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 continues to achieve 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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Charles Dickens635 - Charles Dickens
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Bank check, 7.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to House for £5.0.0, January 23, 1860. Several vertical folds, a few passing th...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens636 - Charles Dickens
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Two short strands of Dickens’s hair, encapsulated in clear plastic, and affixed to an 8.5 x 11 informational sheet, which bears a copy of the original
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens637 - Charles Dickens
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Choice ink signature, “Charles Dickens,” on an off-white slip. Nicely matted and framed with a portrait of Dickens at his desk to an overall size of 9
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle638 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “ACD,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, personal letterhead, December 9, no year but circa late 1920s. Note concerning occult books. In part: “I have
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Arthur Conan Doyle639 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4.25 x 6.5, Grand Hotel Belvedere, Switzerland letterhead, no date. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In ful
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming640 - Ian Fleming
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Scarce and humorous ALS, one page, 8 x 10, Goldeneye letterhead, February 26, no year. Letter to Mrs. Walter Councill. In full: “I’m so sorry but I ha
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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William Faulkner641 - William Faulkner
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Ink signature, “William Faulkner,” on an off-white 5.5 x 4 sheet. Also inscribed and dated in his hand, “Sao Paulo, 1954.” In very good condition, wit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Allen Ginsberg642 - Allen Ginsberg
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Signed book: Howl and Other Poems. Later printing. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1959. Softcover, 5 x 6.25, 44 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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Maxim Gorky643 - Maxim Gorky
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Bold ink signature in Cyrillic on an off-white 2 x 1.5 card. Matted with a photo of the Soviet author to an overall size of 8.25 x 11.75. In fine cond
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Gunter Grass644 - Gunter Grass
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Signed book: The Tin Drum. First American edition. NY: Pantheon Books, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 591 pages. Signed in black ink on th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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