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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Ernest Hemingway520 - Ernest Hemingway
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Small archive of Hemingway-related documents in Spanish, totaling 7 pages, 8.5 x 11, August 26, 1960, providing proof of workers’ compensation insuran
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway521 - Ernest Hemingway
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Document in Spanish, two pages, 8.5 x 13.5, July 15, 1960. Hemingway’s last automobile insurance policy for the three cars at his Finca Vigia home in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway522 - Ernest Hemingway
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ALS signed “Un abrazo, Papa,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard showing a swimming pool at Hotel Felipe II, postmarked Madrid, October 2, 1956. Brief n
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway523 - Ernest Hemingway
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Christmas card depicting deer in a snowy scene, measuring 7.5 x 6 closed, signed inside by Ernest, “Mary and Papa.” Inside bears a custom pre-printed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway525 - Ernest Hemingway
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Vintage matte-finish photo of Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary, engaged in conversation with another man, his business card in Mary’s hand, trimmed
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse526 - Hermann Hesse
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Influential Nobel Prize-winning German author (1877–1962) of such modern classics as Siddhartha and Steppenwolf. Rare manuscript of the poem ‘Hauser a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Greenleaf Whittier527 - Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Greenleaf Whittier
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Two signed photos: one albumen 3.5 x 4.75 portrait of Holmes affixed to a 4.5 x 7 mount, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Oliver Wendell Holm
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe528 - Julia Ward Howe
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AQS on an off-white 5.5 x 7.75 sheet. Howe writes, in full, “The responsibilities of a mother are many and momentous. One of her important duties is t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Edmond Hoyle529 - Edmond Hoyle
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British writer (1672–1769) whose best-selling codifications of the rules for the most popular card games of his day led to the familiar authoritative
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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