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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STS-91 MIR453 - STS-91 MIR
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Flown flag with the Shuttle–Mir Program emblem in the center, 5.5 x 3.75, carried on the STS-91 mission. The flag is affixed to the top of a large col
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Jack Swigert454 - Jack Swigert
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TLS signed “Thanks, Jack,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, August 25, 1982. Letter to a political supporter. In part: “I really appreciate y
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Balthus460 - Balthus
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Esteemed but controversial Polish-French modern artist (1908–2001). Rare and exceptional unsigned ink sketch of a church in the small village of Mouto
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Constantin Brancusi461 - Constantin Brancusi
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Pioneering Romanian sculptor (1876–1957) whose art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic a
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt462 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 5.5 French ‘Carte Pneumatique,’ postmarked June 1, 1917. Letter to her biographer, the critic Achille Segard, in fu
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George Catlin463 - George Catlin
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American artist, author, and traveler (1796–1872) best known for his Indian Gallery, a monumental collection of paintings documenting the quickly vani
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall464 - Marc Chagall
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Uncommon ALS in French, signed “Chagall,” one page, 3.75 x 6, no date. Letter to art critic and writer Jacques Guenne. In full (translated): “Returned
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gaston Chaissac465 - Gaston Chaissac
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French painter (1910–1964) who described his style as ‘modern rustic’ and enjoyed the company of the artistic and intellectual elite of his day. Handw
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Degas466 - Edgar Degas
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ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 4.5 x 5.5, postmarked May 12, 1900. Letter to his friend the journalist Pierre Lalo in Paris. In part (transl
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Eugene Delacroix467 - Eugene Delacroix
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ALS in French, signed “Eug. Delacroix,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but circa 1839. Letter to director of the Paris Opera Henri Deponchel, declinin
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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