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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August Strindberg632 - August Strindberg
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Important Swedish novelist and playwright (1849–1912) who takes a place among the most influential figures in the development of modern theater. ALS i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Rabindranath Tagore633 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Exquisite m
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jules Verne634 - Jules Verne
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Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4 x 3, February 1890. Nicely triple-matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Verne to an overall size of 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry David Thoreau635 - Henry David Thoreau
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Important and extremely early handwritten manuscript draft for Thoreau's first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, unsigned, one p...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien636 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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ALS, five pages on three sheets, 7.5 x 9.5, no date. Letter to admirer H. Cotton Minchin regarding publication of The Lord of the Rings, his interests
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Laura Ingalls Wilder637 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Author (1867–1957) famous for writing Little House on the Prairie. Uncommon ALS, one page, 5 x 8, June 28, 1949. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I am
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Laura Ingalls Wilder638 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Uncommon ALS, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Harwood Hotel, April 2, 1940. Letter to Patricia Newman. In part: “The copy of Child Life
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Wordsworth639 - William Wordsworth
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LS signed “Wm Wordsworth,” one page, 4.5 x 7.5, September 9, 1840. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “In reply to yr application for payment of a small
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Wilkie Collins640 - Wilkie Collins
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British author regarded as the first British detective story writer (1824–1889). Bold ink signature, “Very sincerely yours, Wilkie Collins, May 14th,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, fils641 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Untranslated ALS
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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