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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Cream850 - Cream
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Original unused cover design for the double vinyl compilation Heavy Cream intended as a press proof. Design proof measures 38 x 25, and features an im
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dire Straits851 - Dire Straits
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Communique album signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint by Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley (ins), and Pick Withers. Album has been sea
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Fats Domino852 - Fats Domino
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Rare 1958 Imperial Gold Record Award for Domino’s ‘I’m Walkin’’’ single presented to Domino. Award consists of a gold 45 of the song and a presentatio
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Fats Domino853 - Fats Domino
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Black-bodied Crescent ‘stratocaster-style’ electric guitar, signed on the white pickguard in black felt tip, “Luck, Fats Domino.” In fine condition. I
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Gershwin855 - George Gershwin
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Mishkin photo, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Sincerely, George Gershwin.” Some mild rippling along right ed
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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George and Ira Gershwin856 - George and Ira Gershwin
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Signed book: Porgy and Bess. Limited first edition of 250 copies (this being No. 224). NY: Random House, 1935. Hardcover with slipcase, 9.75 x 12.5, 5
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia857 - Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia
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Promotional poster, 16 x 24, for Garcia’s 13-night engagement at the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre on Broadway in 1987, by Bill Graham, signed and inscribed i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gretsch Guitar: 1956858 - Gretsch Guitar: 1956
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Vintage 1956 Gretsch model 6120 hollow-body electric guitar in its famous beautiful orange finish, serial #22430, featuring original hardware and elec
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie859 - Woody Guthrie
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Outstanding and entertaining TLS signed “Arlo Guthrie,” one page, 10 x 7.5, no date but circa 1947. Letter of introduction, written from Arlo’s perspe
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jimi Hendrix860 - Jimi Hendrix
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Vintage unsigned 9.5 x 14 doubleweight photo of Hendrix on stage taken by Phil Regan, and bearing his photographer’s credit stamp on the reverse. Phot
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jimi Hendrix862 - Jimi Hendrix
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Superb ballpoint signature, “Jimi Hendrix,” on an off-white 4.5 x 5 deckle-edge cocktail napkin. In very fine condition, with a slightly trimmed top e
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jimi Hendrix Experience863 - Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Unused concert ticket for admission to the Jimi Hendrix Experience show at the Fillmore Winterland, on February 1, 1968, 2.5 x 4.5, featuring the clas
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday864 - Billie Holiday
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Fantastic candid glossy 3.5 x 5 photo of a relaxed-looking Holiday leaning against a soft-top convertible, a cigarette in her right hand, signed and i
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Buddy Holly865 - Buddy Holly
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Ballpoint signatures, “Buddy Holly,” “Joe Mauldin,” and “The Crickets Jerry Allison,” on the reverse of an off-white 8.5 x 11 printed record rating fr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Buddy Holly and the Crickets866 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
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Vintage 3.25 x 5.5 Coral Records promotional postcard photo from February 1958, signed in black ballpoint, “Buddy Holly,” and “Jerry Allison,” and in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Michael Jackson867 - Michael Jackson
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Victory album signed next to his image on the inside album sleeve. Scattered creases and partial edge separations to inside sleeve, and scattered crea
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Michael Jackson868 - Michael Jackson
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Original signed pencil sketch of a young boy in profile on an off-white 18 x 24.5 sheet of sketch paper, signed under the image in pencil, “Michael Ja
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Mick Jagger869 - Mick Jagger
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Vintage unsigned 9 x 13.25 doubleweight photo of Jagger on stage at Hyde Park in London taken by Phil Regan, and bearing his photographer’s credit sta
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Elton John: John Rowlands870 - Elton John: John Rowlands
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Oversized satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of John banging away at his piano on stage, signed in black felt tip by photographer John Rowlands. In fine condi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jazz Musicians871 - Jazz Musicians
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Exceptional program in Swedish for the 1952 tour of Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic, 8.25 x 10.75, signed inside in fountain pen by Norman Gran
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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