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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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Jack London Correspondence Archive8080 - Jack London Correspondence Archive
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Fascinating archive of correspondence between Jack London and his friend Spiro Orfans chronicling a complicated relationship over the course of six ye
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle Signed Photograph8082 - Arthur Conan Doyle Signed Photograph
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Rare matte-finish 6 x 8 Walter Benington photo boldly signed and inscribed on the 8.5 x 11.5 mount in black fountain pen, “With all thanks for kindnes
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf Signed Passport Photo Page8083 - Virginia Woolf Signed Passport Photo Page
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Excessively rare matte-finish 1.5 x 2.25 photo of Woolf affixed to the original 5.75 x 3.75 British passport page, signed below in fountain pen. The p
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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James Ensor Autograph Letter Signed8084 - James Ensor Autograph Letter Signed
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AMS in French, signed “J. Ensor,” one page both sides, 8 x 11, no date. Handwritten essay by Ensor with excellent artistic content, entitled “La gravu
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Miller’s First Book Contract and Signed Copy of ‘Situation Normal’8085 - Arthur Miller’s First Book Contract and Signed Copy of ‘Situation Normal’
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Superb pair of items, including the contract for and first edition of Arthur Miller’s debut book, Situation Normal. First is a DS signed “Arthur Mille
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed8086 - J. D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, two pages, 5.5 x 8.5, March 10, 1980. Letter to paramour Janet Eagleson, a sometime houseguest at his reclusive New Hampshire home, reads, in par
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien Autograph Letter Signed8087 - J. R. R. Tolkien Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 6.75, July 28, 1955. Letter written shortly before the printing of The Return of the King, referencing his best-selli
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Pynchon Signed Book8088 - Thomas Pynchon Signed Book
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Signed book: Gravity’s Rainbow. First edition, first printing. NY: Viking, 1973. Hardcover with original, first issue dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 760 pages
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Wyatt Earp-dictated Letter Penned by His Wife8089 - Wyatt Earp-dictated Letter Penned by His Wife
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Autograph letter, dictated by Earp and written by his wife Josie, three pages on two sheets, 8 x 10, no date but postmarked April 18, 1927. Letter to
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Lizzie Borden Autograph Letter Signed8090 - Lizzie Borden Autograph Letter Signed
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American woman (1860–1927) who was tried and acquitted in the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. The saga ult
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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