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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Georgia O’Keeffe632 - Georgia O’Keeffe
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ALS signed “Georgia,” one page, 8.25 x 11, no date. Letter to Susan Girard. In part: “I found this folder this morning quite by accident so I send it
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Georgia O’Keeffe633 - Georgia O’Keeffe
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 26, 1978. Letter to Jim Stieglitz. In full: “I must say to you that I find your telephone conversation very unpleasant.
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Georgia O’Keeffe634 - Georgia O’Keeffe
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of one of her Wild Flowers works, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Jan. 28–1968–Not sold–Georgia O’Keeffe.” Also signed by her
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Painters635 - Painters
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Collection of five items, each signed by a notable painter, including: Edmund Henry Garrett (ALS), Sina Mesdag-van Houten (ADS), LeRoy Neiman (SP and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maxfield Parrish636 - Maxfield Parrish
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Three personal checks, each 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Parrish, payable to Susan Lewin, dated between 1928 and 1936. All are endorsed by Lewin
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Maxfield Parrish637 - Maxfield Parrish
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 8, May 28, 1904. Beautifully penned letter to Edward Bok. In full: “I really can’t say when I shall be in N. Y. or Boston again:
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Charles Wilson Peale638 - Charles Wilson Peale
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Painter, soldier, and naturalist (1741–1827) remembered for his paintings of George Washington and other figures of the American Revolution. Ink signa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso639 - Pablo Picasso
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Desirable red pencil signature, “Picasso,” on an off-white 7.25 x 10 sheet bearing affixed images of the artist playing a guitar and a painting. Affix
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso640 - Pablo Picasso
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Fulton National Bank check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed in another hand, payable to Pablo Picasso for $25.00, October 25, 1961, and signed across t
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Karl Plath641 - Karl Plath
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 10, September 4, 1923. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I have finally made something for your guest-book! and, of course, it is
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Hiram Powers642 - Hiram Powers
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American neoclassical sculptor (1805-1873). ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.5, April 23, 1873. Letter to James Stewart thanking him for a letter “s
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Gerhard Richter643 - Gerhard Richter
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German artist (born 1932) whose works have achieved world-record prices at auction. Color 5.75 x 4 postcard of Richter’s work entitled ‘Abstract Paint
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Norman Rockwell644 - Norman Rockwell
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Complete sheet of 50 five-cent United States postage stamp, 10 x 9, featuring Rockwell's illustration honoring the 100th anniversary of city mai...
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Norman Rockwell645 - Norman Rockwell
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Block of four five-cent stamps designed by Rockwell to honor city mail delivery, 2.25 x 4, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Sincerely, Nor
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Norman Rockwell646 - Norman Rockwell
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ALS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, February 4, 1976. Brief response to an admirer. In full: “In answer to your letter of the 2nd, I am e
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Norman Rockwell647 - Norman Rockwell
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Humorous color 28 x 24.5 print entitled ‘You’ve Got to be Kidding,’ signed in the lower border in black felt tip. Rolled and in fine condition, with a
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Norman Rockwell648 - Norman Rockwell
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Limited edition 19.5 x 25.5 artist’s proof print entitled ‘The Runaway,’ signed in the lower border in pencil. Scattered creases and dings to right ed
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Norman Rockwell649 - Norman Rockwell
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Color 27 x 33 colotype print entitled ‘Freedom from Want,’ signed in the lower border in black felt tip. Reverse of print is stamped by The Old Corner
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Norman Rockwell650 - Norman Rockwell
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Collection of eight signed items consisting of a hardcover copy of Norman Rockwell: My Adventures as an Illustrator; four color magazine and book phot
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Norman Rockwell651 - Norman Rockwell
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Very nice color limited edition 19.5 x 25.5 lithograph entitled ‘Your Eyes Is Looking,’ from Huckleberry Finn, numbered 77/200, signed in pencil. In f
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Auguste Rodin652 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “Aug. Rodin,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, July 18, 1899. Written to his collaborator Emilia Cimino, regarding the unveiling of his st
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin653 - Auguste Rodin
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Seminal and highly lauded French sculptor (1840–1917) whose works, including the iconic ‘The Kiss’ and ‘The Thinker,’ earned him a place among the mos
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens654 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Irish-born American sculptor (1848–1907) of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the ‘American Renaissance.’ TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.5
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John Singer Sargent655 - John Singer Sargent
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Distinguished American-born artist (1856–1925) who spent most of his career as an expatriate in Europe. While he painted a variety of subjects in vari
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John Singer Sargent656 - John Singer Sargent
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Distinguished American-born artist (1856–1925) who spent most of his career as an expatriate in Europe. While he painted a variety of subjects in vari
