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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Ansel Adams599 - Ansel Adams
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Five TLSs, three signed “Ansel Adams,” one signed in type, and one unsigned, all one page, on his personal letterhead, circa 1968. All are to aspiring
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams601 - Ansel Adams
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Collection of six items signed by Adams consisting of: a hardcover edition of Not Man Apart, signed by Adams and contributors David Brower and Steve C
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams602 - Ansel Adams
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Poster, 25.5 x 36, for a Boston exhibition entitled ‘Images 1923–1974,’ signed in black felt tip. Rolled and in very good condition, with edge wear, f
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Artists603 - Artists
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Four ink signatures of modern artists on individual cards, including: Alexander Calder, Jacob Epstein, Oskar Kokoschka, and Victor Vasarely. Noticeabl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John J. Audubon604 - John J. Audubon
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Ornithologist and artist (1785–1851) whose monumental pictorial studies of the birds and quadrupeds of North America take a place among the most disti
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Richard Avedon605 - Richard Avedon
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Highly acclaimed American fashion and portrait photographer (1923–2004). Signed book: An Autobiography. First edition, later printing. NY: Random Hous
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John Bacon606 - John Bacon
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British sculptor (1777–1859). ALS signed “J. Bacon,” one page, 7.25 x 9, June 11, 1841. Letter to a friend written in Bacon’s difficult to decipher ha
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Georges Braque608 - Georges Braque
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Important French painter (1882–1963) who, along with Picasso, was one of the seminal figures in the development of Cubism. Uncommon color 6 x 4 postca
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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British Painters609 - British Painters
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Collection of five items signed by prominent 19th and 20th century British painters, including: Lawrence Alma-Tadema (ALS), Frederic Leighton (ALS), J
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Raymond Brossard610 - Raymond Brossard
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American artist (born 1915). TLS signed “Ray,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.5, December 19, 1940. Letter to Donn Harmon. In part: “We ar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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