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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Cary Grant806 - Cary Grant
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To George Blake, Cordially, Cary Grant.” In fine condition, with a stray “T”
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gone With the Wind: Vivien Leigh807 - Gone With the Wind: Vivien Leigh
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Color vintage 9 x 11.75 magazine photo from the March 23, 1940, issue of Picturegoer and Film Weekly, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Angela, w
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gone With the Wind: Clark Gable808 - Gone With the Wind: Clark Gable
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Gable, payable to Jean Garceau for $122.20, March 8, 1955. In fine condition, with cancel
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edmund Gwenn809 - Edmund Gwenn
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Fabulous and desirable vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.5 photo of Gwenn in his memorable role in Miracle on 34th Street, signed in fountain pen. In fine
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck810 - Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 Paramount Pictures promotional photo for Roman Holiday, signed later in black felt tip by Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. In fi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Rita Hayworth811 - Rita Hayworth
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Hayworth as Gilda, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Sterling, Regards, Rita Hayworth.” Scattered light creases
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn812 - Audrey Hepburn
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Glossy 7 x 9.5 Warner Bros. promotional photo of Hepburn and Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady, signed in black felt tip by Hepburn. In very good to fine
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn813 - Audrey Hepburn
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Magazine cover from the September 7, 1953, issue of Time magazine, featuring a Boris Chaliapin portrait of Hepburn, signed in the lower right corner i
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn814 - Katharine Hepburn
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Gorgeous color-tinted vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Clarence Sinclair Bull photo, with well-done hand-tinted accents to Hepburn’s lips and eyes, signed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn815 - Katharine Hepburn
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Three items: ALS, one page, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, dated November 20, 1984. Hepburn writes to her friend Gayle. In full: “Thank you for the very
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn816 - Katharine Hepburn
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ALS signed “Kath,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, April 19, 1968. Letter to her friend Emily Pierson. In part: “What a letter—Can’t get over
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alfred Hitchcock817 - Alfred Hitchcock
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Pearl-finish 11 x 13.75 photo of Hitchcock looking over his shoulder, nicely signed in white artist’s pencil. Rippling to bottom edge, a couple circul
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Holden818 - William Holden
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Highly regarded American actor (1918–1981) who won the 1954 Academy Award for Best Actor in Stalag 17. Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 8 photo of Holden du
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Leslie Howard819 - Leslie Howard
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Vintage program photo of Howard from a production of Hamlet, trimmed to a size of 6.75 x 9, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Trimmed edges,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Boris Karloff820 - Boris Karloff
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Vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of Karloff sitting in the shadows, a pipe clenched in his mouth, signed in fountain pen, “Sincerely, Boris Karloff.”
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Boris Karloff821 - Boris Karloff
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Intimidating vintage glossy 8 x 10 Universal publicity photo of Karloff as Mord the Executioner in Tower of London, signed in fountain pen. Some scatt
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Laurel and Hardy822 - Laurel and Hardy
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Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “Thank you Sheila! Stan Laurel,” and a ballpoint signature, “Oliver Hardy,” on a gray-and-white marble
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh823 - Vivien Leigh
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Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.75 portrait of Leigh, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh824 - Vivien Leigh
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Warner Bros. promotional photo of Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire, signed in blue ballpoint. In very good condition, with a f
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh825 - Vivien Leigh
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, November 9, 1954. Letter of thanks for a birthday card. In full: “How very kind of you to remember my bir
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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