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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STS-135484 - STS-135
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Color 11 x 8.5 NASA photo of the final shuttle crew posing in their orange flight suits, signed in black felt tip by Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hur
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STS-135485 - STS-135
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Color printed STS-135 Final Flight CEIT (Crew Equipment Interface Test) report, six pages, 8.5 x 11, providing a list of the crew and space center par
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X-15 Pilots488 - X-15 Pilots
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Flown limited edition commemorative cover, 9.25 x 4, with a cachet honoring the X-15 rocket pilots, 247/1500, flown over Edwards Air Force Base by Joe
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Jacinto Benavente494 - Jacinto Benavente
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One of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century (1866-1954). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922. AQS in Spanish, on a 7.
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Philip Burne-Jones498 - Philip Burne-Jones
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Distinguished painter (1861–1926) who produced over 60 portraits, landscapes, and other images. ALS, one page both sides, 3.75 x 6, Exeter College let
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge506 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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English poet (1772–1834) best remembered for ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and ‘Kubla Khan.’ ALS signed “S. T. Coleridge,” one page, 7 x 4.25, no
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Alexandre Dumas, fils511 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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Six untranslated ALSs in French, each signed “A. Dumas,” totaling eight pages, ranging in size from 4.5 x 3.5 to 5.25 x 8.25, no dates. In overall fin
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Alexandre Dumas, fils512 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Uncommon 2.25 x 3
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T. S. Eliot513 - T. S. Eliot
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Rare 1954 Christmas card featuring a printed image of Russell Square, measuring 17.5 x 5.75, signed below a printed holiday greeting, “T. S. Eliot.” T
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Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Greenleaf Whittier527 - Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Greenleaf Whittier
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Two signed photos: one albumen 3.5 x 4.75 portrait of Holmes affixed to a 4.5 x 7 mount, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Oliver Wendell Holm
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Edmond Hoyle529 - Edmond Hoyle
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British writer (1672–1769) whose best-selling codifications of the rules for the most popular card games of his day led to the familiar authoritative
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Joyce Kilmer530 - Joyce Kilmer
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American writer (1886–1918), best known for the much-anthologized poem ‘Trees,’ who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne at the age of 31. DS one
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Louis L’Amour533 - Louis L’Amour
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TLS signed “Louis,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, November 9, 1974. Letter to “Bill.” In part: “The Mohave has always been a favorite place of mine since I wal
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Edwin Markham538 - Edwin Markham
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 studio portrait of Markham, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Edwin Markham, April 10, 1927.” Lower border is
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Eugene O’Neill541 - Eugene O’Neill
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ALS signed “Gene O’Neill,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Peaked Hill Bar letterhead, September 13, 1922. Letter to Jeanie Begg. In full: “This in much haste to
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James R. Randall548 - James R. Randall
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Writer (1839–1908) best remembered as the lyricist of the song, ‘Maryland, My Maryland.’ ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, October 21, 1895. Letter
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Maurice Sendak552 - Maurice Sendak
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Early glossy 3.5 x 5 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in black felt tip, with printed information above his signature. In fine condition.
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Gertrude Stein560 - Gertrude Stein
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Uncommon ANS, one page, 5 x 4, personal letterhead, no date. Brief note. In full: “Alright Friday, about three, best to you always.” Double-matted wit
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Hendrik Willem van Loon568 - Hendrik Willem van Loon
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Historian and journalist (1882–1944) best known for his 1921 book The Story of Mankind. Collection of nine letters (8 ALSs, and one 1 TLS) from van Lo
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Ansel Adams577 - Ansel Adams
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Picturesque 15.5 x 12 calendar photo titled “Yosemite Fall and Apple Blossoms, Yosemite Valley, c. 1936,” signed in the lower border in black felt tip
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Charles Addams578 - Charles Addams
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Original signed and inscribed ink sketch of Pugsley Addams on an off-white 5 x 3 card, signed and inscribed, “For Bernie Hogya from Chas Addams, aged
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Authors579 - Authors
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Collection of eight souvenir typescripts, all one page, seven 8.5 x 11 and one 6.75 x 8.5, each signed at the conclusion in ink or felt tip by the aut
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Dan Brown580 - Dan Brown
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Signed book: The Da Vinci Code. First edition, first printing. NY: Doubleday. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 454 pages. Signed on the title p
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John Grisham582 - John Grisham
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Four hardcover books, each signed on the half-title page in black ink by Grisham. Titles are: The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, and The Runa
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Al Hirschfeld and Celine Dion584 - Al Hirschfeld and Celine Dion
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Limited edition 16 x 21 lithograph of Hirschfeld’s caricature of Dion, numbered 48/275, signed in the lower right in pencil by the artist, “Hirschfeld
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Philip Johnson and John Burgee585 - Philip Johnson and John Burgee
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American architects who were in partnership from 1967 to 1991. Limited edition 12 x 12 print of various plans for their landmark AT&T World Head...
