RR Auction's Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Margot Fonteyn1352 - Margot Fonteyn
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Vintage pearl-finish 7.5 x 9.25 photo of Fonteyn dancing, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Miss Gale with best wishes, Margot Fonteyn.” In ve
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Ralph Forbes1353 - Ralph Forbes
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Terrific vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Forbes in costume, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “For Walter, with every good wish & happy me...
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Bob Fosse1356 - Bob Fosse
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Glossy 8 x 10 double-weight head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in purple felt tip, “For Harold—my best to you—Bob Fosse.” In fine conditio
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Frankenstein: Gavin Gordon1358 - Frankenstein: Gavin Gordon
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Actor (1901–1983) who played the imperious Lord Byron in Bride of Frankenstein. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Gavin Gordon,” on a pink 7 x 6.25 alb
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Gert Frobe1359 - Gert Frobe
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Uncommon 5.75 x 4 paperstock photo of Frobe as Goldfinger, signed and inscribed in German in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Ava Gardner1360 - Ava Gardner
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Bank check, 6 x 3, filled out and signed by Gardner, payable to The Connoisseur for £16.80, January 18, 1978. In fine condition, with expected ...
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Ava Gardner1361 - Ava Gardner
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Clarence Sinclair Bull MGM publicity photo of Gardner in a sheer dress, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Harold, Best w
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John Gielgud1362 - John Gielgud
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Pearl-finish 6.25 x 9 Vandamm photo of Gielgud and Judith Anderson in Hamlet, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Best wishes to Harold Merry, John Gi
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John Gielgud1363 - John Gielgud
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Semi-glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Gielgud from very early in his career, signed in black ink, “John Gielgud 1934.” In fine condition.
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Dorothy Gish1364 - Dorothy Gish
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Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 7.5 photo of Gish holding a lily, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Three trimmed edges and some mild silvering t
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Paulette Goddard1365 - Paulette Goddard
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Goddard wearing a large sun hat, signed in black felt tip, “Best wishes, Paulette Goddard.” In fine condition.
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Gone With the Wind: Olivia de Havilland1366 - Gone With the Wind: Olivia de Havilland
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Four glossy 11 x 14 photos of de Havilland as she appeared in Gone With the Wind, each signed in blue felt tip, “Olivia de Havilland ‘Melanie.’” In fi
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Gone With the Wind: Leslie Howard1367 - Gone With the Wind: Leslie Howard
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Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “To Irene, Sincerely, Leslie Howard,” on a pink 6 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition.
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Farley Granger1368 - Farley Granger
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Glossy 10.5 x 13.25 close-up photo of Granger as he appeared in the 1943 film The North Star, originally taken by Margaret Bourke-White, signed and in
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Cary Grant: Jerusalem Celebration1369 - Cary Grant: Jerusalem Celebration
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Program for a celebratory event entitled 3000 Years of Jerusalem at Madison Square Garden, October 20, 1953, 7.5 x 10.5, signed on the front cover in
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The Great White Hope1370 - The Great White Hope
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of a scene from the The Great White Hope, signed and inscribed in the wide margins in black felt tip, “To Bill, Love and peace, Ja
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Neil Hamilton1371 - Neil Hamilton
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Glossy 8 x 10 Paramount Pictures promotional photo of Hamilton as he appeared in The Great Gatsby, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Sherman
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Ray Harryhausen1372 - Ray Harryhausen
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Harryhausen working on a model of the Cracken from Clash of the Titans, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip. In fine co
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John Hart1373 - John Hart
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Six items: a red neck scarf with its pewter slide, unsigned but personally-owned and -worn by Hart; two glossy 8 x 10 photos of Hart as the Lone Range
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Laurence Harvey1374 - Laurence Harvey
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Glossy 10 x 8 publicity photo for Walk on the Wild Side, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “To Peter, Best wishes, Laurence Harvey.” In fine condition
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Sonja Henie1375 - Sonja Henie
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Vintage ink signature, “Sonja Henie 14-4-34,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 page, with typed collector’s notations and binder holes across the top edge. E
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Katharine Hepburn1376 - Katharine Hepburn
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Collection of ten TLSs, signed either “Katharine Hepburn” or “K. Hepburn,” each one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, dated between 1984 and 1994.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn1377 - Katharine Hepburn
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TLS, one page, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, February 4, 1987. Letter to a collector. In full: “I’m very sorry, but I have to refuse to sign all objects
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Charlton Heston1378 - Charlton Heston
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TLS signed “Chuck,” one onionskin page, 7.75 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 9, 1961. Letter to Mike Connolly of the Hollywood Reporter. In part:
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Halliwell Hobbes1379 - Halliwell Hobbes
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English actor (1877-1962) who appeared in over 100 films, including Gaslight, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Platinum Blonde, and Here Comes Mr. Jordan. ALS,
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Hildegarde1380 - Hildegarde
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Alluring vintage glossy 8 x 10 Maurice Seymour photo of Hildegarde draped in furs, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Edward Barry—with my sinc
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Bob Hope1381 - Bob Hope
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Signed book: Confessions of a Hooker. Later printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 10.5, 230 pages. Signed on
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Bob Hope1382 - Bob Hope
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Fuzz—Please don’t let that ‘Banana Nose’ do that because there’s not enoug
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John Houseman1383 - John Houseman
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Glossy 10 x 7.5 photo of Houseman in profile, signed vertically in black felt tip. In fine condition, with trimmed top and bottom edges.
