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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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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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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Chinatown: Roman Polanski848 - Chinatown: Roman Polanski
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Screen-worn jacket from Polanski’s role as “Man with Knife” in the 1974 film Chinatown. Beige single-breasted jacket has a two-button front, with a We
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Abraham Lincoln27 - Abraham Lincoln
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Extremely rare dark red fragment from a stripe of an American flag, measuring approximately 1.5 x 2.5, reputed to be part of the flag that was used to
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Geronimo198 - Geronimo
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Chiricahua Apache (1829–1909) who attained the status of legend for his steadfast defense of Native American lands before surrendering in 1886. After
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Two-Gun Tommy DeSimone311 - Two-Gun Tommy DeSimone
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Associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York (1950–1979) involved in truck hijackings, dealing and fencing of stolen property, extortion, fraud,
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Henrik Ibsen531 - Henrik Ibsen
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Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of moder
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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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Fantastic display consisting of an ink signature, “George Washing ,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.25 slip clipped from a larger document. Signature wa
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Jefferson Davis168 - Jefferson Davis
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Exceptional ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” eight pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, December 20, 1856. Letter to John W. French, a chaplain
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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