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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Jean Cocteau602 - Jean Cocteau
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Desirable ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, August 19, 1960. Brief letter authorizing a publication. In part (translated): “With my friendship and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Colette603 - Colette
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ALS in French, one page, 7.5 x 8, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): “Before leaving Paris, I ascertained that ‘The Vagabond’ is fr
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James Fenimore Cooper604 - James Fenimore Cooper
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AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 sheet. Cooper pens a quote from chapter 16 of his work The Headsman, in full: “Silenus rolled from his ass, to the great
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper605 - James Fenimore Cooper
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ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 4 x 5, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I regret it will not be in my power to join your little pa
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rene Crevel606 - Rene Crevel
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Important early French surrealist author (1900–1935) who committed suicide at age 35. Wonderful ballpoint sketch on a 8.25 x 10.5 sheet showing a crou
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens607 - Charles Dickens
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Hand-addressed and signed envelope featuring Dickens’s personal monogram on the flap, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Andrew D. White Esquire,”
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Gustave Flaubert608 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbô, and A Sentimental Education. Rare ALS in French, si...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere609 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Uncommon 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Dumas in a three-piece suit by Pierre Petit of Paris, signed below the image in black ink. In fine conditio
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot610 - T. S. Eliot
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Signed book: Triumphal March. Limited edition of 300 copies (this being No. 122). London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1931. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75. Signed o
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Robert Frost611 - Robert Frost
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ALS, one page, 6 x 8, August 25, 1938. Letter to John Montgomery of Laramie, Wyoming. In full: “I can’t refrain from answering a letter that will be o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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