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Leslie Howard1384 - Leslie Howard
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 promotional photo of Howard as he appeared in Stand-In, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Louise, with all the best wish
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Jeffrey Hunter1385 - Jeffrey Hunter
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Matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Best wishes Francis, Jeffrey Hunter.” In fine condition.
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Betty Hutton1386 - Betty Hutton
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Lovely vintage glossy 5.75 x 7.75 photo of Hutton, signed in blue ink. In fine condition, with light corner tip dings.
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Martha Hyer1387 - Martha Hyer
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Three different satin-finish 8 x 10 photos of Hyer from throughout her career, each signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Henry Irving1388 - Henry Irving
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Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Henry Irving 1904.” In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light foxin
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Zita Johann1389 - Zita Johann
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Johann as Princess Ankhesenamón in Karl Freund's 1932 film version of The Mummy, signed and inscribed in black felt ...
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Buster Keaton1391 - Buster Keaton
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Vintage ink signature, “Buster Keaton,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 page, typed collector’s notations and binder holes across the top edge. Encapsulated
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Deborah Kerr1392 - Deborah Kerr
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TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, Ambassador Hotels letterhead, December 1, 1973. Letter of thanks to an admirer. In full: “Thank you very much for your kinde
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Deborah Kerr1393 - Deborah Kerr
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Glossy 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Kerr in a white dress and pearls, signed in red felt tip. In fine condition, with slightly trimmed edges.
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Eartha Kitt1394 - Eartha Kitt
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Kitt against a bright white background, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Stanley Kramer1395 - Stanley Kramer
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Glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Carl Laemmle, Jr1396 - Carl Laemmle, Jr
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Universal Pictures Corporation letterhead, December 2, 1933. Letter to Arthur Wenzel who previously wrote earlier and sent ne
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Dorothy Lamour1397 - Dorothy Lamour
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Pretty glossy 8 x 10 photo of Lamour in a black dress, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Lillie Langtry1398 - Lillie Langtry
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Ink signature, “Lillie Langtry,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1.75 slip. Double-matted with a magazine photo to an overall size of 8.25 x 13. In fine condit
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Gypsy Rose Lee1399 - Gypsy Rose Lee
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Rare yellow AFTRA union P&W benefits card, one page, both sides, 6 x 4, dated May 1, 1966. Pension and Welfare benefit card is filled out in typ...
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Gypsy Rose Lee1400 - Gypsy Rose Lee
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TLS signed “Gypsy (Naked Genius) Lee,” one page, 8.5 x 11, illustrated Star and Garter letterhead, no date. Letter to “Miss Miller.” In part: “I’m too
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Lotte Lenya1401 - Lotte Lenya
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Matte-finish 14 x 11 close-up photo of Lenya holding a cigarette, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “For Gerry, with affection, Lotte Lenya.” In
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Eddie Leonard1402 - Eddie Leonard
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Vaudevillian considered the greatest American minstrel of his day (1870–1941). Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Leonard in blackface, signed and inscrib
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Jack Lord1403 - Jack Lord
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, CBS Television Network letterhead, November 10, 1972. In part: “I am sending you my very own McGarrett badge for your auct
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Sophia Loren1404 - Sophia Loren
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Two different gorgeous color satin-finish 8 x 10 photos of Loren outdoors, signed in blue and black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy1405 - Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
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Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 bust portrait of MacDonald, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Worth J. Elliott, Sincerely, Jeanette MacDonald
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