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

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Queen

SELL QUEEN MEMORABILIA, AUTOGRAPHS, ALBUMS

Achieve Remarkable Results at auction like these:

Autographed debut album by Queen

Sold Price: $4,263

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Queen autographed “Night At the Opera” press kit photo

Sold Price: $3,523

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Original first printing 1974 “Queen II” autographed poster

Sold Price: $3,840

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Get ‘Killer Queen’ results when you sell Queen memorabilia at RR

Our passionate music collectors want your rock n roll collectibles, and one of the most legendary bands sought by them is Queen. Enjoy an international audience for your autographs, photographs, albums and other music memorabilia when you sell Queen memorabilia with RR Auction.

In addition to the items imaged above, other top Queen auction sales have included:

Autographed “A Night at the Opera” album, sold for $3,523
Autographed “The Works” album, sold for $3,425
Autographed 45 RPM of “We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions,” sold for $3,269
Autographed promotional photo, sold for $3,122

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We’re always seeking rock n roll collectibles – autographs, photographs, albums, guitars and other musical instruments, posters, stage-worn or used clothing and gear.

Sell Sports Cards

Consign your cards in our upcoming Sports auction

Past highlights include:

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

Sold Price: $45,049

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1966–1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Sold Price: $25,200

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Babe Ruth signed baseball

Sold Price: $21,013

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Single cards to Sets. Pre-war to Post-war. We are interested in it all!

We’re now accepting quality consignments for our February Sports auction. Our dedicated Sports department is always available to provide you free and confidential valuations. Call us directly at (800) 937-3880 or fill out the valuation form below.

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Top 7 Reasons to Consign with RR
1. Well-developed, 40-year bidding base
2. Generous, immediate cash advances
3. Most personalized attention in the industry
4. Lightning-fast 21-day consignor payout
5. Expertly curated sales highlight your items
6. Competitive rates and reasonable reserves
7. Family-run business established in 1976

What do you get as an RR consignor?

Experience, exposure, reputation, results. Let RR put more than 40 years of experience, international publicity and marketing, and our stellar reputation to work for you, achieving record-setting results.

All sports consignments are welcome!

We’re always interested in seeing the best of your collection: Rare sports cards – pre-war, pre-1900s, post-war, more – game-used uniforms and equipment, original photographs, championship rings and more.

Fine Luxury Vintage Watches

SELL FINE, LUXURY, VINTAGE WATCHES

Achieve Remarkable Results like these at an auction

Astronaut Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 lunar-surface worn Chronograph

Sold Price: $1.625 million

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Al Capone’s diamond and platinum pocket watch

Sold Price: $84,375

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John F. Kennedy’s Bulova watch

Sold Price: $25,428

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Clyde “Bonnie & Clyde” Barrow’s pocket watch

Sold Price: $36,000

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Sell fine, luxury, vintage watches with us

At RR Auction, we are recognizing that watch sales at auction are trending as one of the highest-grossing growth items in the collectibles world. We’re excited to apply our expertise to selling this category, and invite your consignments to our fresh venue. When you sell fine, luxury, vintage watches with RR, you get in front of our international audience of elite buyers and collectors.

Timepieces have shot to the top of the “must-watch” list of auction categories, with several high-profile sales in the last several years. Whether it’s a wristwatch worn in the past by a celebrity (famous or infamous), a notorious gangster, the leader of a nation, or the trailblazers of space exploration, RR Auction achieves record prices and international press attention.

Cross-category appeal

It’s not just collectors of fine, luxury, vintage watches and jewelry that are fascinated by these high-ticket-item offerings. RR Auction has seen firsthand how watch sales at auction cross categories.

We’ve had remarkable success selling watches owned by astronauts to our Space collectors. Moonwalker Dave Scott’s flight-worn Bulova wristwatch (shown above – complete with scratched face and dirt/debris from its time on the lunar surface!) sold at auction for $1.625 million – at the time, it was the most expensive American Space artifact ever sold at auction.

