RR Auction: Remarkable Rarities

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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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Bartolomeo Vanzetti Autograph Letter Signed8092Bartolomeo Vanzetti Autograph Letter Signed
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Lengthy ALS signed “Bartolomeo Vanzetti,” three pages both sides, 8 x 10, May 22, 1927. Letter to Lilly Sarnoff, written while imprisoned in Dedham Ja
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Lee Harvey Oswald 1955 Civil Air Patrol Photograph8093Lee Harvey Oswald 1955 Civil Air Patrol Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.25 portrait of Oswald in his Civil Air Patrol uniform, annotated on the reverse in blue ballpoint by his mother, “Lee, a
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Lee Harvey Oswald 1957 US Marine Corps Photograph8094Lee Harvey Oswald 1957 US Marine Corps Photograph
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Oswald’s personally-owned vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of himself and a group of fellow Marines graduating from an Aircraft Control and Warning O
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Lee Harvey Oswald’s US Marine Corps Knife8095Lee Harvey Oswald’s US Marine Corps Knife
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Oswald’s personally-owned and -used fixed-blade knife and leather sheath issued by the United States Marine Corps, approximately 11.25? in length, fea
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Lee Harvey Oswald’s Tweed Jacket8096Lee Harvey Oswald’s Tweed Jacket
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Oswald’s personally-owned and -worn tweed jacket made by Kawashima Tailors of Yokohama, Japan, embroidered with his name above the inner pocket, “Lee
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Lee and Marina Oswald Annotated 1961 Wedding Photograph8097Lee and Marina Oswald Annotated 1961 Wedding Photograph
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Original satin-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina on their wedding day, annotated by Lee on the reverse in blue ink, “Apr
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Lee Harvey Oswald 1962 Telegram Announcing His Return to the United States8098Lee Harvey Oswald 1962 Telegram Announcing His Return to the United States
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Original Western Union typed telegram sent to Robert L. Oswald to notify him of Lee Harvey Oswald’s return to the US, one page, 8 x 5.75, stamp-dated
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Jack Ruby Handwritten Letter Mentioning His Pistol8099Jack Ruby Handwritten Letter Mentioning His Pistol
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Unsigned handwritten letter in pencil, nine pages, 6 x 4, no date. Ruby describes a close call with trouble, in part (spelling and grammar retained):
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Harry Houdini Signed Photograph8100Harry Houdini Signed Photograph
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Spectacular matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 real photo postcard of Houdini examining a pair of handcuffs, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen “H
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photo Inscribed to William Randolph Hearst8102Charlie Chaplin Signed Photo Inscribed to William Randolph Hearst
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Ideal vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 8.75 photo of Chaplin in near-profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To William Randolph Hearst, From Charl
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Waterman Autograph Album8103Waterman Autograph Album
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Fantastic Waterman’s autograph album, 5 x 7.25, signed inside on affixed slips by over one hundred notable figures from a variety of fields, including
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Walt Disney Typed Letter Signed8104Walt Disney Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, signed “Walt Disney,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Disneyland Inc., letterhead, dated December 20, 1958. Disney writes to California Governor Goodwin Knig
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Charles Schulz Original Signed Comic Strip8105Charles Schulz Original Signed Comic Strip
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Fantastic original hand-inked three-panel Peanuts daily comic strip, dated March 12, 1988, on an off-white 19.75 x 6.25 sheet of artist’s cardstock, s
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
Dr. Seuss ‘Cat in the Hat’ Hand-drawn Illustration and Signed Book8106Dr. Seuss ‘Cat in the Hat’ Hand-drawn Illustration and Signed Book
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Two items: an original signed illustration of the Cat in the Hat in profile on an off-white 8.25 x 9.5 piece of quality artist’s paper, inscribed in b
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Roy Lichtenstein ‘Crying Girl’ Lithograph8107Roy Lichtenstein ‘Crying Girl’ Lithograph
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Vivid offset colored lithograph, 22.75 x 17, of Lichtenstein’s ‘Crying Girl.’ Printed by Colorcraft, New York, and published by NYC’s Leo Castelli Gal
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
James Dean Original Painting8108James Dean Original Painting
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Exemplary original painting of an African-American trumpet player, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, accomplished by James Dean, signed in black paint in th
Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Signed Photograph8109Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 first-generation candid photo of the newly wed Monroe and Miller during their Jamaican honeymoon in 1957, signed in black
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Beatles Signed Photograph8110Beatles Signed Photograph
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Spectacular vintage glossy 8.5 x 6.5 Albert Marrion group photo taken in December of 1961 during the Beatles first professional photo session. The ban
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Jimi Hendrix Autograph Note Signed8112Jimi Hendrix Autograph Note Signed
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Extraordinarily rare ANS in Hendrix’s hand, one page on the reverse of Warwick Hotel, New York, letterhead, 7.25 x 10.5, no date but circa July 13–16,
Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
Johnny Ramone’s Stage-used Rickenbacker Guitar8113Johnny Ramone’s Stage-used Rickenbacker Guitar
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Johnny Ramone’s personally-owned and -used 1966 Rickenbacker 450 ‘Fireglo’ finish guitar frequently used on stage and adjusted to his personal prefere
Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00