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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Gilligan’s Island958 - Gilligan’s Island
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Original production-used clapperboard from the television classic Gilligan’s Island. Clapper measures 13.5 x 12.75 and although the studio has removed
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo959 - Greta Garbo
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ALS, in pencil, in Swedish, signed “Kata,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Letter addressed to “Dearest Boy.” In full, (translated): “This is j
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo960 - Greta Garbo
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Uncommon bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Garbo, “Greta Garbo,” payable to M. Knoedler Co. for $30,000, January 21, 1
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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The Great Imposter: Ferdinand Waldo Demara961 - The Great Imposter: Ferdinand Waldo Demara
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Known as ‘The Great Imposter’ (1921–1982) he posed as many different professions from monks to surgeons to prison wardens. His life was made into a fi
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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D. W. Griffith962 - D. W. Griffith
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Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Griffith, payable to New York Exchange for $2500.00, March 7, 1935. In fine condition,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn963 - Katharine Hepburn
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Uncommon vintage glossy 8 x 10 RKO Radio Pictures publicity photo from 1935, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Howard, Katharine Hepburn.” In
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn964 - Audrey Hepburn
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Superb TLS signed “As ever, Audrey,” one page, 5.25 x 7, October 3, 1952. Letter to Raymond Rouleau. In part: “I have just got back from Rome where I
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini965 - Harry Houdini
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Lettergram, signed “to you all, Houdini,” one page, 8 x 6, preprinted Houdini Lettergram stationery with two images of the magician and his address at
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini966 - Harry Houdini
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Exceptional 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Houdini in a bust-length pose, signed in fountain pen, “Harry Houdini, March 3/1914. Kindest regards, Swansea,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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I Love Lucy967 - I Love Lucy
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Two ceramic planters originally acquired from the prop department of Desilu Productions. Hand-painted figurines of two Chinese children, each standing
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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