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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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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