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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Roland Young Guest Book787 - Roland Young Guest Book
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British actor (1887–1953) who played a wide variety of roles during a lengthy career that lasted from the end of WWI through the early 1950s, coming i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Will Rogers788 - Will Rogers
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Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9 close-up photo of Rogers adorned in Hawaiian leis, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Margaret Benaglia of that g
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Three Stooges789 - Three Stooges
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Highly desirable set of pencil signatures, “3 Stooges, Larry,” “Moe,” and “Curly-Joe,” on an off-white 6 x 4 album page. In fine condition, with light
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Three Stooges790 - Three Stooges
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Choice fountain pen signatures, “3 Stooges, Moe,” “Curly,” and “Larry,” on a light green 4.5 x 3.5 album page. In fine condition. A very nice uninscri
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Wayne791 - John Wayne
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Program cover, 3 x 4, from the 7th annual Saladmaster, Inc. covention held on January 5–7, 1954, signed in blue ballpoint by Wayne. Cover is matted in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Orson Welles792 - Orson Welles
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TLS signed “Orson,” two pages, 6.5 x 9, August 8, 1964. Letter to columnist Leonard Lyons. In part: “I was writing to thank you for sending the book a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Academy Award Winners793 - Academy Award Winners
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Collection of 14 photos of various sizes, most being 8 x 10, each signed in ink by the Academy Award winner pictured. Signers are: Henry Fonda, Bette
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Acquanetta794 - Acquanetta
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Universal Pictures publicity photo of Acquanetta in a revealing dress, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Paul—‘Best’ to
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Actors795 - Actors
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Collection of nine 8 x 10 photos, each signed by the actor pictured. Signers are: Buster Crabbe (ins), Tony Curtis, Ray Milland, Paul Henreid, Jack Le
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Actors and Actresses796 - Actors and Actresses
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Collection of six vintage photos, one 5 x 7 and five 8 x 10, each signed by the actor or actress pictured. Signers are: Fay Wray, Ray Bolger (ins), Ma
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Actors and Actresses797 - Actors and Actresses
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Collection of 24 photos of various sizes, most being 8 x 10, each signed by the actor or actress pictured. Signers are: Leslie Caron, George Chakiris,
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Actors and Actresses798 - Actors and Actresses
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Ink, felt tip, and pencil signatures of 50 actors and actresses on various size album pages, cards, and slips. Signers include: George Arliss, James C
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Actors and Actresses799 - Actors and Actresses
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Collection of four photos, each signed by the actor or actress pictured, including: Mary Pickford, Virginia Bruce (ins), Turhan Bey (ins), and Wendy B
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Actors and Actresses800 - Actors and Actresses
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Collection of nine signatures of various entertainers on individual slips and album pages, some in pencil, including: Mary Martin (ins), Jack Carson,
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Actors and Actresses801 - Actors and Actresses
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Collection of six items, each signed by a showbiz icon, including: Al Jolson (dinner menu), Billie Burke (signature), Cecil B. DeMille (signature), Fr
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Actors and Actresses802 - Actors and Actresses
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Nice collection of five oversized matte-finish photos, 11 x 14 and 14 x 11, each signed and inscribed by the early actor or actress pictured, includin
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Actresses803 - Actresses
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Five 8 x 10 photos, each signed in ink or felt tip by the actress pictured. Signers are: Ginger Rogers (ins), Greer Garson (ins), Dorothy Lamour (ins)
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Fred Astaire804 - Fred Astaire
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Charming vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Astaire seated in a parlor chair, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers805 - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
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Sheet music for ‘The Waltz in Swing Time,’ seven pages, 9 x 12, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black felt tip, “To Tommy Grafton, Sincerel
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Josephine Baker806 - Josephine Baker
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Very nice fountain pen signature, “Souvenir de Josephine Baker, Paris 1933,” on an off-white 5 x 3.5 album page. In fine condition.
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Ingrid Bergman807 - Ingrid Bergman
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Fetching vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 German RKO publicity postcard photo of Bergman, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition, with
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Busby Berkeley808 - Busby Berkeley
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Iconic director and choreographer (1895–1976) whose lavish, elaborate dance numbers defined the look of movie musicals in the 1930s and 1940s. DS two
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Sarah Bernhardt809 - Sarah Bernhardt
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Exceptional 6.75 x 9 photo of Bernhardt acting out one of her roles, affixed to its original 9.25 x 11.75 H. Mairet photographer’s mount, signed on th
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Richard Boone810 - Richard Boone
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Glossy 7 x 9 NBC publicity photo of Boone, signed vertically in blue felt tip. The original NBC press caption is affixed to the reverse. In fine condi
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The Bowery Boys811 - The Bowery Boys
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Ink and pencil signatures of Leo B. Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Gabriel Dell on individual slips of various sizes, matted and framed together with an imag
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Walter Brennan812 - Walter Brennan
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Glossy 7 x 9 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with creases to the lower right corner.
