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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Samuel L. Clemens588 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “SL Clemens,” two pages on adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 5.75, September 26, 1898. Letter to Edward W. Bok, publisher of the Ladies’ Home Journal
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens589 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Signed book: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1902. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 1900 p
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens590 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Vintage 4.5 x 6.5 photo of Clemens in a wooden chair, affixed to a 5 x 7 mount, in turn affixed to a slightly larger card, signed and inscribed in bla
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens591 - Charles Dickens
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AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7.25 sheet. Dickens writes a lengthy quote from The Chimes. In full: “'Here we are and here we go!' cried Trotty, ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Gustave Courbet592 - Gustave Courbet
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French painter (1819–1877) who was scorned for his rigid classical outlook. He was imprisoned and fined for his part in the destruction of the Vendome
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 45,000.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson593 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Beloved British author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll (1832–1898). ANS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one p
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle594 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “ACD,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Lord Gorell. In part: “We used to put S M’s imprint on the books as we
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere595 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Distinguished French novelist (1802–1870) of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Marcel Duchamp596 - Marcel Duchamp
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French painter (1887-1968) known for ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.’ When this painting was exhibited at the Armory Show in New York City in 191
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson597 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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American author and philosopher (1803–1882), whose central role in the Transcendentalist movement earned him a place among the most influential figure
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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