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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Charles Dickens637 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9, no date. Letter to Edward Valentine. In part: “I find that my man and the landlord of this house, agree in thinking that my b
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle638 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4.75 x 6.5, January 14, no year. In part: “You might send enclosed to Mr. Watkins…I am passing it through your
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Robert Frost639 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: A Witness Tree. First edition, first printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 91 pages. On the f
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Kahlil Gibran640 - Kahlil Gibran
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Lebanese-American artist and writer (1883–1931) best known for his writings on religion and for his best-selling 1923 spiritual-philosophical classic
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway641 - Ernest Hemingway
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Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand in Spanish, and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to Portador (Bearer) for 46.00
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe642 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A substantial lock of Goethe’s hair sent to an admirer by his housekeeper Caroline Ulrich, presented in a 1.5? diameter ringlet against an off-white c
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe643 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Fabulous AQS in German on an off-white 7.25 x 4.5 sheet, boldly signed at the conclusion, “Goethe,” and dated Weimar, January 10, 1814. In full (trans
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo644 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, signed “V. H.,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date. Letter to a gentleman, in full (translated): “I warmly thank you. I hope I can kiss the ha
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henrik Ibsen645 - Henrik Ibsen
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Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of moder
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Nikos Kazantzakis646 - Nikos Kazantzakis
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Greek writer and philosopher (1883–1957) best known for his novel Zorba the Greek. Extremely rare ALS in French, one page both sides, 8 x 10, Organisa
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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