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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Dr. Seuss639 - Dr. Seuss
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Three remarkable letters from Dr. Seuss, one ALS and two TLSs, all written to the wife of a Texas doctor during the spring and summer of 1972. ALS, s
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck640 - John Steinbeck
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TLS, one page on a 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard, postmarked January 30, 1938. Letter to Mrs. Phyllis Higgins. In full: “You know I had nothing at al
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Rabindranath Tagore641 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Vintage 3.7
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Alfred Lord Tennyson642 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Partial partly-printed DS, signed “Tennyson,” one page, 8 x 3.25, September 24, 1887. Conclusion of an agreement between Lord Tennyson and Hallam Tenn
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien643 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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ALS, five pages on three sheets, 7.5 x 9.5, no date. Letter to admirer H. Cotton Minchin regarding publication of The Lord of the Rings, his interests
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Estimate : 75,000.00 - 85,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien644 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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Uncommon TLS, one page, 5.25 x 7, blindstamped personal letterhead, January 2, 1967. Brief response to an admirer with a bold signature. In full: “Tha
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Henry David Thoreau645 - Henry David Thoreau
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Partial autograph manuscript, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 3, no date, presumably taken from one of Thoreau’s notebooks. In full: “principle witness. We
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec646 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a pl...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec647 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “Henri,” one page, 4.5 x 7, “Easter” of an unspecified year [but 1878]. Letter to “My dear uncle,” in full (translated): “Everyt
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec648 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Autograph manuscript in French and Latin, signed at the conclusion three times, “Monfa,” two pages, both sides, 8 x 12, with the top of the second pag
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Estimate : 175,000.00 - 200,000.00
 
 
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