known for The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Scarce DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 10, 1952. Document between Ch
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand582 - Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
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Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768–1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. LS in French, signed “Chateaubrian
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie583 - Agatha Christie
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TLS signed “Agatha Mallowan,” one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, December 6, 1968. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “Thank you so much for the cop
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Samuel L. Clemens584 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Very desirable double ink signature, “Yrs truly, Saml. L. Clemens, Mark Twain,” on an off-white 4 x 3 sheet. Triple-cloth-matted and framed with a sma
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens585 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS, in pencil, signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 3.5 x 5.25, no date. Brief letter to Mr. Hutchins. In full: “This is to introduce my friends Paige a
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens586 - Samuel L. Clemens
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AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 2 slip, affixed to the lower portion of a 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet card portrait of Clemens by J. G. Gessford. Quote reads, in fu
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens587 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Scarce bank check, 8 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Samuel L. Clemens,” payable to J. W. Eldridge for $13.60, July 2, 1875. In fine condit
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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