In 2017, two of our Space Top 10 items were watches: Alan Shepard’s Apollo 14 Vacheron Constantin watch achieved a price of more than $81,000. We also sold cosmonaut Gennady Padalka’s flown Omega Speedmaster Pro for nearly $40,000.

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We would be pleased to discuss representing your watch collection at auction. If you’d like to talk to one of our specialists about how to sell fine, luxury, vintage watches at auction, contact us.

Join us! RR’s Remarkable Rarities auction, Sept. 25

Join us for RR Auction's Remarkable Rarities - LIVE!

live auction event

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 – 1 pm EST

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WeWork, 200 Portland St., Boston

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More than 50 spectacular Rarities will be presented in this once-annual, live-auction event. Featured lots include several incredible items relating to Steve Jobs and Apple – lead by the spotlight artifact, an original Apple-1 computer:

Lot 3027: Original Apple-1 computer

Starting bid: $50,000

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An amazing later production ‘Byte Shop’–style Apple-1 computer (also commonly known as the Apple I, or Apple Computer 1), complete with all components and accessories required for operation. Fully functional and restored to its original, operational state in June 2018 by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen. The set includes:

original Apple-1 board
original Apple Cassette Interface (ACI)
original Apple-1 Operation Manual
two original Apple Cassette Interface manuals
a period surplus ASCII keyboard
a period ‘open frame’ Sanyo 4205 video monitor
a new period-style power supply with original Apple-1 power cable and connector
period cassette interface cables

Online bidding for Lot 3027 is only available on Invaluable.com. You can also schedule a phone call during the live auction by contacting Sue Recks at 603-732-4280.

RR Auction is pleased to partner with Invaluable, the world’s leading online marketplace for fine art, antiques and collectibles, and Artmyn, a Swiss company revolutionizing how art is experienced, promoted and secured online, in the presentation of this historic Apple-1 computer. Invaluable and Artmyn have an exclusive partnership aimed at helping auction houses promote their sales in unique ways, increasing transparency and buyer confidence in the art market, and dramatically transforming the way art is experienced online.

To view the Apple-1 using Artmyn’s exciting interactive 5D technology, visit Invaluable.com.

Preview all our incredible Steve Jobs autograph items here.

Read about why Steve Jobs autographs are so rare

Other Significant Offerings Include:

Near-complete set of autographs of Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Featuring 55 of the 56 signers. Offered by RR Auction

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Princess Diana frabric archive planning a 1986 "Gulf Tour".

Offered by RR Auction

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Glamorous oversized Marilyn Monroe portrait

Inscribed to her beloved choreographer and confidant, Jack Cole.

Offered by RR Auction

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Lot 3001: Incredible near-complete collection of signatures from the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Lot 3051: Important letter from Ludwig van Beethoven to King Frederick Augustus I, regarding his Missa Solemnis.
Lot 3039: Striking oversize portrait of Marilyn Monroe, inscribed to her beloved friend and choreographer, Jack Cole.
Lot 3050: Unique trove of fabric swatches for Princess Diana’s 1986 “Gulf Tour” wardrobe.
Lot 3004: Extremely rare correspondence written by First Lady Martha Washington, and franked by George.
Lot 3034: Exciting first appearance of Superman 1933 fanzine created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

To receive a catalog or to schedule a live-auction bidding call, email [email protected].

To RSVP to attend the live auction in Boston on Sept. 25, email [email protected].

Ready to consign with RR?

Do you have royalty-related collectibles you’d like to consign? We’re looking for signed photographs, royal wedding memorabilia, clothing and jewelry, letters, documents and decrees, as well as historical artifacts from any reign, any era, any country. Contact us.

Collectible Baseball Cards Wanted

Consign your best with us:

Seeking 7 High-Grade cards

SPECIAL OFFER: Have ‘high-profile’ cards? Receive a ‘high-profile’ rate.

RR Auction is seeking the following 7 high-grade cards for our Sports auction. We’re offering a special consignment rate on these 7 cards only. All cards must be either PSA or SGC graded.

Do you have one of these cards?

