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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Thomas Wolfe752 - Thomas Wolfe
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Wolfe, payable to Rogers Peet for $22.54, May 14, 1938. Wolfe’s notation at bottom reads, “Payment i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Emile Zola753 - Emile Zola
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ALS in French, three pages, 5 x 8, July 15, 1884. Boldly penned letter to a colleague. In full (translated): “What you are asking of me is radically i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Maya Angelou754 - Maya Angelou
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Printed poem entitled ‘On the Pulse of Morning,’ one page, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To a friend of Michael Tracy, Joy! Maya
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sholem Asch755 - Sholem Asch
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American-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist (1880–1957). TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, illustrated Jewish Daily Forward letterhead, February 20, 1935
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Kay Boyle756 - Kay Boyle
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Author (1902–1992) known for her political writing who, along with her husband, was a victim of 1950s-era McCarthyism. TLS, one page both sides, 5.75
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Clara Clemens757 - Clara Clemens
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Daughter of Samuel L. Clemens (1874–1962) who was a professional singer, and managed her father’s estate after his death. Second-generation reproducti
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James Fenimore Cooper758 - James Fenimore Cooper
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Three bank checks, dated between 1837 and 1898, each filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper.” In overall fine condition, with expected b
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Camille Doucet759 - Camille Doucet
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French poet and playwright (1812–1895) especially known for his dramatic comedies in verse. Two untranslated ALSs in French, totaling four pages, date
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Daphne Du Maurier760 - Daphne Du Maurier
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English author and playwright (1907–1989). Among the best-known film adaptations of her works were Rebecca and The Birds, both directed by Alfred Hitc
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T. S. Eliot761 - T. S. Eliot
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, Faber and Faber letterhead, April 4, 1951. Letter to Maurice Carpenter. In part: “I was well impressed by your poems, and s
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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