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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Harry Houdini1040 - Harry Houdini
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Uncommon signed book: A Magician Among the Spirits. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1924. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 294 pages...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Hollywood Slides1041 - Hollywood Slides
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Enormous collection of over 2400 original transparencies, almost all color, many taken by a lifelong collector dating from the 1950s through the early
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini1042 - Harry Houdini
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One-of-a-kind vintage signature display on an off-white 6 x 8 sheet, done in an admirer’s hand. Page features a clipped circular portrait of Houdini,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini1043 - Harry Houdini
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TLS signed “Houdini,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 6, 1921. Letter to Robert Gould Shaw of the Harvard College Library. In full: “
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Leslie Howard1044 - Leslie Howard
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Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Howard in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Rosabelle Edelman, with best wishes, Leslie Ho
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini1045 - Harry Houdini
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TLS signed “H. Houdini,” one page, 8.5 x 10.75, black-bordered stationery, February 14, 1914. Letter to Stanley Collins. In full, “Enclosed you will f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Grace Kelly1046 - Grace Kelly
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ALS, signed “Grace de Monaco,” one page, both sides, 5.5 x 7.25, Rocagel letterhead, August 21, 1978. Letter to songwriter and movie producer George B
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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The King and I1047 - The King and I
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Vintage program from the from the original 1951 Broadway run of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, signed in felt tip and ballpoint by Gertrude Lawr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bert Lahr1048 - Bert Lahr
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Four original vintage signed pencil sketches of Lahr’s face, done by famed international artist Vincenzo Maria Zito, on an off-white 7.25 x 10 sketch
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Laurel and Hardy1049 - Laurel and Hardy
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Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “Thank you Kathleen! Stan Laurel,” and a ballpoint signature, “Oliver Hardy,” on an off-white 6 x 4.75
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Stan Laurel1050 - Stan Laurel
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TLS signed “Stan,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 3, 1961. Letter to Tom Jackson of Los Angeles. In part: “We too enjoyed very m
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh1051 - Vivien Leigh
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Pretty vintage 3.25 x 5 postcard photo of Leigh in a black hat, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh1052 - Vivien Leigh
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Positively gorgeous vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Leigh wearing a large ring and softly cradling her head against her hand, signed and inscribed in f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Oscar Levant1053 - Oscar Levant
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DS, one page both sides, 6 x 4, November 1, 1963. Personal information card naming Levant’s beneficiaries in the case of his death, filled out by Leva
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harold Lloyd1054 - Harold Lloyd
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Two original vintage exhibitor ads, 7.25 x 10, both for Lloyd’s Lonesome Luke comedies, each with a printed quote from a theatre owner or critic on th
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Marx Brothers1055 - Marx Brothers
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Vintage ink signatures of all four Marx Brothers on a large off-white 10.25 x 15.5 guestbook page dated February 17, 1928, all adding some sort of hum
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller1056 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller
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Vintage ballpoint signatures, “Marilyn Monroe Miller” and “Arthur Miller,” on individual off-white 5.25 x 3.5 sheets affixed to separate peach-colored
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio1057 - Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
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Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc., business check, 8 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Marilyn Monroe, payable to Sutton Motors, Inc. for $58.33, d
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe1058 - Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Monroe, payable to New York Telephone Company for $12.18,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Paul Newman1059 - Paul Newman
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ALS, three pages both sides, 6.25 x 9, personal letterhead, March 21, 1955. Letter to one of the founders of his fledgling fan club, Barbara Rushmore.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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