RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents, and Autographs

Articulate and humorous TLS signed “Take care, Mar,” one page, 8.5 x 11, 1957. Letter to Eddie Sherman of the Honolulu Advertiser. In full (spelling a

ANS signed “Jim Cagney,” on a 5.75 x 3.5 picture postcard of Cagney’s paintings of posies, April 1974. In full: “Warm thanks & some ‘posies’ fro...

American actor and singer who played the pianist Sam in Casablanca (1886–1953). Vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of Wilson sitting at a piano, signed

Italian ballet dancer, mime, and founder of the Cecchetti method (1850–1928). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Pagliano e Ricordi of Milan, signed

Ink signature, “Best wishes, Charlie Chaplin,” on a light blue 5 x 3 album page with a clipped photo of an elderly Chaplin affixed to the lower right

Two large black binders, 10.5 x 12, consisting of over 100 recipes intended for an apparently unpublished ‘Celebrity Cookbook,’ most handwritten and a

Highly regarded American actor (1920–1966) best known for his Oscar-nominated turns in such classics as Judgment at Nuremberg, From Here to Eternity,

Broadway star (1847–1924) who spent much of her youth dancing on stage for miners in the California Gold Rush, eventually becoming the protegee of act

American actor (1845–1928) who frequently played eccentric characters. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Sarony of New York, signed in the lower bo

Stunning vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Hurrell photo of Crawford in a low-cut dress and bathed in shadows, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Iren