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Egon Schiele657 - Egon Schiele
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Influential, forward-looking Austrian artist (1890–1918) who takes a place among the leading figures of the Expressionist movement of the early 20th c
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Egon Schiele658 - Egon Schiele
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Influential, forward-looking Austrian artist (1890–1918) who takes a place among the leading figures of the Expressionist movement of the early 20th c
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Alfred Stieglitz659 - Alfred Stieglitz
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Important American photographer (1864–1946) who played an instrumental role in developing the craft as a legitimate art form. Very uncommon ALS signed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Paul Thumann660 - Paul Thumann
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Master German illustrator and portrait painter (1834–1908). Scarce 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Thurman’s work entitled ‘Psyche am Wasserspiegel,’ sign
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec661 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a pl...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Jan Toorop662 - Jan Toorop
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Dutch-Indonesian painter (1858–1928) who worked in various styles, including Symbolism and Art Noveau. ALS in Dutch, three pages on two adjoining shee
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Andy Warhol663 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: Andy Warhol’s Exposures. NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1979. Softcover, 9.25 x 11.25. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page, “To Theresa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol664 - Andy Warhol
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Unusual 6.5 x 10 photo of Warhol next to a thong-clad woman, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “Andy Warhol, to Geri, NYC ‘73,” with Warhol addin
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol665 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: Popism. First edition, later printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 310 pages. Signed a
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Andy Warhol666 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of Warhol’s iconic 1964 portrait of Marilyn Monroe entitled ‘Marilyn,’ 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in bold black felt tip. In fin
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Stanford White667 - Stanford White
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Distinguished American architect (1853–1906) who was a leading figure of the ‘Beaux Arts’ movement. He was fatally shot and killed in the roof garden
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Frank Lloyd Wright668 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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TLS, one page, 5 x 7.25, Wright’s personal red-block paper, May 31, 1950. Letter to two students. In full: “Your project seems interesting. The sort o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright671 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Signed book: Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography. First edition. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. Hardcover, 8.75 x 8.75, 561 pages. Signed and ins
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Wyeth672 - Andrew Wyeth
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Three items: a cardstock reproduction of one of Wyeth’s portraits of a young woman, framed against a larger mount, signed and inscribed in pencil by W
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Andrew Wyeth673 - Andrew Wyeth
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Color 27.5 x 25 lithograph entitled ‘The Sauna,’ signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with uniform toning around edges of image
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Carl Barks675 - Carl Barks
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Fantastic ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 3, no date. Letter to an admirer. In full: “I do believe that many artists are left-handed. I saw a few while
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Cartoonists676 - Cartoonists
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Collection of five items, each signed by a different cartoonist. Signers are: Sidney Smith (sketch), Hendrik Willem van Loon (sketch), Cathy Guisewite
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Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan677 - Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan
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Series 1935E one dollar silver certificate, quickly signed on the portrait side in black ink, “Walt Disney” and “Ronald Reagan,” and signed again on t
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Roy O. Disney678 - Roy O. Disney
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Walt’s brother and co-founder of the Walt Disney Company (1893–1971). Notarized DS, two pages both sides, 8.5 x 11, June 7, 1957. Pledge and assignmen
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Walt Disney679 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to Walt Disney Special Acct. for $850.00, stamp
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Montgomery Flagg680 - James Montgomery Flagg
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Fantastic one-of-a-kind mixed media original artwork by Flagg, done in pencil, watercolor, and paint and measuring 10.75 x 8.25. Work depicts the Quee
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Friz Freleng681 - Friz Freleng
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Great two-book set entitled The Art of Friz Freleng. One book examines the life and creative genius of Freleng. This hardcover book is 240 pages and i
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Rube Goldberg682 - Rube Goldberg
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Amusing pen and ink sketch entitled ‘Foolish Questions—No. 1,000,104,’ 6 x 6.5, signed in the lower right, “R. L. Goldberg.” The cartoon shows an oafi
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Chester Gould683 - Chester Gould
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Original hand-inked four-panel Dick Tracy comic strip, dated July 6, 1964, on a 23 x 7 piece of off-white artist’s cardstock. First panel features Tra
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera684 - Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
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Two identical color glossy 18 x 12 photos of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in Fred’s car, both signed in blue felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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