RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

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With over 850 lots, RR Auction’s March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale offers a wide variety of material for history buffs, music lovers, sports fans, movie mavens, and more! Our highlighted military section ranges from European conflicts of the 17th century through World War II, and features everything from autographs to weapons and uniforms. Art and literature also take a leading role, with autograph letters from the likes of Monet, Matisse, Lautrec, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Marvels of classical music include a Haydn contract, Liszt letter, and Verdi note, while Gershwin, Guthrie, and Lennon round out our modern selection. 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 March 2018.
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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Chuck Jones567 - Chuck Jones
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel showing Bugs Bunny lounging with carrots on a tropical beach, numbered 112/500, 12 x 9.5, signed in the low
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz568 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Charlie Brown's Second Super Book of Questions and Answers. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1977. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11, 145 pages....
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Chris Van Allsburg and Matt Groening569 - Chris Van Allsburg and Matt Groening
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Fantastic off-white 8.5 x 7.25 guest book page, dated between 1988 and 1990, signed on the front and back in various ink types by numerous celebrities
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Myron Waldman570 - Myron Waldman
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Two items signed by noted Fleischer Studios animator Myron Waldman: an unnumbered limited edition hand-painted animation cel showing Raggedy Ann and A
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Myron Waldman571 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted artist's proof animation cel showing a victorious Popeye having his forearm raised by referee Wimpy after a boxing ...
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George Wildman572 - George Wildman
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Fantastic set of five original sketches by George Wildman of the five main characters of the Popeye comic strip, each accomplished in ink on white 3 x
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Guillaume Apollinaire573 - Guillaume Apollinaire
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Influential French poet and playwright (1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Baudelaire574 - Charles Baudelaire
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Influential nineteenth-century French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 coll
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andre Breton575 - Andre Breton
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French writer and poet (1896–1966) best known as the founder of Surrealism. ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.5, May 9, 1933. Letter to his dear friend,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Robert Burns576 - Robert Burns
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Eminent Scottish poet and songwriter (1759–1796) who was a seminal figure of the Romantic movement and whose verses and songs (including 'Auld L...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler577 - Raymond Chandler
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TLS signed "Ray," one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 25, 1953. Letter to "Swanie," his agent H. N. Swanson, concernin...
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Samuel L. Clemens578 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 10.25 x 7 card bearing an affixed portrait of the author. In full: "To Lady Campbell Clarke, greeting & salut...
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Samuel L. Clemens579 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Mark,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, April 9, 1874. Letter to Jerome B. Stillson, managing editor of the New York World. In full: "...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Hart Crane580 - Hart Crane
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ALS signed “Hart,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Cunard Line letterhead, December 9, 1928. Letter to his good friend Samuel Loveman of N
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Philippe Néricault Destouches581 - Philippe Néricault Destouches
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French dramatist (1680–1754) who authored 22 plays during his career, including several comedies. ALS in French, signed “Destouches,” four pages on tw
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens582 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Gad's Hill Place letterhead, July 1, 1867. Letter to C. A. Wheeler, in part: "I beg you to accept my apologies for ...
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Charles Dickens584 - Charles Dickens
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Ink signature, "Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 2 x .5 slip affixed to a slightly larger mount. In very good condition, with moderate overall...
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Charles Dickens585 - Charles Dickens
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Desirable bank check, 7.5 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Dickens, "Charles Dickens," payable to self for £5, May 31, 1869. In very ...
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Arthur Conan Doyle586 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, Undershaw letterhead, no date but circa 1906–1907. Boldly penned letter to fellow writer Frankfort Moore, in part: "Co...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson587 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page both sides, 3.5 x 5.25, April 23. Letter to Mrs. Arnold, in part: "In reply to your kind note, will you le...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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William Faulkner588 - William Faulkner
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Rare ALS signed “Wm. Faulkner,” one page, 8.5 x 11, March 16, 1937. Letter to William Stevens at Swarthmore College, in full: "Thank you for yo...
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Ian Fleming589 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, September 11, 1962. Letter to Albert D. Cohen, in full: “Thank you very much inde
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming590 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, November 16, 1951. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Te
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway591 - Ernest Hemingway
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ALS signed “Ernie,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.25, December 22, [1938]. Letter to his mother, written from Key West, in full: "Much love an...
