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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Klabund498 - Klabund
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Alfred Henschke (1890–1928), known as Klabund, was a German writer who adapted and translated a number of far-eastern works. ALS in pencil in German,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alexander Herzen499 - Alexander Herzen
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Russian writer and political thinker (1812–1870) whose work holds an important place in the great Russian literary canon. Rare ALS in French, signed “
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann and Writers500 - Thomas Mann and Writers
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Collection of five letters from writers and critics sent to Albert de Pina and Stewart P. MacLennan regarding their book The Galilean, including TLSs
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell501 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, January 4, 1936. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw. In part: “I hope you will forgive my seeming rudeness an
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell502 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, June 17, 1938. Letter to psychiatrist Dr. C. E. Mayos. In part: “My infor
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners503 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Collection of four items signed by recipients of the Nobel Prize for Literature, including Gabriel Garcia Marquez (signature), Salvatore Quasimodo (si
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Robert Musil504 - Robert Musil
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Renowned Austrian writer (1880–1942) whose unfinished novel The Man Without Qualities is regarded as one of the most important modernist novels. Rare
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Pepys505 - Samuel Pepys
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British civil servant (1633–1703) best remembered as the author of a nine-year, multi-volume diary, one of the essential documents of 17th century Bri
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Nobel Prize Winners506 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Impressive collection of 14 letters, almost entirely comprised of ALSs, each by a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, including: Vicente Alei
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James Whitcomb Riley507 - James Whitcomb Riley
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ALS signed “Jamesie,” two pages, 5.5 x 8.25, The Indianapolis Journal letterhead, February 5, 1891. Letter to Erasmus Wilson. In part: “Herewith I sen
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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