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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Henry James746 - Henry James
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.75, October 26, 1910. Letter to Louise Walsh. In part: “Though returned from my long & dreary ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jack Kerouac747 - Jack Kerouac
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, “Jack Kerouac,” payable to Long Island Lighting Co. for $20.14, August 14, 1958. In fin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Aleksandr Kuprin748 - Aleksandr Kuprin
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Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870–1938) best known for his story The Duel. ALS in Russian, signed “A. Kuprin,” one page, 8.25 x 5.25, no
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harper Lee749 - Harper Lee
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Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 35th anniversary edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 323 pages. Boldly sign
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Norman Mailer750 - Norman Mailer
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TLS signed “Norman,” one page, 8.5 x 11, August 15, 1971. Letter to his editor at Little, Brown and Co. In full: “128,000 words is more than I thought
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow751 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Longfellow in a classic head-and-shoulders pose, signed at the bottom of the image in black ink, “Henry W. Longfe
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann752 - Thomas Mann
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Exquisite sketched portrait of Mann in pencil by Carola Hauschka Spaeth, 7.25 x 10, signed at the bottom in pencil, “Esrtaunlich !, Thomas Ma
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry Miller753 - Henry Miller
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 10.5, July 31, 1958. Letter to Ann Perkoff. In part: “I’d be happy to do the preface if the publisher wishes it. I also just wrot
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Margaret Mitchell755 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” three pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 26, 1943. Letter to to psychiatrist Dr. C. E. Mayos. In p
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell756 - Margaret Mitchell
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American author (1900–1949) whose single novel, Gone With the Wind, became one of the best-sellers of all time and spawned one of the most fabled movi
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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