RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

ALS, two pages, 5 x 8, November 12, 1942. Letter to Mary A. Phraner, in part: "I am glad that you and your sisters like my books. I have writte...

Signed book: The Illustrated Man. First edition. NY: Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 251 pages. Signed and inscribed on the f

Two ALSs, each signed "W. C. Bryant," one page, dated 1854 and 1870. The first, in part: "It is our intention to leave New York by th...

Uncommon ink signature, "Robert Browning, June 11, '85," on an off-white 3 x 1.5 slip affixed to a larger mount with a matted book pag...

Famed American naturalist (1837-1921) best known for his writings on nature and travel. Desirable matte-finish 6.25 x 8.75 portrait of Burroughs readi

Desirable ballpoint signature, "Agatha Christie,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a color semi-glossy 4 x 6...

British author (1824–1889) regarded as the first British detective story writer. Bold ink signature, "Very truly yours, Wilkie Collins, 20 Febr...

African-American poet (1903–1946) who came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. Signed book: The Black Christ. Later printing. NY: Harper &a...

Jewish Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist, and historian (1891–1967). TLS in French, signed “I. Ehrenburg,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, pe

German philosopher (1846-1926) and the recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature. Untranslated ALS in German, three pages, 6 x 7.5, September 1

Attractive unsigned book: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Seventh large printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Hardcover wit...

Signed book: Collected Poems of Robert Frost. Later printing. NY: Halcyon House, 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.75, 436 pages. Signed on t

AQS on an off-white 4.75 x 2.5 slip applied to an ornately-bordered album page, crisply signed at the conclusion, "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bosto...

Two ALSs, signed "O. W. Holmes" and "Oliver Wendell Holmes," both one page, approximately 4.25 x 7, dated July 23, 1866, and Oct...

Signed book: Under The Dome. First edition. NY: Scribner, 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5. Signed on the title page in blue felt tip by Ki

Jewish-Hungarian author (1905–1983) best known for the anti-Stalinist novel Darkness at Noon. TLS signed “A. Koestler,” one page, 6.25 x 8, personal l

Bank of Hawaii check, 6.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, "Jack London," payable to E. M. Wood for $1.50, February 18, 1916. Enc...

Ink signature, "Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow, 1876,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip. In fine condition, with some light toning. Accompanied by ...

British naval officer and novelist (1792–1848) who, after a life at sea, including commanding the Ariadne, retired and wrote novels based on his exper

Signed book: The Serpent in the Wilderness. Limited edition, numbered 9/400. NY: Sheldon Dick, 1933. Hardcover, 8.25 x 11.5, 91 pages. Signed on the c

Group of three ALSs in French, each signed "W. S. Maugham," totaling four pages on three sheets, no years. The first, to Marcel Thibaut of...

Important French writer (1935-2004) who attained international prominence with the publication of her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at the age of 18

Signed book: The Preacher of Cedar Mountain. Later printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Hardcover, 5 x 7.75, 426 pages. S...

Signed book: The Seven Lady Godivas. First edition of the reissue of the 1939 edition, limited issue, numbered 193/300. NY: Random House, 1987. Hardco

Signed book: A Thurber Garland. First edition. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. Hardcover, 5.75 x 4.5. Signed and inscribed opposite the title page in p

Signed book: The Robber Bridegroom. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.5, 18...

Very desirable collection of two handwritten poems and five ALSs, each signed “John G. Whittier,” 16 total pages, ranging in size from 4.5 x 3.25 to 5

A blue .56-carat round brilliant diamond created by LifeGem using carbon derived from a lock of Ludwig von Beethoven's hair. Beethoven’s carbon ...

Much-lauded Swedish tenor (1911–1960) who was one of the most popular opera stars of his era. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the handsome ten

Crystal-clear vintage pearl-finish 7.25 x 9.5 close-up photo of the legendary soprano, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Best of everythin...

ALS in French, one page, 5 x 5.25, no date. Letter to “Mr. Demats,” in part (translated): “Can you please try and send to me the two scores of ‘l’apre

Russian Romantic composer (1864–1956) who worked during a transitional era in the history of Russian music. Desirable autograph musical manuscript, co

Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the inci

French composer (1823–1892), who is best remembered for the piece, Symphonie espagnole, a popular work in the standard repertoire for violin and orche

Italian-born French composer and instrumentalist (1632–1687) considered a master of the baroque style, who spent most of his life working in the court

Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 8.5 x 5.5 album page, prominently signed below, "Giacomo Puccini, Milano, 10.8.97." Puccini pens a bar ...

Violin-playing child prodigy (1827–1904) who toured Europe extensively to great acclaim in the 1840s. AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 2.5 sheet, signed bel

Magnificent matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard featuring a vignette portrait of the great composer, signed in ink by Puccini, who adds a three-bar musica

Highly important German composer and pianist (1810–1856) whose distinctively lyrical musical language, especially evident in his keyboard works and ar

Italian composer and pianist (1911–1979) known for his film scores, which include several of Federico Fellini's films and the first two movies i...

Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Hand

ALS in German, signed “P. Tchaikovsky,” one page on a 4.75 x 3 postcard, postmarked June 3, 1893. Letter to Danish pianist Frits Hartvigson at the Roy

An off-white 7.75 x 4.75 album-page, one side bearing a bold AMQS by renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini (dated 1905), and the other side bearing a cr

Austro-Hungarian contralto (1803–1877) who sang in the first performances of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Missa Solemnis. AMQS on ...

ALS in Italian, signed "G. Verdi," one page, 4.25 x 6.75, May 5, 1891. Letter to Giuseppe De Amicis. Verdi writes that, as long as the ...

Original program for the 1968 American Folk Blues Festival, 24 pages, 10.75 x 10, signed inside in blue ballpoint and green felt tip by John Lee Hooke

American jazz trumpet player nicknamed 'Little Jazz,' (1911-1989) whose sophisticated style and impact on Dizzy Gillespie elevate him as one...

Signed book: George Gershwin's Song-Book. First edition, limited issue, numbered 78/300. NY: Random House, 1932. Leatherbound hardcover with sli...

Fountain pen signature, "George Gershwin,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 card. In fine condition, with toning to the edges easily matted out.

Archive of five items, comprising an ALS and handwritten set list by Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter, an ALS by his wife Martha, an unsigned p...