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Julia Ward Howe592 - Julia Ward Howe
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AQS on an off-white 6.25 x 7.25 sheet, signed and dated at the conclusion, "Julia Ward Howe, Oct. 27th 1885." Howe pens a poetic stanza, i...
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Henrik Ibsen593 - Henrik Ibsen
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Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of...
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Aleksandr Kuprin594 - Aleksandr Kuprin
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Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870–1938) best known for his story The Duel. Untranslated ALS in Cyrillic, signed "A. Kuprin," ...
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Jack London595 - Jack London
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Handwritten letter, unsigned, three pages, 8.5 x 11, August 17, 1903. Letter to "Dearest Love," his wife Charmian, in part: "I missed...
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Guy de Maupassant597 - Guy de Maupassant
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French naturalist writer (1850–1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. ALS in French, signed “Maupassant,” one page, 5.25 x 8, M
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Prosper Merimee598 - Prosper Merimee
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French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer (1803–1870); one of his stories was the basis of the opera Carmen. Original ink ske
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Octave Mirbeau599 - Octave Mirbeau
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French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the publ
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Vladimir Nabokov600 - Vladimir Nabokov
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Rare DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August 4, 1969. Document extending a deadline for an option agreement between Nabokov and McGraw Hill International &q...
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Pablo Neruda601 - Pablo Neruda
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Chilean poet and politician (1904–1973) who was awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature. Uncommon ALS in Spanish, signed “Pablo,” one page, 5.25 x
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Marcel Proust602 - Marcel Proust
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French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world litera
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Rainer Maria Rilke603 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. ALS in French, on
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Romain Rolland604 - Romain Rolland
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ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.5, December 10, 1904. Letter to a gentleman whom he thanks for his kind words. Rolland ap
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Bertrand Russell605 - Bertrand Russell
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ALS, 4.5 x 7, July 30, 1929. In full: "I have just returned from abroad & find your letter of July 3 with the Pall Mall Magazine. I am glad...
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Maurice Sendak606 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed on the title page in blue ballp...
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Jean-Paul Sartre607 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Two important fragments from Sartre's handwritten draft for his autobiographical work Les Motes, totaling 27 pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Both r...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw608 - George Bernard Shaw
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Handwritten manuscript in pencil entitled “Draft Manifesto,” fourteen pages, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1914–1915, signed on the reverse of the last
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Samuel Francis Smith609 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Sought-after AQS on an off-white 6 x 4.25 sheet, signed and inscribed in ink, "For Mr. L. C. Mitchell, S. F. Smith, 1832–1888." Smith pens...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Madame de Stael610 - Madame de Stael
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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein (1766–1817), known as Madame de Stael, was a Swiss author who played an integral part in directing the literary
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gertrude Stein611 - Gertrude Stein
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ALS signed “Gertrude,” four pages on two sheets, 8 x 10.5, April 30. Letter to Maurice, in part: "I am awfully sad that I had to return the pro...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe612 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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ALS signed “H. B. Stowe,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 2, 1869. Letter of thanks for gifts, in part: "China is one of my w...
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Rabindranath Tagore613 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Signed book
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Leo Tolstoy614 - Leo Tolstoy
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Russian novelist and moral philosopher (1828–1910) best known for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Extremely desirable matte-finish 3.
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Leo Tolstoy615 - Leo Tolstoy
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Extremely rare ALS in Russian, signed “L. Tolstoy,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, August 2, 1903. Letter to Pyotr Petrovich Nikolaev, in
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Dylan Thomas616 - Dylan Thomas
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Splendid ALS, three pages, 5.25 x 7, January 6, 1953. Written from the "Boat House" in Laugharne, a letter to British author and editor Er...
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Emile Verhaeren617 - Emile Verhaeren
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Belgian poet considered one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism (1855–1916). ALS in French, one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, postmarked
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Voltaire618 - Voltaire
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LS in French, signed “Volt,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, July 2, 1755. Letter written from his home Les Delices in Geneva, Switzerland, in part (translated)
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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