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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Tennessee Williams809 - Tennessee Williams
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Playbill from the Martin Beck Theatre’s 1957 production of Orpheus Descending, 6.5 x 9, 28 pages, signed on the title page in blue felt tip by William
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tennessee Williams810 - Tennessee Williams
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Playbill for the opening performance of Clothes for a Summer Hotel at Cort Theatre, March 25, 1980, 66 pages, 5.5 x 9, signed on the cast listing page
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Writers811 - Writers
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Collection of three items, each signed by a different author. Signers are: Arthur Miller (lecture program), James Michener (TLS), and Norman Mailer (s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Writers812 - Writers
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Collection of three similar DSs between writers and ASCAP, all from 1975, each signed by a different writer. Signers are: Sidney Sheldon, Erich Segal,
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Writers813 - Writers
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Collection of nine items, each signed by a writer, including: J. M. Barrie (signature), Edward Bok (TLS), Zane Grey (ALS, SP, and mailing envelope), M
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Butler Yeats814 - William Butler Yeats
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Choice ink signature, “W. B. Yeats, December 2nd 1903,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card. In fine condition. During this period of his life, Yeats was
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Bela Bartok815 - Bela Bartok
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 6.25 x 4.75, filled out with his name and return address on the flap, “Bartok, Kavics u. 10,” and addressed on the fr
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Leonard Bernstein816 - Leonard Bernstein
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ALS signed “Lenny B.,” one page on a 3 x 5.25 postcard, March 16, 1956. Letter to Mr. Joe Roddy at Life Magazine. In full: “Thank you so much for the
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Maria Callas817 - Maria Callas
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Uncommon matte-finish 6.25 x 9.25 photo of Callas smiling in a candid pose, signed and inscribed to a friend in yellow felt tip, and dated 1974. Inscr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alfred Cortot818 - Alfred Cortot
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ALS in French, one page, 5 x 6.75, Langham Hotel letterhead, March 3, 1929. Untranslated. Attractively double-matted and framed with a portrait of Cor
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