RR Auction: The Significant Letter Collection of Victor Niederhoffer

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Victor Niederhoffer is more than a hedge fund manager, champion squash player, bestselling author and statistician. He is also a world-class collector. This month, RR is pleased to present more than 100 rare and significant letters from his vast collection. Victor only selects content-rich and historically vivid correspondences, and these offerings are the best examples of the diverse writers featured, from the arenas of politics, science, sports, literature and more. From Werner Heisenberg to Thomas Jefferson to Charles Darwin, each intimate letter sheds a rare light on their personal day-to-day lives. 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 June 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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Edmund Kirby Smith8107 - Edmund Kirby Smith
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Civil War-dated ALS signed “E. Kirby Smith,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9.25, May 21, 1864. Written from Shreveport, a letter to Misso
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gustavus W. Smith8108 - Gustavus W. Smith
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Civil War-dated LS and set of four telegrams, each signed “G. W. Smith,” four pages on two sheets, 7.25 x 10.75. The letter is dated November 9, 1862,
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George A. Custer8109 - George A. Custer
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Civil War-dated ALS signed “Armstrong,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, no date but circa summer 1863. Written from “Headquarters, 2nd Bri
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson8110 - Horatio Nelson
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ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9.5, no date. Letter to Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge, written from his ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Charles 'Chinese' Gordon8111 - Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
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Magnificent ALS signed “C. G. Gordon,” ten pages, 4.5 x 7, January 12, 1882. Written from the island nation of Mauritius, a letter to Harry Parkes, in
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Orville Wright8112 - Orville Wright
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TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, December 11, 1943. Letter to Lester D. Gardner of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in New York, setting the record
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart8113 - Amelia Earhart
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 18, 1934. Letter to Miss Mary W. Hillyer of the Shirt & Collar Workers Union in New York...
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Gustave Eiffel8114 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, July 31, 1885. Letter to Admiral Ernest Mouch
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Diego Rivera8115 - Diego Rivera
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Lengthy manuscript in pencil, 15 total pages, 5.5 x 8.5 and 6.5 x 9, January 28, 1949, consisting of an interview with Diego Rivera, who signs at the
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Shalom Aleichem8116 - Shalom Aleichem
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ALS in Cyrillic, signed "S. Rabinovich," one page, 5 x 8.25, stamped personal letterhead, December 14, 1902. In full (translated): "A...
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John Burroughs8117 - John Burroughs
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Handwritten manuscript in pencil, unsigned, three pages, 5.5 x 9, no date. Burroughs writes some philosophical musings on the nature of man, in full:
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson8118 - Charles L. Dodgson
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ALS signed "C. L. Dodgson," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, January 12, 1885. Letter to the editor of Vanity Fair, Thomas Gi...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald8119 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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TLS signed “Scott Fitz,” one page, 8.5 x 11, August 16, 1940. Letter to his secretary, Mrs. Isabel W. Owens, in full: "Thanks ever so much for ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot8120 - T. S. Eliot
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TLS signed “T. S. E.,” one page, 8 x 10, Faber & Faber letterhead, June 12, 1943. Letter to renowned composer Michael Tippett, in full: "As...
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Robert Frost8121 - Robert Frost
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Scarce bi-fold pamphlet entitled "Several Short Poems," four pages, 5.75 x 9, signed on the front in black ink pen by Robert Frost. Printe...
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Langston Hughes8122 - Langston Hughes
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Scarce booklet for the Langston Hughes poem "Freedom's Plow," published by Musette Publishers of New York in 1943, fourteen pages, 5.2...
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Ernest Hemingway8123 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. First edition, first printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5, 355 pages. Signed on th...
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Ernest Hemingway8124 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS signed “Papa,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia, San Francisco De Paula, Cuba letterhead, August 8, 1948. Letter to screenwriter Peter Viertel, in
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Jack London8125 - Jack London
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Unique pairing of items signed by Jack London, comprising a TLS and an inscribed galley proof for one of his short stories: TLS signed "Jack,&...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Aldous Huxley8126 - Aldous Huxley
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TLS signed “Aldous,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, October 13, 1945. Written from Los Angeles, a letter to famed screenwriter Anita Loos, in part: ...
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Benson Lossing8127 - Benson Lossing
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AMS titled and signed at the top, "Our National Centennials, No. 3, By Benson J. Lossing, The 17th of June, 1775," 12 onionskin pages, 5 x...
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Ayn Rand8128 - Ayn Rand
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DS, six pages, 8.5 x 11, May 30, 1980. Contract between Henry Jaffe Enterprises, Inc., and Rand in regard to the latter’s “book entitled ‘Atlas Shrugg
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand8129 - Ayn Rand
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TLS signed “Ayn,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, October 14, 1937. Letter to Marcella Bannett Rabwin of Selznick International Pictures, in full: "I w...
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Franz Liszt8130 - Franz Liszt
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ALS in French, signed “F. L.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.5, April 26, [1866]. Letter to an unnamed recipient expressing his admiratio
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini8131 - Giacomo Puccini
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Extraordinary triple AMQS on a light blue 6.25 x 9.75 sheet of his personal letterhead, inscribed at the top in fountain pen to "Jandor Klein,&...
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini8132 - Harry Houdini
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead with engraved portrait, June 4, 1912. Letter to Boston area magician Edwin Fay Rice, in full: "You...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini8133 - Harry Houdini
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TLS signed “Houdini,” one page, 5.5 x 6.5, January 6, 1918. Letter to Alfred Becks, in full: "Sorry I have not been able to see you, thought yo...
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Harry Houdini8134 - Harry Houdini
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Interesting and bold AQS on a beige 5 x 4.25 album page, in full: "Jan 28/1925, 3.33 PM, Hippodrome, N.Y., Secure Knots, Secures Not Houdini, T...
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John Wayne8135 - John Wayne
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TLS signed “Duke,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, April 29, 1954. Letter to C. J. Tevlin of RKO Studios, in full: "Enclosed you w...
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Ty Cobb8136 - Ty Cobb
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ALS signed “Ty,” three pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 25, 1946. Letter to his ghost writer, Stoner McLinn, regarding a possible book o
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Ty Cobb8137 - Ty Cobb
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ALS signed “Ty,” five pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 28, 1952. Letter to his ghostwriter, Stoney McLinn, in part: “I know you think
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Jackie Robinson8138 - Jackie Robinson
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Historically interesting archive of six TLSs to Jackie Robinson, two by Dwight D. Eisenhower as president and four by Robert F. Kennedy as attorney ge
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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