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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Guenter Wendt526 - Guenter Wendt
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Large brad-bound John F. Kennedy Space Center Master Plan, 22 x 17, dated April, 1994, and signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Guenter F. We
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Young527 - John Young
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Young posing with models of different spacecrafts, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To: Students &am...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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John J. Audubon530 - John J. Audubon
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Ornithologist and artist (1785–1851) whose monumental pictorial studies of the birds and quadrupeds of North America take a place among the most disti
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi531 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. ALS in French, signed “F. Bartholdi,” one page, 4.5 x 7, November
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jean-Michel Basquiat532 - Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Important African-American artist (1960–1988) who first achieved notoriety as part of the informal graffiti group SAMO before becoming internationally
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum533 - Gutzon Borglum
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Vintage matte-finish 13.25 x 10 close-up photo of the partially completed bust of Thomas Jefferson surrounded in ropes and scaffolding, signed and ins
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall534 - Marc Chagall
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Scarce ALS written and signed in Russian, one page on a 6 x 4 postcard depicting his colorful work ‘The Harvest,’ dated 1956. Letter to Menachem Fogue
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Giorgio de Chirico535 - Giorgio de Chirico
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Uncommon ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Jacques Bonjean letterhead, April 10, 1930. Letter to a friend. In full (translated): “Please accept th
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Paul Gauguin536 - Paul Gauguin
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Important French post-Impressionist painter (1848–1903) recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style. In 1891, he traveled to Tah
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Calder537 - Alexander Calder
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Fantastic archive of correspondence from Calder to his friend and banker Mr. Beverly Iszard, comprised of 19 ALSs, all signed “Sandy” except for one s
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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