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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Thomas Mann622 - Thomas Mann
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Highly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic (1875–1955). Scarce matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of M
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henry Miller623 - Henry Miller
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Original painting by Miller, watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 11.5, featuring vaguely female-looking serpentine figures surrounding a square of abstract fi
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell624 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, May 25, 1945. Letter to Mrs. T. J. Busey. In part: “As to the info
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sarojini Naidu625 - Sarojini Naidu
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Indian activist and poet (1879–1949) who was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state, and the second woman to become the president o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Eugene O’Neill626 - Eugene O’Neill
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Hand-addressed envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, addressed by O’Neill to actress, “Miss Jeanie Begg, 158 West 106th Street, New York City, c/o Emma Billeb,” and si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams627 - Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams
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Two ALSs in pencil written to Philip Rice, co-editor of The Kenyon Review. The first is a bizarre letter by Ezra Pound sent while confined in St. Eliz
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand628 - Ayn Rand
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Objectivist Newsletter letterhead, May 2, 1964. In part: “I am pleased that you liked my books and that you found my phil
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke629 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Influential poet (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. Magnificent handwritten poem in Germ
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery630 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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French poet and writer (1900–1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw631 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 7 x 9, August 8, 1923. Letter to J. H. Hooper of New York. In part: “The article on the Communist Experiment i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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