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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Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr1039 - Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
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Bold vintage fountain pen signatures, “Best wishes, Charlie Chaplin, Sept. 4th 1931” and “Douglas Fairbanks, 1933,” on an off-white 6.25 x 9.5 sheet.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gary Cooper1041 - Gary Cooper
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Stunning vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 photo of Cooper as Lt. Frederic Henry in the 1932 film A Farewell to Arms, signed and inscribed in fountain pen,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gary Cooper1042 - Gary Cooper
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DS, one page, 8 x 10.5, February 25, 1955. Agreement between Cooper and MGM in which he approves the use of his name in the dialogue of a motion pictu
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Dorothy Dandridge1043 - Dorothy Dandridge
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 27, 1957. Agreement between Dandridge and 20th Century Fox with reference to a contract of 1955. In part: “I do hereby t
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Linda Darnell1044 - Linda Darnell
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Collection of three items consisting of two one-page TLSs, both signed “Linda,” both from 1953, and a greeting card with a short ALS inside from 1958.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bette Davis1045 - Bette Davis
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ALS signed “Bette,” four pages on three sheets, 7.25 x 10.25, La Costa letterhead, March 8, 1972. Letter to her former sister-in-law, Jenny Merrill. I
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Douglas Fairbanks, Sr1046 - Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
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TLS signed “Doug,” one page, 8.25 x 10, First National Productions Corporation letterhead, postmarked September 24, 1931. Letter to Clifton Webb. In f
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Bobby Driscoll1047 - Bobby Driscoll
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American actor (1937–1968) best known for his childhood roles in such films as Song of the South and Treasure Island. In cruelly tragic Hollywood fash
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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W. C. Fields1048 - W. C. Fields
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Fountain pen signature, “W. C. Fields,” on an off-white 5.25 x 2.5 album page. Double-matted and framed with a photo of Fields in a frock coat to an o
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Errol Flynn1049 - Errol Flynn
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Flynn, payable to Miller’s for $7.52, April 24, 1947. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Clark Gable1050 - Clark Gable
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Crisp personal check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Gable, payable to Security First National Bank for $9145, June 20, 1955. In fine t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Clark Gable1051 - Clark Gable
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DS, one page, 8 x 10.25, August 10, 1956. Agreement between Gable and Gabco Productions relating to his “services with you as an actor in your photopl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo: Marguerite Wenner-Gren1052 - Greta Garbo: Marguerite Wenner-Gren
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Signed book: Ekolod by Marguerite Wenner-Gren. Stockholm: Bonnier, 1956. Softcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 51 pages. Signed and inscribed to Garbo on the half-t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Judy Garland1053 - Judy Garland
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Personal check, 7.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Garland, payable to Elma Topps for $163.64, April 21, 1964. In very good condition, with
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Cary Grant1054 - Cary Grant
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Debonair vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.25 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Forest Wagner, cordially! Cary Grant.” Trimmed edges, a few surfac
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn1055 - Audrey Hepburn
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Lovely color glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Barbara, thank you, Audrey Hepburn.” In very fine con
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn1056 - Katharine Hepburn
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ALS signed “Kath,” one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 13, April 6, 1968. Letter to her friend Emily Pierson. In part: “Will find the towels if they exist. P
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Katharine Hepburn1057 - Katharine Hepburn
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A wooden painting board, 19.5 x 14.5, used circa 1945, originally a top for a box sent to Hepburn from MGM, used by Hepburn as a makeshift desk while
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn1058 - Katharine Hepburn
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Collection of 10 fan letters sent to Hepburn, various sizes, all from 1988–89, with brief handwritten notations on either the front or back of each en
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn1059 - Katharine Hepburn
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Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 Vandamm photo of Hepburn as she appeared in The Philadelphia Story, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Playgoers of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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