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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Jim Irwin1548 - Jim Irwin
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Irwin saluting the flag on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip around a pre-printed sentiment, “Jeff,
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Sally Ride1549 - Sally Ride
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Mailing envelope, 6.5 x 3.75, bearing a January 28, 1990, Kennedy Space Center postal cancellation, signed in purple ink, “Sally K. Ride.” In fine con
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema1550 - Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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Dutch painter (1836–1912). ALS signed “L. Alma-Tadema,” one page, 3.75 x 6, personal letterhead, February 13, 1892. Alma-Tadema apologizes for missing
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Zane Grey1551 - Zane Grey
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Grey, payable to Mrs. L. D. Mitchell for $300.00, January 10, 1928. Cancellation holes to body, small
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David Siqueiros1552 - David Siqueiros
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Realist painter (1869-1974), known for his large murals in fresco that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Postcard portfolio entitled “La Marc
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn1553 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Signed book: The Cancer Corpus (Russian edition). Moscow, 2004. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 477 pages. Signed and inscribed, in Russian, on the title page in
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Harriet Beecher Stowe1554 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Ink signature, “Very truly yours, H. B. Stowe, Hartford, Nov. 11, 1876,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 card. In fine condition, with some light toning along
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Jan Kubelik and Vladimir Golschmann1555 - Jan Kubelik and Vladimir Golschmann
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Two AMQSs: a two-bar quote from an unidentified work on a 6 x 5 off-white card, signed at the bottom, “Jan Kubelik 27.11.1928”; and a two-bar quote fr
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Anne Baxter1556 - Anne Baxter
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 18, 1977. Letter to Ted Bredt of San Jose. In part: “How thrilled I was to receive the excel
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Buster Crabbe1557 - Buster Crabbe
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Great 9.75 x 7.25 cardstock photo of Crabbe as Flash Gordon, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To the Becks, Best Wishes, Buster Crabbe.” In fine co
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Joan Crawford1558 - Joan Crawford
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Crawford, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “Hello to Mrs. Olijar, Sr., from Joan Crawford.” In fine condit
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Cecil B. DeMille1559 - Cecil B. DeMille
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Personal check, 7 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by DeMille, “Cecil B. DeMille,” payable to The Broadway for $4936.35, April 21, 1952. The
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Ava Gardner1560 - Ava Gardner
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Bank check, 6 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Gardner, payable to cash for £300.00, March 25, 1981. In fine condition, with an un...
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Paul Henreid1561 - Paul Henreid
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Henreid as he appeared in the 1947 film Song of Love, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Mick, best regards, Paul Henr
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Henry Irving1562 - Henry Irving
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Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Henry Irving 1904.” In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light foxin
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Dorothy Jordan1563 - Dorothy Jordan
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Beautiful vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 Hurrell portrait of Jordan, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Joan, Luck to you for lots of ‘first edit
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Peter Lorre and Conrad Veidt1564 - Peter Lorre and Conrad Veidt
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Vintage fountain pen signatures, “Peter Lorre” and “Conrad Veidt, 1933,” on opposing sides of a single green 6 x 4 album page. In fine condition, with
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Keye Luke1565 - Keye Luke
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Classic glossy 8 x 10 photo of Luke in his memorable role, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Ken—Felicitations! Keye Luke, Master Po of ‘Kun
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Luise Rainer1566 - Luise Rainer
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Glossy 10 x 7.75 press photo photo of the set from the film based on Pearl Buck’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, signed in black ink, “Where I was a sl
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Alastair Sim1567 - Alastair Sim
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Scottish character actor (1900–1976), best remembered for his role as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge, and for his portrayal of Miss Fritton
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Three Stooges: Joe Besser1568 - Three Stooges: Joe Besser
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Glossy 8 x 9.5 photo of Besser humorously glaring at a bust, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Laverne, Best wishes always, Joe Besser.” In
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William Wellman1569 - William Wellman
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “Thanks, William A. Wellman,” on a 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with light overall toning.
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Reggie Bush1570 - Reggie Bush
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Enormous color 29 x 22 print on stretched canvas of Bush hurdling a defender while at USC, signed in black felt tip, “Reggie Bush, Heisman ’05.” In fi
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Bill Dickey1571 - Bill Dickey
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Color limited edition 18 x 24 composite print of Dickey with the Yankees, numbered 77/800, signed in the lower border in pencil. Also signed in pencil
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Gordie Howe1572 - Gordie Howe
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Color limited edition 18 x 24 composite print of Howe with the Red Wings, numbered 114/500, signed in the lower border in pencil. Also signed in penci
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Carl Hubbell1573 - Carl Hubbell
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Color limited edition 18 x 24 composite print of Hubbell with the Giants, numbered 610/800, signed in the lower border in pencil. Also signed in penci
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Arnold Palmer1574 - Arnold Palmer
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Color limited edition 20 x 24 composite print, numbered 45/500, signed in pencil. Also signed in pencil by the artist, Cassidy J. Alexander. In fine c
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Enos Slaughter1575 - Enos Slaughter
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Official McLaughlin-Millard Adirondack baseball bat signed in blue felt tip on the barrel. In fine condition.
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George Weiss1576 - George Weiss
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Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Weiss, “George M. Weiss,” payable to cash for $600, February 27, 1970. Also endorse
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