RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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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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Stan Lee670 - Stan Lee
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Three color glossy 20 x 16 photos from the Marvel universe, two from Spider-Man 3—one depicting Venom and the other showing Spidey staring at his blac
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Northwest Hounded Police671 - Northwest Hounded Police
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(MGM, 1946) Pair of production drawings of Wolfie breaking out of prison from the cartoon Northwest Hounded Police, showing the classic Tex Avery char
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virgil Ross672 - Virgil Ross
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Original signed colored pencil sketch of Road Runner in six different poses on a white 16.5 x 13.5 sheet of animation paper, signed in the lower right
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Virgil Ross673 - Virgil Ross
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Original production drawing showing Bugs Bunny as a doctor, painting a green stripe on the stretched-out tongue of the Tazmanian Devil. Accomplished i
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Charles Schulz674 - Charles Schulz
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Original felt tip sketch of Snoopy standing in some grass on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, with Snoopy thinking, ”I hope you’ll be very happy, Melinda
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz and Mike Peters675 - Charles Schulz and Mike Peters
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Original felt tip Snoopy and Grimm sketches by Charles Schulz and Mike Peters on an off-white 7.5 x 4.25 First Day Cover with a cachet honoring Christ
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Uncle Tom's Cabana676 - Uncle Tom's Cabana
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(MGM, 1947) Pair of production drawings of Little Eva from the cartoon Uncle Tom's Cabana, showing her in full-length poses. Accomplished in gra...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Bill Wenzel677 - Bill Wenzel
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Salacious set of nineteen Bill Wenzel sketches depicting various promiscuous scenes made famous in Playboy magazine, each approximately 8.5 x 11, all
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Authors680 - Authors
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Collection of one hundred primarily nonfiction books, mostly hardcover, each signed inside by the author, including: Tony Blair, Tom Brokaw, Tommy Fra
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Authors681 - Authors
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Four items: a second printing of A Witness Tree, hardcover, signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “Robert Frost, Washington, DC, 1942”; a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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L. Frank Baum682 - L. Frank Baum
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Sought-after fountain pen signature, “Sincerely yours, L. Frank Baum” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip. Matted and framed with an image of Baum. In very
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Truman Capote683 - Truman Capote
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ALS signed “Truman C.,” one page on a 4 x 5.75 postcard depicting a tranquil moment on the Greek isle of Paros, no date. Letter to Boris Groudinko, in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie684 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, May 8, 1966. Letter to Evelyn Byrne, in full: “Thank you so much for your charming letter. Best wishes to
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Samuel L. Clemens685 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Ink signature, “yrs truly, Saml. L. Clemens,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip clipped from a penny postcard. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau686 - Jean Cocteau
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ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, Santo-Sospir letterhead, May 14, 1959. Letter to Monsieur Carrand. In full (translated): "It is because I have ...
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Stephen Crane687 - Stephen Crane
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American author and journalist (1871–1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. ALS, one page, 5.25 x
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Conrad688 - Joseph Conrad
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TLS signed “Ever yours, Joseph Conrad,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, Oswalds, Bishopsbourne letterhead, April 7, 1923. Letter to his friend and biograp
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Charles Dickens689 - Charles Dickens
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Ink signature, “Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dickens, London, England,” on an off-white 9.25 x 1.5 slip clipped from a housing register, dated January 22,...