1. T206 Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson – Near Mint or better

2. Cracker Jack #103 Joe Jackson – Excellent or better

3. 1915/16 M101-4 or M101-5 Babe Ruth – Very Good or better

4. 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth – Near Mint or better

5. 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig – Near Mint or better

6. 1951 Bowman #253 Mickey Mantle – EX-MT or better

7. 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle – EX or better

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Consign Your Sports Cards

Consignments are still being accepted for our March 2021 Sports Auction!

Past highlights include

1933 Goudey #106 Napoleon LajoiePSA NM-MT 8

Sold Price: $127,904

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1916 Herpolsheimer Co. #151 Babe Ruth PSA GOOD 2

Sold Price: $110,612

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1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle Rookie Card - PSA EX-MT 6

Sold Price: $88,800

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PSA Graded cards and high end signed material wanted

Our dedicated Sports department is always available to provide you free and confidential valuations. Call us directly at (800) 937-3880 or fill out the valuation form below.

Do you have one of the top cards we are interested in?

Top 7 Reasons to Consign with RR

1. Well-developed, 40-year bidding base
2. Generous, immediate cash advances
3. Most personalized attention in the industry
4. Lightning-fast 21-day consignor payout
5. Expertly curated sales highlight your items
6. Competitive rates and reasonable reserves
7. Family-run business established in 1976

What do you get as an RR Consignor?

Experience, exposure, reputation, results. Let RR put more than 40 years of experience, international publicity and marketing, and our stellar reputation to work for you, achieving record-setting results.

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Ready to sell Sports cards?

We’re always interested in seeing the best of your collection: Rare sports cards – pre-war, pre-1900s, post-war, more – game-used uniforms and equipment, original photographs, championship rings and more.

Past Top Sales

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

Sold Price: $45,049

View Lot

1966-1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Sold Price: $25,200

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Babe Ruth signed baseball

Sold Price: $21,013

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Last Chance to Consign Sports for June 2018

Seeking 7 High-Grade Cards

SPECIAL OFFER: Have ‘high-profile’ cards? Receive a ‘high-profile’ rate.

RR Auction is seeking the following 7 high-grade cards for our Sports auction. We’re offering a special consignment rate on these 7 cards only. All cards must be either PSA or SGC graded.

OTHER ELITE ITEMS? Contact us TODAY
Do you have other high-end sports memorabilia items for consideration? Limited feature space is still available for the June auction.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AUCTION

Do you have one of these cards?

1. T206 Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson – Near Mint or better

2. Cracker Jack #103 Joe Jackson – Excellent or better

3. 1915/16 M101-4 or M101-5 Babe Ruth – Very Good or better

4. 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth – Near Mint or better

5. 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig – Near Mint or better

6. 1951 Bowman #253 Mickey Mantle – EX-MT or better

7. 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle – EX or better

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Past Top Sales

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

Sold Price: $45,049

View Lot

1966-1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Sold Price: $25,200

View Lot

Babe Ruth signed baseball

Sold Price: $21,013

View Lot

Landing Page: Let’s Team Up

Looking for a fresh venue for your sports consignments?

RR Auction is the place to do it. Here's why:

Established in 1976, Boston-based RR Auction has a longstanding 16-year relationship with PSA as trusted autograph specialists. Now we’re delving further into the sports arena with cards and memorabilia.

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Why RR: Top 7 Reasons to Consign

1. Well-developed, 40-year bidding base
2. Generous, immediate cash advances
3. Most personalized attention in the industry
4. Lightning-fast 21-day consignor payout
5. Expertly curated sales highlight your items
6. Competitive rates and reasonable reserves
7. Family-run business established in 1976

What do you get as an RR Consignor?

The experience.
What truly sets RR Auction apart is the personalized attention our consignors receive from beginning to end. Our family-owned and operated company will be sure you know our names, and we’ll know yours. We’re genuine people who appreciate your passion and trust.

The exposure.
Frequent worldwide media attention and vibrant marketing campaigns ensure your collectibles are presented to the right audience in the right way. RR’s partnership with PSA and the set registry program guarantees discerning collectors have their eyes on your items.

Why should you become an RR Consignor?

