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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Zane Grey530 - Zane Grey
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ALS signed “Dad,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.5, Catalina Island letterhead, June 1, 1925. Letter to his son Romer. In part: “I also he
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Zane Grey531 - Zane Grey
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Handwritten manuscript draft in pencil, unsigned, six pages, 8 x 12.5, no date. Grey’s draft for a radio speech about fishing in Australia. In part: “
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Zane Grey532 - Zane Grey
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Fantastic matte-finish 15 x 14 photo of a fish leaping out of the ocean, signed below the image in Grey’s typical purple fountain pen. Affixed to a sa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway533 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to the bearer for $40, February 2, 1951. E
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo534 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, signed “V. H.,” one page, 5.25 x 8, postmarked June 5, 1836. Letter to his cousin Adolphe Trebuchet. In full (translated): “My wife is
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo535 - Victor Hugo
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Renowned French writer best known for Les Miserables (1802–1885). Beautiful ink signature and inscription in French on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip. Ni
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Henry James536 - Henry James
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, July 19, 1871. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I enclose you two orders for Thursday—so that yo
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Rudyard Kipling537 - Rudyard Kipling
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6, personal letterhead, December 3, 1913. Letter to John Pearson, the house master of Kipling’s son Jo
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Else Lasker-Schuler538 - Else Lasker-Schuler
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Jewish poet and playwright (1869–1945) famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin, who later fled Nazi Germany for Zurich before settling in Jerusale
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Leopardi539 - Giacomo Leopardi
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Important Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist (1798–1837). Exceedingly rare ALS in Italian, one page, 4.25 x 5.75, March 15, 1819. Le
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Maeterlinck540 - Maurice Maeterlinck
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Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist (1862–1949) awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. Choice matte-finish 3.75 x 5.5 postcard photo, signe
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Stephane Mallarme541 - Stephane Mallarme
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Major French symbolist poet and critic (1842–1898) whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th centur
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann542 - Thomas Mann
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Uncommon matte-finish 3.25 x 5 bust portrait of Mann in a suit and tie, signed at the bottom in red ink. Surface creases and a paper clip impression t
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Yukio Mishima543 - Yukio Mishima
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One of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century who committed ritual suicide to protest the Westernization and military weakness of pos
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell544 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Peggy,” one page, 7.25 x 11, personal letterhead, May 5, 1937. Letter to director George Cukor, who at the time was slated to direct the G
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Howard Payne545 - John Howard Payne
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American actor and author (1791–1852) who achieved theatrical success in London, best remembered as the creator of the song ‘Home! Sweet Home!’ in 182
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Anna de Noailles546 - Anna de Noailles
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Romanian-French writer (1876–1933) friendly with the intellectual, literary, and artistic elite of the day including Marcel Proust, Andre Gide, Paul V
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound547 - Ezra Pound
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ALS signed “EP,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Grand Cafe letterhead, August 30. Unusual letter regarding a volume of Van Gogh’s letters. In part: “N
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Jacob Riis549 - Jacob Riis
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Danish-American writer, photographer, and activist (1849–1914) best known for his work in exposing and improving the squalid conditions endured by the
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Romain Rolland550 - Romain Rolland
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French writer (1866–1944) who won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature. ALS in French, ten pages on three sets of adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, January
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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