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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Ken Kesey689 - Ken Kesey
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Signed book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Collector’s edition. Connecticut: Easton Press, 1999. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 311 pages. Signed on the colo
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow690 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Ink signature, “Henry W. Longfellow, 1880,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 slip. In very good condition, with toned areas to edges from adhesive to revers
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John Marin691 - John Marin
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Modernist artist (1870–1953) best known for his abstract landscapes and watercolors. Signed book: Letters of John Marin. Limited edition of 400 copies
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W. Somerset Maugham692 - W. Somerset Maugham
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TLS signed “W. S. Maugham,” one page, 5.25 x 8, Villa Mauresque letterhead, December 16, 1961. Letter to an admirer. In part: “Thank you and your husb
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Peter Max693 - Peter Max
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Unique series 2009 one dollar bill, with Max adding a felt tip moustache, ascot, and ‘Lady Liberty’ crown to George Washington’s portrait, signed “Lov
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Peter Max694 - Peter Max
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Vintage General Electric alarm clock featuring a design by Peter Max, 5 x 3 x 2.5, signed on the bottom in black felt tip, “Love, Peter Max, 1968.” In
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Frank McCourt695 - Frank McCourt
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Signed book: Angela’s Ashes. Limited collector’s edition, numbered 2111/2500. Connecticut: Easton Press, 2003. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 364 pages. Signe
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Steve McCurry696 - Steve McCurry
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Color 20 x 24 poster of journalist Steve McCurry’s famed 1985 image of Sharbat Gula, better known by the unofficial title ‘Afghan Girl,’ signed in the
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James Michener697 - James Michener
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Limited edition portfolio entitled Facing East featuring text by James Michener and art by Jack Levine. Limited edition, numbered 916/2500. NY: Maecen
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Arthur Miller698 - Arthur Miller
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Two items: glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Miller in his prime, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint; and a press release from the International P
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Grandma Moses699 - Grandma Moses
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Ink signature, “Grandma Moses, Nov. 1953,” on an off-white 3.25 x .75 slip. Matted with a portrait of the artist to an overall size of 8 x 10.5. In fi
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Novelists700 - Novelists
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Collection of 11 items, primarily consisting of signatures and letters, each signed by a notable novelist. Signers are: Pearl S. Buck, Agatha Christie
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Eugene O’Neill701 - Eugene O’Neill
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Colophon removed from the 1933 Random House limited edition of Ah, Wilderness!, numbered 232/325, 6 x 9.5, signed in black ink, “Eugene O’Neill.” In f
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Maxfield Parrish702 - Maxfield Parrish
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Parrish, payable to cash for $50, stamp-dated July 13, 1921. In fine to very fine condition, with e
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S. J. Perelman703 - S. J. Perelman
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American humorist, author, and screenwriter (1904–1979) best known for his humorous short pieces written for The New Yorker. TLS signed “Sid J.,” one
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George Plimpton704 - George Plimpton
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Eight items, including two souvenir typescripts, two glossy 8 x 10 photos, three different magazine photos, and a glossy 3.5 x 5 photo, each signed an
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Albin Polasek705 - Albin Polasek
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Czech-American sculptor and educator (1879–1965) who created more than four hundred works during his career. Scarce vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 por
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Katherine Anne Porter706 - Katherine Anne Porter
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Pulitzer Prize–winning American writer (1890–1980) best known for such enduring stories as ‘The Jilting of Granny Weatherall’ and the novel Ship of Fo
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Pulitzer Prize Authors: General Nonfiction707 - Pulitzer Prize Authors: General Nonfiction
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Collection of 43 items, primarily consisting of signatures and a few letters and photos, each signed in ink by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Gener
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Pulitzer Prize Poets708 - Pulitzer Prize Poets
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Collection of 28 items, primarily consisting of signatures and a few souvenir typescripts, each signed in ink by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poe
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