Rare. Remarkable. Results.
We’re consistently exceeding our consignors’ expectations by garnering top prices.
We’re consistently exceeding our consignors’ expectations by garnering top prices.
We’re consistently exceeding our consignors’ expectations by garnering top prices.
Why RR Auction?
Exceeding expectations
Since 1976, we have been achieving record-setting prices for our consignors, shattering sales predictions time and again. With consistent customer growth and an ever-expanding global bidding base, we have the buyers for your items.
Personalized attention
From the moment you decide to send your items to the day your payment reaches you, we are here to answer your questions and guide you through the process with superlative customer service.
World-class presentation
With detailed, researched lot descriptions and professional photographs designed to highlight each piece, you can rest assured that your items will be presented in their best light.
Upcoming Auctions
Space Exploration and Aviation
Featuring nearly 400 items, RR’s Spring Space Exploration auction is filled with flown material, astronaut autographs, Apollo hardware, and other space rarities. Highlights include a historic rotational hand controller grip flown on Apollo 11, the iconic 18K gold Omega Speedmaster Pro presented to astronaut Richard Gordon, a sought-after DSKY computer interface, an Apollo Lunar Module hatch door, and a rare Soviet Strizh space suit. A wealth of flown flags, scarce NASA manuals and documents, and desirable moonwalker autographs fill the balance of the sale. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts, and is known as a space market leader. VIEW LOTS.
Fine Autographs and Artifacts
Boasting nearly 800 lots, RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a section honoring the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birth—including important signed photographs, a remarkable Kennedy family-signed book, a knife used to slice his inaugural cake, a page from his pioneering Peace Corps legislation, and scarce teletype reports on his assassination. Other important items include a significant George Washington slavery document, a long handwritten letter by Samuel Clemens, and important autographs of Oliver Cromwell, Marie Antoinette, King Henry VIII, Walt Disney, and Albert Einstein. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in May 2024.Marvels of Modern Music
RR Auction’s May Marvels of Modern Music sale features over 300 popular music rarities—highlighted by several unseen, unheard items being offered at auction for the first time: an amazing abstract painting by Bob Dylan from the late 1960s, an original recording of then-unknown Jimi Hendrix backing Little Richard in 1965, and Prince’s stage-used piano from his final tour. Other top lots include amazing Beatles autographs; incredible signed photos of Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix; a fantastic Bob Marley signed poster; and an outstanding assortment of costumes and clothing worn by stars like Prince, Johnny Cash, and Joni Mitchell. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs, artifacts, and music memorabilia. Join us as we make history selling history in May 2024.
Consign With a Name You Can Trust
RR Auction is an industry leader in Rare and Remarkable collectibles. From U.S. history, to science and technology, to the worlds of politics, sports and celebrity, we know how to bring history to life.
In The News
Authors and artifacts of LITERATURE
Writers who impacted generations to come
Books can take readers to places they’ve never seen, sparking the imagination and causing hope, fear, joy or somber rumination. Literature and books will be featured in our Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction in May 2018.
RR Auction has offered at auction items relating to American heavyweights like Hemingway, Melville, Poe and Thoreau; internationally renowned authors like Dickens and Orwell, Goethe and Wilde; and noted philosophic writers like Camus, Sartre and Voltaire. We have also had auction lots highlighting modern authors like J.K. Rowling, as well as many recipients of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Bibliophiles, historians and rarities collectors alike have shown high interest in the category at past auctions. Some noteworthy sales in Literature and Books include:
- Extensive collection of Mario Puzo during his research for “The Godfather”: $625,000
- Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Sarah Josepha Hale: $167,947
- Never before published personal correspondence by Lord Byron: $36,093
Ready to sell Literature Artifacts?
Do you have fine examples of literature and books?
Consign Literature“Smart, well-run, family-owned business. RR Auction knows their stuff. I highly recommend consigning and buying through them.”
Amy Bean, Texas
“Thank you for putting together such a great auction…selling has been a joy…I am happy to realize that it is who I am—not what I have—that defines me. The next thing I will collect is memories.”
Tom Gregory, CA
“You did a great job with a really interesting slice of items...It really felt like a respectful, well-researched project...Kudos for giving the artist, items, consignors, and the fans all respect due.”
Ben Margolin, owner of Prince.org
"Big shout out to all employees and services at RR Auction. It's the kind of company I would really recommend to my collector friends and community."
Theodore Antoniadis, Greece
"Got our Remarkable Rarities book and it is beautiful. Happy that instead of our family memento being lost and forgotten...it will go to a buyer who cares about the piece and its history."
Joshua Lamont, CA
"In my dealings with hundreds of houses all over the world, you guys do a consistently better job at every level, from the material, production, responsiveness, honesty, logistics of every kind and more."
Gabe, MA
"Always a pleasure to work with RR Auction who set a new standard for customer service in the autograph field."
Markus, Switzerland
"The concern shown for my consignments and my feelings will be remembered and my loyalty to your auction house will be the result."
Eric, New York
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