Results.
When RR launches a new department, we own it. Take our swift, soaring success with Space Exploration and Olympics Memorabilia. We’re now the #1 Space auction house with over $25 million in sales and recognized leaders in the Olympics field, consistently achieving top prices.

Reputation.
With a reliable reputation built over more than 40 years, RR has a robust following of passionate, high-net-worth collectors expecting quality, expertly curated pieces. For that our buyers invest top dollar, with recent sales including moonwalker Dave Scott’s lunar-surface watch for $1,625,000 and JFK’s 1945 Diary for $718,000.

Consignments welcome!
From gridiron greats and home run heroes, to Olympians and All-Stars, we’re looking for the best of it all—rare cards, game-used uniforms and equipment, original photographs, and championship rings.

RR’s proven our Remarkable Results and sterling customer service in the collectibles industry; now let us prove it to you in the sports field.

Ready to sell Sports Consignments?

Past Top Sales

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

Sold Price: $45,049

View Lot

1966-1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Sold Price: $25,200

View Lot

Babe Ruth signed baseball

Sold Price: $21,013

View Lot

Auction Category: Auction Related

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Ready to sell Literature Artifacts?

SELL QUEEN MEMORABILIA, AUTOGRAPHS, ALBUMS

Achieve Remarkable Results at auction like these:

Autographed debut album by Queen

Queen autographed “Night At the Opera” press kit photo

Original first printing 1974 “Queen II” autographed poster

Get ‘Killer Queen’ results when you sell Queen memorabilia at RR

Submit Your Items For a Free Evaluation

Ready to sell Queen memorabilia?

Consign your cards in our upcoming Sports auction

Past highlights include:

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

1966–1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Babe Ruth signed baseball

Single cards to Sets. Pre-war to Post-war. We are interested in it all!

All sports consignments are welcome!

SELL FINE, LUXURY, VINTAGE WATCHES

Achieve Remarkable Results like these at an auction

Astronaut Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 lunar-surface worn Chronograph

Al Capone’s diamond and platinum pocket watch

John F. Kennedy’s Bulova watch

Clyde “Bonnie & Clyde” Barrow’s pocket watch

Sell fine, luxury, vintage watches with us

Submit Your Items For a Free Evaluation

Ready to sell Fine Luxury Vintage Watches?

Join us for RR Auction's Remarkable Rarities - LIVE!

Submit Your Items For a Free Evaluation

Other Significant Offerings Include:

Near-complete set of autographs of Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Princess Diana frabric archive planning a 1986 "Gulf Tour".

Glamorous oversized Marilyn Monroe portrait

Ready to consign with RR?

Consign your best with us:

Seeking 7 High-Grade cards

Do you have one of these cards?

Submit Your Items For a Free Evaluation

Ready to sell Sports Memorabilia?

Consignments are still being accepted for our March 2021 Sports Auction!

Past highlights include

1933 Goudey #106 Napoleon LajoiePSA NM-MT 8

1916 Herpolsheimer Co. #151 Babe Ruth PSA GOOD 2

1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle Rookie Card - PSA EX-MT 6

PSA Graded cards and high end signed material wanted

Top 7 Reasons to Consign with RR

What do you get as an RR Consignor?

Submit Your Items For a Free Evaluation

Ready to sell Sports cards?

Past Top Sales

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

1966-1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Babe Ruth signed baseball

Seeking 7 High-Grade Cards

Do you have one of these cards?

Submit Your Items For a Free Evaluation

Ready to sell Sports Memorabilia?

Past Top Sales

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

1966-1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Babe Ruth signed baseball

Looking for a fresh venue for your sports consignments?

RR Auction is the place to do it. Here's why:

Submit Your Items For a Free Evaluation

Why RR: Top 7 Reasons to Consign

What do you get as an RR Consignor?

Why should you become an RR Consignor?

Ready to sell Sports Consignments?

Past Top Sales

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Championship Ring

1966-1968 Brian Piccolo Game-Worn Chicago Bears Road Jersey MEARS A8

Babe Ruth signed baseball

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