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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Marcel Proust657 - Marcel Proust
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Partial ALS in French, signed “Marcel Proust,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, no date. The concluding portion of a letter to Louisa Mor
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand658 - Ayn Rand
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Signed book: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. First edition, first printing. NY: The New American Library, 1966. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 9, 309 pag
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Romain Rolland659 - Romain Rolland
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French writer (1866–1944) who won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature. Archive of material sent by Rolland to the publisher Albert Kundig in Geneva, c
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke660 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Scarce ALS in German, both sides of a 5.25 x 3.5 card, June 12, 1912. Letter to a gentleman. In part (translated): “There exists a translation of the
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak661 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Dear Mili. First edition. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the half-ti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw665 - George Bernard Shaw
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TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, May 27, 1916. Letter to actor William Faversham. In full: “I have received a cabl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck666 - John Steinbeck
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, April 21, 1958. Letter to Marguerite Tuttle. In full: “We called your sister on returning on friday
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gertrude Stein667 - Gertrude Stein
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Handwritten draft manuscript fragment in pencil, unsigned, 12 pages, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but circa 1925. A substantial portion of Stein’s draft for h
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Robert Louis Stevenson668 - Robert Louis Stevenson
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Handwritten endorsement in pencil, “Please pay, R. L. Stevenson,” on a bill made out to him on a 5 x 7.5 sheet, March 1, 1891. Stevenson approves a pa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rabindranath Tagore669 - 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. Spectacular
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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