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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Alphonse de Lamartine538 - Alphonse de Lamartine
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French writer (1790–1869) best known for his autobiographical poem ‘The Lake,’ who also worked as a diplomat and politician in the Second Republic. Ov
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Jack London539 - Jack London
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Bank check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed by London, “Jack London,” payable to W. H. Moore for $1.50, September 28, 1909. Double-matted and framed wi
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow540 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” one page, 4.5 x 5.75, July 14, 1879. Response to an admirer. In full: “It gives me pleasure to comply with your requ
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W. Somerset Maugham541 - W. Somerset Maugham
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ALS signed “W. S. Maugham,” one page, 5 x 8, April 16. Letter of thanks for a gift. In part: “Thank you very kindly for…the charming present you have
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W. Somerset Maugham542 - W. Somerset Maugham
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Two items: TLS, signed “W. S. Maugham,” one page, 5.25 x 8, January 21, 1961. Letter to Arnie Brein reads, in part: “It was extremely kind of you to w
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Marianne Moore543 - Marianne Moore
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Nice collection of four letters, including three ALSs and one TLS, totaling five pages, dated from 1957 through 1967. All letters mention sculptor and
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Eugene O’Neill544 - Eugene O’Neill
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.5 x 4.25, addressed by O’Neill to “John Macy, Esq., 214 East 39th Street, New York City,” and signed on the flap, “
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Eugene O’Neill545 - Eugene O’Neill
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Signed book: The Hairy Ape. Special limited edition, numbered 26/750. NY: Horace Liveright, 1929. Hardcover, 7.75 x 10.25, 114 pages. Neatly signed on
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Poets546 - Poets
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Collection of eight items, each signed by a different poet, including: Anna Hempstead Branch (ALS), Alice Cary (ALS), Richard Henry Dana (ALS), Margar
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings547 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Pulitzer Prize–winning American writer (1896–1953) best known for her classics The Yearling and Cross Creek. TLS signed “Marjorie K. R.,” one page, 6
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