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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H. G. Wells676 - H. G. Wells
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 3.25, Easton Glebe letterhead, no date. Short letter to “Mr. Schuler.” In part: “Will you please remove my name from the list of
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman677 - Walt Whitman
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Handwritten receipt, signed “Walt Whitman,” on the correspondence side of a government postcard, dated February 25, 1881. Receipt reads, in full: “Rec
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman678 - Walt Whitman
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Superlative sepia 4 x 5.75 portrait of Whitman, originally taken in September 1872 in Brooklyn by photographer G. Frank Pearsall, boldly signed in bla
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William Butler Yeats679 - William Butler Yeats
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Signed book: Plays in Prose and Verse. Limited edition of 250 copies (this being No. 28). NY: Macmillan Company, 1924. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 455 pages.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Authors680 - Authors
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Collection of four items, each signed by a prominent American author, including: Henry W. Longfellow (signature), John Greenleaf Whittier (signature),
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Authors681 - Authors
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Collection of five items, each signed by an acclaimed writer, including: Henry W. Longfellow (signature), W. Somerset Maugham (TLS), John Greenleaf Wh
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Truman Capote682 - Truman Capote
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Signed book: Music for Chameleons. Limited edition of 350 copies (this being No. 292). NY: Random House, 1980. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 26
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Alfred Douglas683 - Alfred Douglas
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British writer (1870–1945) who first came to prominence in the 1890s as the young intimate companion of Oscar Wilde. ALS in French, signed “Lord Alfre
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John Dunning684 - John Dunning
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Signed book: Booked to Die. First edition, first printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 321 pages....
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Fireside Poets686 - Fireside Poets
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Collection of three items, each signed by a significant member of the 19th–century New England group termed the ‘Fireside Poets,’ including: Henry W.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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