RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Edwin Markham624 - Edwin Markham
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Ten volume set of The Book of Poetry, all measuring 4.5 x 7, signed and inscribed on the second free end page of Volume I, “Sept 28, 1931, O Finley Ke
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W. Somerset Maugham625 - W. Somerset Maugham
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Signed book: The Razor’s Edge. Later printing. NY: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1944. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 250 pages. Signed and inscribed on the fi
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Peter Max626 - Peter Max
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Signed book: The Art of Peter Max. First edition, first printing. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Hardcover with dustjacket, 10.5 x 12, 240 pages. Signed a
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Peter Max627 - Peter Max
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Rare limited edition serigraph of Mickey Mouse, 14 x 16, #184/500. Signed in the lower right corner in black felt tip, “Max.” Both bottom corners also
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Carson McCullers628 - Carson McCullers
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American writer (1917–1967). From the age of 29, paralysis of one side confined her to a wheelchair. Her work reflects the sadness of lonely people, a
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Steve McCurry629 - Steve McCurry
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Photojournalist best known for his photograph, ’Afghan Girl’ that originally appeared in National Geographic magazine. Color 20 x 24 print of journali
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Arthur Miller and Neil Simon630 - Arthur Miller and Neil Simon
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Three items: brief ALS signed “Arthur Miller,” one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, apologizing for not having any photos to send to a collector;
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Henry Miller631 - Henry Miller
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Signed book: Mother, China, and the World Beyond. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. Softcover, 5 x 7, 32 pages. Signed on the first free end page in b
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Margaret Mitchell632 - Margaret Mitchell
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Signed book: Vom Winde Verweht [Gone With the Wind]. Hamburg: 1948. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8.5, 888 pages. Signed and inscribed on the firs
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Margaret Mitchell633 - Margaret Mitchell
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Signed book: Gone With the Wind. First Yugoslavian edition. Yugoslavia: 1946. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 1038 pages. Signed and inscribed
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Henry Moore634 - Henry Moore
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Glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Moore in a sweater, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a few light scattered creases.
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Henry Moore635 - Henry Moore
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TLS, one page, 6 x 8, Hoglands letterhead, April 7, 1965. Letter declining an invitation. In part: “Thank you for your invitation to the Fifth Leaders
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Grandma Moses636 - Grandma Moses
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Ballpoint signature, “Grandma Moses,” on the reverse of an off-white 4.5 x 3.25 deckle-edge card bearing a printed letter from collector Thomas Sculli
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Joseph Mugnaini637 - Joseph Mugnaini
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Artist and illustrator (1912–1992) best known for his collaborations with writer Ray Bradbury. Limited edition 28 x 22.5 artist’s proof lithograph ent
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Felix Nadar638 - Felix Nadar
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Pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820–1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. ALS in French, si...
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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul639 - Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
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British writer and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. DS, signed “V. S. Naipaul,” two pages, 8.25 x 11, 1974. A document from St. James Pre
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LeRoy Neiman640 - LeRoy Neiman
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Color 24 x 36 print of Michael Jordan, signed by Neiman at the bottom in blue felt tip. Rolled and in fine condition.
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LeRoy Neiman641 - LeRoy Neiman
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Color 39.5 x 17.75 print entitled Polo Lounge, depicting many different classic celebrities, signed by Neiman in black ink. Rolled and in fine conditi
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LeRoy Neiman642 - LeRoy Neiman
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Color 38 x 22 print of F. X. McRory’s Whiskey Bar, signed in black ink, “LeRoy Neiman ‘08.” Rolled and in fine condition.
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LeRoy Neiman643 - LeRoy Neiman
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Neiman smoking a cigar, signed in black felt tip in the lower border. Three binder dings to the left edge, otherwise fine condi
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Norman Rockwell644 - Norman Rockwell
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Color 28.5 x 8.75 print entitled ‘Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas,’ signed in black ink, “Sincerely, Norman Rockwell.” Matted to an overall size
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John O’Hara645 - John O’Hara
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Writer (1905–1970) whose more notable works include Appointment in Samarra and Butterfield 8. ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, Beverly Hills Hot
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Nam June Paik646 - Nam June Paik
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Korean American artist (1932–2006) who worked in a wide array of media and is considered one of the first ‘video artists.’ Original signed and inscrib
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Christopher Paolini647 - Christopher Paolini
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Two hardcover books, Eragon and Brisingr, each signed on the title page in black ink. In fine condition.