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Stephen King586 - Stephen King
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Two hardcover books: The Dark Half, signed and inscribed on the second free end page; and Gerald’s Game, signed and inscribed on the half-title page.
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Henry Moore587 - Henry Moore
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Distinguished English artist (1898–1986) best known for his abstract, often biomorphic sculptures. Glossy 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Moore holding a paintbr
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Gerhard Richter589 - Gerhard Richter
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German artist (born 1932) whose works have achieved world-record prices at auction. Postcard featuring Richter’s 1965 work entitled ‘Familie nach alte
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Robert Ripley590 - Robert Ripley
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Signed book: Believe It or Not. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1929. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 172 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free ...
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Dr. Seuss591 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: You’re Only Old Once. Limited first edition of 500 copies (this being no. 365). NY: Random House, 1986. Hardcover with slipcase, 8.25 x 1
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Comic Artists593 - Comic Artists
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Wonderful collection of four sketches, each drawn and signed by a famous comic artist, including: George McManus, Bill Mauldin, Don Herold, and Scott
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Matt Groening594 - Matt Groening
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Groening posing along the waterfront with a duck in his arms, signed in black felt tip, “Your pals, Bongo & Matt Groening...
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Robert Crumb595 - Robert Crumb
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ALS signed “R, Crumb,” on a 6.25 x 4.25 card, with a vintage postcard photo of four men drinking wine affixed to the reverse, captioned by Crumb, “Fre
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Enrico Caruso600 - Enrico Caruso
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ALS signed “E. Caruso,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, postmarked March 27, 1914. Brief message to Miss J. Whitman reads, in full: “The Italian Charities conce
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Composers601 - Composers
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Letters from Jules Massenet, Ethelbert Nevin, and Samuel Francis Smith: ANS in pencil, signed “Massenet,” one page on an off-white card, December 10,
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Composers602 - Composers
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Collection of four items, three ALSs, and one autographed note, two one page, and one two page, both sides, various sizes, each from a different compo
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Composers603 - Composers
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Two AMQSs on individual off-white cards, measuring approximately 4 x 3. One from Nadia Boulanger, who pens two bars from an unidentified work, signed
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Composers604 - Composers
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Two AMQSs: a four-bar quote from ‘Fiddle-Faddle’ by Leroy Anderson on a 9 x 3.5 sheet of musically-lined paper, signed and inscribed to Lionel Aucoin;
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Geraldine Farrar606 - Geraldine Farrar
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American operatic soprano and silent film star (1882–1967) who was one of the most popular musical artists of her day, and whose style and presence in
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Female Singers607 - Female Singers
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Lovely collection of three items, each signed by a notable female singer, including: Lillie Langtry (signature), Nellie Melba (SP), and Jenny Lind (si
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Victor Herbert609 - Victor Herbert
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Three items: an AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, with five bars of music and lyrics from his operetta ‘Eileen,’ dated January 1917 and reading, “‘Tis
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Hans Knappertsbusch611 - Hans Knappertsbusch
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German conductor (1888–1965) best known for his performances of Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner, and Richard Strauss. ALS in German on a 4 x 5.75 postc
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Zoltan Kodaly612 - Zoltan Kodaly
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Prominent Hungarian composer, educator, ethnomusicologist, linguist, author, and philosopher (1882–1967). Vintage glossy 4.5 x 6.5 photo of Kodaly arr
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Musicians615 - Musicians
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Collection of four items, each signed by a notable musician, including: Jan Kubelik (postcard photo), Agnes Huntington (cabinet photo), Ferdinand Ries
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Musicians618 - Musicians
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Vintage signatures of four musicians on both sides of a 4.75 x 6.75 album page. Signers are: Edmund Eysler, adding a four-bar AMQS from his operetta ‘
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Opera Singers619 - Opera Singers
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Charming collection of four photos of various sizes, each signed by a notable opera singer, including: Lauritz Melchior, Edouard de Reszke, Marcella S
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Musicians621 - Musicians
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Ink signatures of eight musicians on three various size album pages. First page bears an AMQS from Jacques Thibault, who pens eight bars from ‘Presto,
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John Philip Sousa631 - John Philip Sousa
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Superb vintage 3 x 5 real photo postcard showing Sousa in a three-quarter-length pose, signed vertically in black ink, “John Philip Sousa.” Nicely dou
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Beatles: Starr and Aspinall647 - Beatles: Starr and Aspinall
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Vintage ballpoint signature, “Ringo Starr,” and signatures of John Lennon and George Harrison, both in the hand of Neil Aspinall, on individual off-wh
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