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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Colette488 - Colette
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ALS in French, one page, 7.5 x 8, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): “Before leaving Paris, I ascertained that ‘The Vagabond’ is fr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens489 - Charles Dickens
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Hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Professor Owen, Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park, S. W.,” and signed in th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper490 - James Fenimore Cooper
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ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 4.5 x 3, no date but circa 1836. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “The Grand Jury have formd a bill aga
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson491 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Lengthy ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” totaling five pages, with three pages on adjoining 3.5 x 5.25 sheets and two pages on adjoining 5.75 x 8.75 sheets
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming492 - Ian Fleming
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Former British intelligence officer (1908–1964) whose novels featuring suave spy James Bond have attained unprecedented and seemingly indestructible p
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Frost493 - Robert Frost
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Scarce ALS, one page, 6 x 8, June 18, 1938. Letter to Mr. Johnson at the St. Botolph Club in Boston. In part: “David McCord asks me to let you put on
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Zane Grey494 - Zane Grey
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ALS signed “Dad,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, RMS Makura letterhead, January 1, 1934. Letter to his son Romer. In part: “I wish yo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Zane Grey495 - Zane Grey
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Important unsigned autograph manuscript draft in pencil, five pages with his personal blindstamp at the top, lightly-lined, 8 x 12.25, no date but cir
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway496 - Ernest Hemingway
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Original roll of 8mm Kodak Kodachrome color movie film, approximately 2 minutes and 45 seconds long, containing silent footage of Hemingway on a hunti
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway497 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to the bearer for $125, February 22, 1944. Endorsed on the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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