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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Josephine Baker786 - Josephine Baker
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Titillating vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the scantily clad Baker in feathers from the Folies Bergere, signed in fountain pen, “Josephine Baker,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sarah Bernhardt787 - Sarah Bernhardt
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Vintage glossy 6 x 9 photo of Bernhardt dressed in an elaborate outfit, signed and inscribed in black ink, “For J. Willis Sayre, Souvenir de Sarah Ber
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Sarah Bernhardt788 - Sarah Bernhardt
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Vintage 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet photo of Bernhardt with several tears running down her cheek by W. and D. Downey Studios of London, signed and inscribed o
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edwin Booth789 - Edwin Booth
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Renowned American Shakespearean actor (1833–1893) and brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Uncommon original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Boo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman790 - Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
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Vintage fountain pen signatures, “Humphrey Bogart,” and “Ingrid Bergman,” on individual off-white 2.75 x 2 cards. In fine condition, with a trivial br
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Humphrey Bogart791 - Humphrey Bogart
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Terrific vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Bogart smoking a Chesterfield as he sits in a director-style chair having his hair cut, signed and inscr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Celebrities792 - Celebrities
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Vintage white hardcover guest book, 8.5 x 6.5, signed inside by numerous stars and celebrities, most dated between 1964 and 1968, all pages signed on
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Louise Brooks793 - Louise Brooks
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Legendary screen actress of the silent era (1906–1985) whose brief but successful career ended with her retirement from show business in 1931. Matte-f
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charlie and Oona Chaplin794 - Charlie and Oona Chaplin
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FDC with a cachet honoring Eugene O’Neill, signed in blue felt tip “Charles Chaplin,” and in blue ink, “Oona Chaplin.” In very fine condition. Accompa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charlie Chaplin795 - Charlie Chaplin
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Nostalgic vintage glossy 10 x 8 publicity photo of Chaplin as the Little Tramp, and Mabel Normand from one of their various films together, as feature
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Gary Cooper796 - Gary Cooper
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper as he appeared in You’re in the Navy Now, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Eleanor, wi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Joan Crawford797 - Joan Crawford
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 full-length MGM publicity photo of Crawford as Flaemchen from the 1932 film Grand Hotel, identified as having been taken by Geor
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Cukor798 - George Cukor
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TLS signed “George,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, February 26, 1963. Letter to Bette Davis. In part: “Congratulations on your nomination—your tenth,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Michael Curtiz799 - Michael Curtiz
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TLS signed “Mike,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, Paramount Pictures Corporation letterhead, June 4, 1957. Letter of thanks to Cleo Ronson. In full: “Thank you
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sammy Davis, Jr800 - Sammy Davis, Jr
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Davis’s Screen Actors Guild surgical and major medical benefits card, 3.25 x 2.25, signed on the front in black felt tip by Davis, adding his Social S
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Clark Gable801 - Clark Gable
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Vintage oversized matte-finish 12.75 x 10 MGM publicity photo, credited on the reverse to Grimes, of Gable atop a horse, signed and inscribed in fount
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sergei Eisenstein802 - Sergei Eisenstein
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Revolutionary Soviet Russian film director and film theorist (1898–1948) noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin, and Oct
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Frankenstein: Lionel Belmore803 - Frankenstein: Lionel Belmore
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English character actor (1867-1953) best remembered as the huffy-puffy Herr Vogel the Burgomaster in Frankenstein. Scarce vintage glossy 7.25 x 9 phot
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Joan Fontaine804 - Joan Fontaine
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Massive archive of correspondence from Fontaine to Rose Mula, consisting of 60 ALSs on various stationery, postcards, and personal note cards, two TLS
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Judy Garland805 - Judy Garland
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ALS signed “Judy,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, no date. Love letter to her husband Sidney Luft. In full: “You were so sound asleep, I was afraid t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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