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British Actors813 - British Actors
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Four glossy photos, each signed in ink or felt tip by the British actor pictured. Signers are: Alec Guinness, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, and Ralph R
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Billie Burke814 - Billie Burke
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Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 double-weight photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mr. C. H. Denson, with kind regards of Billie Burke.” In fi
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Leslie Caron815 - Leslie Caron
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Two photos: glossy 8 x 10 full-length portrait of Caron holding a purse, vertically signed in black felt tip; and a glossy 7.25 x 9.5 head-and-shoulde
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David Carradine816 - David Carradine
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Carradine, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “Peace Brian, David Carradine.” The photo also bears a pre-printed signature
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Maurice Chevalier817 - Maurice Chevalier
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders publicity photo of Chevalier, floridly signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with an unobtrusive diagona
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Russ Columbo818 - Russ Columbo
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Hollywood’s tragic crooner (1908–1934) who was killed in a peculiar incident when a friend accidentally set off a firearm, discharging a bullet that r
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Lou Costello819 - Lou Costello
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Costello, payable to the Brown Derby for $5.13, January 5, 1945. Encapsulated in a
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Noel Coward820 - Noel Coward
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Choice vintage glossy 8 x 10 Paramount publicity photo of Coward taking a drag off his cigarette, signed and inscribed in person in fountain pen, “For
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Joan Crawford821 - Joan Crawford
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Four items: three TLSs, each one page, 6 x 6.75, personal letterhead, dated throughout 1964, responding to a couple to thank them for their correspond
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joan Crawford822 - Joan Crawford
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TLS signed “Joan,” one page, 6.25 x 10, personal letterhead, January 11, 1954. Letter to director George Cukor. In part: “I’ve thanked you already, as
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Peter Cushing823 - Peter Cushing
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Cushing using an old telephone, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “Matthew, May God’s blessing be with you always. In all since
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Dorothy Dandridge824 - Dorothy Dandridge
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DS, one page, 8 x 4, December 1, 1956. Document in which Dandridge grants “the United Fan Club and Fan Mail Service the right to use my autographs and
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Sammy Davis, Jr825 - Sammy Davis, Jr
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Comical 9 x 12 cardstock program photo of Davis in a full-length pose, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Danny and Dee, Love, Sammy Davis, J
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Yvonne De Carlo and Ken Weatherwax826 - Yvonne De Carlo and Ken Weatherwax
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Two photos: vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of De Carlo in her famous role as Lily Munster, signed and inscribed in fountain pen; and a vintage gloss
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Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin827 - Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin
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Vintage fountain pen signatures, “Marlene Dietrich” and “Jean Gabin,” on the reverse of a 4.25 x 5.25 card from the famous Le Boeuf sur le Toit cabare
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Dukes of Hazzard828 - Dukes of Hazzard
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the cast with their famous cars, signed in black felt tip by Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Sonny Shro
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Clint Eastwood829 - Clint Eastwood
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Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of Eastwood in his classic role as Dirty Harry, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Errol Flynn830 - Errol Flynn
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Flynn, payable to Gwen McCuaig for $50.00, April 11, 1947. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA
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Margot Fonteyn831 - Margot Fonteyn
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Fonteyn next to Jacqueline Kennedy, signed in fountain pen by Fonteyn. In fine condition, with a few surface impressions.
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Kay Francis832 - Kay Francis
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Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Francis in a lace top, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Juell—best wishes and love—Kay.” Blind
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Clark Gable833 - Clark Gable
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Gable, payable to Universal Homemakers, Inc. for $560.50, September 12, 1955. In fine to
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Maria Garrick834 - Maria Garrick
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Dancer and the wife of actor David Garrick (1724–1822). Manuscript DS, one page, 8.25 x 13, November 20, 1771. A petition against granting any of the
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Janet Gaynor835 - Janet Gaynor
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Vintage matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 photo of Gaynor in a lovely fur coat, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Oscar H. Peterson, With best wishes—J
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John Gielgud836 - John Gielgud
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Vintage matte-finish 3 x 5 photo of Gielgud in his role as Noah in a 1935 production of Andre Obey’s stage adaptation of the biblical story, signed in
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