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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Anais Nin772 - Anais Nin
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Modernist writer (1903–1977) whose sexually explicit journals and correspondence with Henry Miller led to her popular resurgence in the 1970s as a fem
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Eugene O’Neill773 - Eugene O’Neill
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Choice fountain pen signature, “Eugene O’Neill,” on an off-white 4 x 1 slip. In fine condition.
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Marcel Prevost774 - Marcel Prevost
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French author and dramatist (1862–1941). Untranslated LS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.5, personal letterhead, May 18, 1909. In fine condition, with m
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James R. Randall775 - James R. Randall
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Writer (1839–1908) best remembered as the lyricist of the song, ‘Maryland, My Maryland.’ Autograph manuscript, signed James R. Randall, two pages, wri
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Carl Sandburg776 - Carl Sandburg
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Two TLSs, both one page, dated 1959 and 1960, both to noted American playwright and longtime editor of the New York Times drama section, Herbert Mitga
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Mikhail Sholokhov777 - Mikhail Sholokhov
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Russian novelist (1905–1984) who won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature, best known for his four-volume epic And Quiet Flows the Don. Extremely scarce
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Gertrude Stein778 - Gertrude Stein
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Signed book: 3 Lives. Later printing. NY: The Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.5 x 7, 279 pages. Signed on the title page, “Gertrud
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John Steinbeck779 - John Steinbeck
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Clever ballpoint signature, “John Steinbeck, with a list of added sentiment,” on an off-white 4.25 x 3 collector’s card with a clipped postmark affixe
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Alfred Lord Tennyson780 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.5 x 7, April 14, 1863. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “May I request that you will consult Mr. Evans…on the que
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Tennessee Williams781 - Tennessee Williams
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Bank check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Williams, payable to Cash for $5.00, June 30, 1947. Check is also endorsed on the reverse by William
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