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Charles Dickens690 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4 x 6, Gad’s Hill Place letterhead, March 13, 1866. Letter to R. A. Lithgow. In full: “I have been about, or your letter should have be
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere691 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Alec. Dumas,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Dumas adds an initialed postscript to the upper right. In very good
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot692 - T. S. Eliot
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Christmas card featuring a Mabel Alleyne wood engraving of a hillside hovel, measuring 7 x 4.5 open, signed inside below a printed holiday greeting, “
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Ralph Waldo Emerson693 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, January 7, 1868. Letter to Professor Johnson T. Platt, in full: “I believe I made some promise
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Allen Ginsberg694 - Allen Ginsberg
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Wonderful 6 x 4.25 postcard photo taken by William S. Burroughs of Ginsberg posing on a New York City rooftop, signed in the lower border in black ink
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Nathaniel Hawthorne695 - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Collection of three items in Hawthorne’s hand, including: an ink signature, “Nath’l Hawthorne,” on an off-white slip clipped from a check; a handwritt
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Ernest Hemingway696 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: For Whom the Bell Tolls. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 471 pages. Signed and inscribed o...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse697 - Hermann Hesse
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TLS signed “H. Hesse,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.75, no date but circa 1930. Untranslated letter to his publisher Samuel Fischer f
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr698 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, August 20, 1890. Letter to Charles Tuckerman. In part: “I know too well that the per
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Langston Hughes699 - Langston Hughes
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Signed book: Fine Clothes to the Jew. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 89 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the
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Victor Hugo700 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, November 30, 1868. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): "I have received your eloquent letter and I hop...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo701 - Victor Hugo
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ANS in French, one page, 2.25 x 2, no date. Interesting note, in full: “Est prie, de donner une livre aux pauvres [It is requested to give a book to t
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling702 - Rudyard Kipling
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6, March 7, 1902. Written from his Woolsack Rosebank summer home, a letter to Mr. Harris, in part: “I
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Lin Yutang703 - Lin Yutang
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Writer (1895–1976) whose compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. AQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3
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Jack London704 - Jack London
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Signed book: The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems by George Sterling. First edition. San Francisco: W. E. Wood, 1903. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 142
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow705 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, November 5, 1878. In full: “It would give me pleasure to comply with your request, if
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Yukio Mishima706 - Yukio Mishima
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ALS in English, one page, 11.25 x 7, personal folding airmail letterhead, June 18, 1959. Letter to John Goodwin in New York, in full (spelling and gra
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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James Michener707 - James Michener
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Signed book: Tales of the South Pacific. First Macmillan Hudson River Edition. NY: Macmillan, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 326 pages
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell708 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, January 4, 1936. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw, in part: “I hope you will forgive my seeming rudeness an
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell709 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Peggy Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, October 9, 1904. Letter to Carolyn, in part: “Today I am ordering the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell710 - Margaret Mitchell
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Uncommon signed booklet: Margaret Mitchell and Her Novel. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Paperback, 5 x 7.25, 22 pages. Signed on the front cover in
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Moore711 - Thomas Moore
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Famed Irish poet and songwriter (1779–1852) best known for such verses as ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ and ‘Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charm
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pablo Neruda712 - Pablo Neruda
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Untranslated ALS in Spanish, signed twice in print and cursive, “Pablo Neruda,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dorothy Parker and David O. Selznick713 - Dorothy Parker and David O. Selznick
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DS, signed “Dorothy Parker,” “D. Selznick,” and “Alan Campbell,” six pages, 8.5 x 11, September 21, 1936. Agreement under which Selznick International
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Rainer Maria Rilke714 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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ALS in German, signed “R. M. Rilke,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.25, March 16, 1922. Letter to Mr. Jaffe, written from his home at Chateau de Muzot,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Marquis de Sade715 - Marquis de Sade
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ALS in French, signed “Sade,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, no date. Letter to his son Armand. In part (translated): “You will admit, my dear Armand, that yo
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Romain Rolland716 - Romain Rolland
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ALS in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, February 4, 1929. Letter to Maurice Delamain of the Stock publishing house, in part
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak717 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the half-title ...
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Maurice Sendak718 - Maurice Sendak
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Wonderful original ballpoint sketch of a young boy marching ahead of Sendak’s beloved dog Jennie, on an off-white 5.25 x 4.5 album page, signed and in
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George Bernard Shaw719 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. B. S.,” one page on the reverse of a 4 x 5.75 personal postcard, May 28, 1946. Letter to J. Tierney, in full: “My statement is correct.
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Samuel Francis Smith720 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Remarkable 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Smith in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed in the lower border in black ink, “S. F. Smith, born in Boston, Oct.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck721 - John Steinbeck
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ALS signed “John,” one page, 6.25 x 7, no date. Letter to editor Pascal Covici, in part: “I’m called out to a dinner I cannot avoid. I’ll be back as s
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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