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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Astronauts413 - Astronauts
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Limited edition color 27 x 34 textured canvas print entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars’ by Alan Bean, numbered 823/1500, stretched over a wooden frame,
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Alan Shepard435 - Alan Shepard
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TLS, signed “Alan, your friendly golfing mullet!,” one page, NASA letterhead, 5.25 x 7.25, no date. Letter written to Robert Goulet, shortly before hi
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STS-92437 - STS-92
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Metal fastener screw flown on shuttle Discovery mission STS-92, and removed during STS-102 processing. Phillips head screw measures 1.25? long, and wa
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Gene Cernan455 - Gene Cernan
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Majestic color satin-finish 40.25 x 8.25 panoramic photo of the Apollo 17 landing site, signed in gold ink, “‘We now leave as we once came, and God wi
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Artists and Writers490 - Artists and Writers
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Collection of nine items, each signed by a notable artist or writer, including: William Cullen Bryant (ALS), John Stevens Cabot Abbott (CDV), Helen Zi
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Authors and Playwrights491 - Authors and Playwrights
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Excellent collection of six items, each signed by a distinguished author or playwright, including: William Dean Howells (signature and unsigned handwr
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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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Ernest Hemingway524 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to bearer for $195, September 1, 1952. Endorsed on the reve
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Joan Miro537 - Joan Miro
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Hand-addressed and signed envelope, 5.25 x 4.25, addressed to “Madame Alice Frey, 119 rue des Deux Eglises, Bruxelles,” and signed on the reverse, “R.
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Hiram Powers545 - Hiram Powers
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American neoclassical sculptor (1805-1873). ALS, one page, 5.25 x 4, April 1, 1863. Letter to two gentlemen in London “to deliver to Messrs. George Pe
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