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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Giacomo Leopardi647 - Giacomo Leopardi
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Important Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist (1798–1837). ALS in Italian, signed “Leopardi,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, May 31, 1826. Le
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Selma Lagerlof648 - Selma Lagerlof
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Swedish writer (1858–1940) who in 1909 became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. An untranslated autograph manuscript in Swedish,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jack London649 - Jack London
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Handsome matte-finish 4.25 x 3.25 portrait of London wearing a broad-brimmed outdoorsman’s hat and tie, signed across his chest in black ink. Double-m
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow650 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Scarce oval matte-finish 4.5 x 5.5 formal bust portrait of the poet in his younger years, affixed to a 10 x 13 mount, signed on the mount in black ink
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Herman Melville651 - Herman Melville
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Extremely scarce ANS, one page, 4 x 2.25, January 31, no year. In full: “Please admit the bearer.” Affixed to a same-size slip. In very good condition
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell652 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” four pages, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, December 27, 1938. Wonderful letter to Danish illustrator Axel Mathiese
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John Everett Millais653 - John Everett Millais
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Noted English painter and illustrator (1829–1896). ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, June 5, 1861. Letter to Alfred Lord Tennyson. In
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Clement C. Moore654 - Clement C. Moore
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Signed book: Poems. First edition, collected and published at the request of Moore’s children. NY: Bartlett & Welford, 1844. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners655 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Collection of 14 items, various formats, each signed by a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, including: Heinrich Boll (pamphlet), Pearl S. Bu
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners656 - Nobel Prize Winners
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Collection of 19 items, primarily signatures on cards or sheets with affixed photos, each signed by a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, incl
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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