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Norman Vincent and Ruth Stafford Peale648 - Norman Vincent and Ruth Stafford Peale
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Two glossy 5 x 7 photos: one of Norman Vincent Peale signed by him in fountain pen, and one of Ruth Stafford Peale signed and inscribed by her in blue
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Maxfield Parrish649 - Maxfield Parrish
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Original unsigned pencil sketch entitled ‘Child Eating Soup,’ circa 1930, trimmed around the outline to an approximate size of 4.75 x 6. This prelimin
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso650 - Pablo Picasso
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Exceptional and vibrant color original vintage signed and inscribed oil pastel sketch of a clown in a hat on an off-white 8.25 x 11 title page from a
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso651 - Pablo Picasso
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Signed book: Picasso: The Recent Years 1939–1946. Limited edition of 350 copies (This being No. 121). NY: Doubleday, 1947. Hardcover, 8.75 x 11, 211 p
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso652 - Pablo Picasso
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Brief felt tip ALS, in French to noted art collector Ascher, written by Picasso’s wife Jacqueline, dated “Cannes 62 Avril,” and additionally signed by
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Luigi Pirandello653 - Luigi Pirandello
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Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer (1867–1936) awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. ALS in Italian, one page, 5.25 x 7, May
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Pultizer Prize Poets654 - Pultizer Prize Poets
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Collection of 11 items consisting of typed poems, TLSs, and ALSs, each signed by a Pulitzer Prize winner. Signers are: Archibald MacLeish (2), Robert
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Arthur Rackham655 - Arthur Rackham
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Houghton House letterhead, March 3, 1932. A letter to Mr. J. C. C. Taylor. In full: “I ought to have thanked you for your cheq
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Robert Ripley656 - Robert Ripley
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Ripley shaking hands with another gentleman, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Fred Archibald, with all the best
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir657 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Rare photographic reproduction, 6.25 x 10.5, of one of Renoir’s paintings of a nude woman standing outdoors, signed in the lower border in black ink,
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell658 - Norman Rockwell
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Two items: TLS, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, personal letterhead, January 27, 1939. Brief response to an autograph request. In full: “I am enclosing the pic
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Egon Schiele659 - Egon Schiele
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Influential, forward-looking Austrian artist (1890–1918) who takes a place among the leading figures of the Expressionist movement of the early 20th c
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak660 - Maurice Sendak
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Popular author and illustrator (born 1928) of such children’s classics as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. Color 24 x 18 poster for
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Maurice Sendak661 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: How Little Lori Visited Times Square. Later printing. NY: HarperCollins, 1991. Hardcover with dustjacket, 8 x 5.5. Signed on the half-tit
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Maurice Sendak662 - Maurice Sendak
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 9, 2002. Sendak writes to a class at the Hinkley Middle School in Hinkley, California. In full: “Sorry I’m so late answ
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak663 - Maurice Sendak
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ALS, one page, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, January 1990. Letter to an admirer. In full: “It’s impossible to choose one writer. I must have at least tw
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Maurice Sendak664 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. Later printing. NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 7.25
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Maurice Sendak665 - Maurice Sendak
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ALS, one page, 3.25 x 5.5, January 14, 1974. A postcard to Roger Verhulst of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company regarding a newly released book. In pa
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Maurice Sendak666 - Maurice Sendak
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Color 10.25 x 13.5 lithograph entitled ‘Go Tell Aunt Rhody,’ signed in the lower border in black ink. Framed to an overall size of 11 x 14.5. In fine
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Dr. Seuss667 - Dr. Seuss
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Original signed and inscribed ink and crayon sketch of the Cat in the Hat on an off-white First Day Cover, signed and inscribed, “Hi! Wendy…Best wishe
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George Bernard Shaw668 - George Bernard Shaw
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ANS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Emerson Quarterly letterhead, March 1, 1929. Note written at the bottom of an earlier TLS to Shaw fr
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan669 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Irish-born playwright and poet (1751–1816) who was the long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal. Ink signature, “RB Sheridan,” on an off-white 2.25
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Georges Simenon670 - Georges Simenon
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, from ‘Talatala,’ beginning “At the time he hadn’t noticed her husband, who was probably down in the purser’s
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Samuel Francis Smith671 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (’My Country ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stud
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck672 - John Steinbeck
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ALS, three pages, lightly-lined, 8 x 12.25, August 1, 1960. Letter to Mr. Smith. In part: “I returned last night to find your letter. On Friday Ralph
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Bram Stoker and Henry Irving673 - Bram Stoker and Henry Irving
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Stoker was an Irish author (1847–1912) best known for his horror classic Dracula. Irving (1838–1905) was a prominent British stage actor who was the
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