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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Camille Claudel500 - Camille Claudel
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French sculptor and graphic artist (1864–1943). ALS in French, two pages, 5.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to art critic and author Gustave Geffroy. In fu
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens501 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Saml. L. Clemens,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, May 15, 1875. Brief letter to an unidentified recipient, but probably the cashier at th
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens502 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 5 x 8, The Grosvenor letterhead, September 25. Letter to “Miss Jones,” daughter of Senator J. P. Jones, who shar
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens503 - Samuel L. Clemens
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AQS on an off-white 3.75 x 5.5 sheet, signed “Mark Twain.” Twain pens a maxim from ‘Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar,’ used in his travelogu...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens504 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9.5 photo of Twain in a seated three-quarter-length pose affixed to its original 13 x 17 A. F. Bradley photog
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens505 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Ink signature, “Very Truly Yours, S. L. Clemens, Mark Twain, Oct. ’84,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.75 sheet. Attractively matted and framed with three i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joseph Conrad507 - Joseph Conrad
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Rare vintage 7 x 10.75 photo supplement from the T.P.'s and Cassell's Weekly periodical, boldly signed in the lower border in black ink. Aff...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali508 - Salvador Dali
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Color 28 x 22 print entitled ‘Maelstrom,’ signed in blue felt tip, “Dali.” Rolled and in fine condition, with scattered edge and corner creases.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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August Derleth509 - August Derleth
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Prolific writer (1909–1971), known for his contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, a shared fictional universe based on the writings of H
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle510 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4 x 6.75, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Lawson Tait. In full: “Very many thanks for your kind note. I
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean de la Fontaine514 - Jean de la Fontaine
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One of the most famous French poets of the 17th century (1621–1695) widely known for his collections of fables. ADS in French, signed “de La Fontaine
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald515 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Two letters and a handwritten poem from Fitzgerald to his college friend Tom Lineaweaver. First ALS, signed “Scott,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Ellerslie le
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Theodor Fontane516 - Theodor Fontane
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German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer (1819–1898). Choice ALS in German, signed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jack Gaughan517 - Jack Gaughan
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Original color cover artwork by Gaughan for the 1964 Pyramid Books paperback edition of Three Worlds to Conquer by Poul Anderson, acrylic on masonite,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Dashiell Hammett518 - Dashiell Hammett
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American novelist (1894–1961) best known for detective and mystery classics such as the Sam Spade series (including The Maltese Falcon) and The Thin M
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway519 - Ernest Hemingway
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Personal check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to Roberto Herrera for $150, September
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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