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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Eddie Cochran663 - Eddie Cochran
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Dynamic, pioneering rock ’n’ roll musician (1938–1960), best known for his hit ‘Summertime Blues,’ who met his untimely end in a fatal automobile cras
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Eagles664 - The Eagles
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Off-white bodied Fender Telecaster, signed in silver ink on the black pickguard by Glenn Frey, Don Henley (ins), Don Felder (ins), Joe Walsh, and Timo
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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The Eagles665 - The Eagles
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Eagles 1994 World Tour program, 11 x 14, 22 pages, signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, and T
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jerry Garcia666 - Jerry Garcia
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Original signed ink sketch of what appears to be a large lion’s head, with “Hungry” written underneath on an off-white 5 x 8 sheet, signed “J. Garcia
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Gershwin667 - George Gershwin
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Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 photo of Gershwin in profile, signed and inscribed vertically in fountain pen, “To H. C. Branch, Every good wish, Geo
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin668 - George Gershwin
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Business check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Gershwin, payable to Riverside Valet Co. for $19.00, March 4, 1933. Double-cloth
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Gershwin669 - George Gershwin
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Scarce and highly desirable cover and title page for sheet music to Porgy and Bess, measuring 17 x 11.75 open, signed below his frontispiece image in
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie670 - Woody Guthrie
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.25, dated October 8, 1945. Guthrie writes to his friends at Folkways Records, “Moe , Marian , Herb,
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Johnny Green671 - Johnny Green
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Songwriter and musical arranger (1908–1989) who was in charge of several successful MGM film musicals, winning Oscars for Easter Parade and An America
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday672 - Billie Holiday
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Legendary singer (1915–1959), revered as one of the greatest and most individual vocalists in the history of blues and jazz, who died from cirrhosis o
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday673 - Billie Holiday
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Legendary singer (1915–1959), revered as one of the greatest and most individual vocalists in the history of blues and jazz, who died from cirrhosis o
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Musicians674 - Musicians
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Collection of four items, each signed by a distinguished musician, including: Cole Porter (SP), Alan Jay Lerner (SP), Virgil Thomson (AMQS), and Howar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Janis Joplin675 - Janis Joplin
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 6 x 4, addressed by Joplin to, “Mr. Peter de Blanc / c/o Boutilier / 58 W. 75th St. / New York, 23, N.Y / 10023,” and
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Janis Joplin676 - Janis Joplin
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ALS signed “Love, Janis,” six pages, 5.75 x 8, August 28, [1965]. Letter to her boyfriend Peter de Blanc. In part: “I don’t know what I’m trying to pr
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Oasis: Liam Gallagher677 - Oasis: Liam Gallagher
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A pair of Liam Gallagher’s personally owned shoes. Beige shoes, by Pretty Green (Gallagher’s own designer label), are each signed in black felt tip, “
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Cole Porter678 - Cole Porter
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Porter’s personally-owned and -used portable backgammon board which folds to 22 x 14 x 2, hinged on one side with a clasp on the other, with “Cole Por
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Queen679 - Queen
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Elektra 45 rpm record of ‘Love of My Life/Now I’m Here,’ signed on the front of the sleeve in blue and black felt tip by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, R
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Bonnie Raitt680 - Bonnie Raitt
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RIAA floater-style gold record sales award presented to Nathan M. Weiss, “to commemorate the sale of more than 500,000 copies of the…long-playing reco
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rodgers and Hammerstein681 - Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Signed book: Allegro: A Musical Play. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 157 pages. Signed on the first free end page by Ri
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley682 - Elvis Presley
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Handsome vintage image of Presley posing casually in a striped jacket, surrounded by a border of guitars, musical notes, and hearts, on the inside of
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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