Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's December Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts more than 900 lots, highlighted by a multitude of important historical letters and a robust selection of material from popular culture. Highlights of the sale include a signed Abraham Lincoln carte-de-visite, checks from George Washington and Donald Trump, a Charles Dickens autograph quote from A Christmas Carol, rare artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor, unique mixed-media artwork by Bob Dylan, a Christmas card from Al Capone, and rare oversized 'outtake' prints from the Beatles' famous Abbey Road shoot. 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 December 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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James Boswell483 - James Boswell
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Desirable book: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by James Boswell, in two volumes. First edition, second state (with "give" corrected on...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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John Burroughs484 - John Burroughs
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Famed American naturalist (1837–1921) best known for his writings on nature and travel. Handwritten manuscript in pencil, unsigned, three pages, 5.5 x
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Albert Camus485 - Albert Camus
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French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960) who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957; his best known works include The Stranger and Th
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie486 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, February 19, 1966. Letter to Miss Evelyn B. Bryne, in part: "I...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens487 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Wonderful AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 stationery sheet from The Grand Hotel in Broadstairs, signed and dated at the conclusion: "Truly yours, M...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens488 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Ink signature, "Mark Twain," on an off-white 2.25 x 1.25 slip. Matted with a portrait of Clemens to an overall size of 11 x 14. Moderate t...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens, Winston Churchill, and More489 - Samuel L. Clemens, Winston Churchill, and More
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Notable pairing of late Victorian grand tour albums from the personal collection of socialite Madeleine Smith Austin Lee, the wife of British diplomat
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot490 - 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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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens491 - Charles Dickens
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Immensely desirable AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 stationery sheet, which reads, in full: "'And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us every ...
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming492 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian Fleming,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 29, 1953. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry of the B
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway493 - Ernest Hemingway
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ALS signed “Love, Papa,” one page, 8 x 10.5, June 27, 1959. Letter to his close friend A. E. Hotchner, an integral member of Hemingway’s entourage dur
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway494 - Ernest Hemingway
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Extensively hand-corrected TLS signed twice as “Ernesto,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba letterhead, December 4, 1950.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Langston Hughes495 - 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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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo496 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, signed “Victor H.,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, April 23, [no year]. Letter to his close friend, the French poet Alfred de Vigny, in full (t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo497 - Victor Hugo
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AQS in French on an off-white 6.75 x 2.25 sheet, in full: "Qui donne aux pauvres prête à dieu, Victor Hugo." The quote translate...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry James498 - Henry James
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Significant collection of seven ALSs and one TLS from Henry James, signed “H. J.,” “H. James,” or “Henry James,” 27 total pages, dated between 1895 an
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Johnson499 - Samuel Johnson
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Rare book: A Dictionary of The English Language (two volumes in four bindings). First unabridged American edition. Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1818. H
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Benson Lossing500 - Benson Lossing
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Prolific and popular American historian (1813–1891) known for his illustrated books on the Revolution and Civil War, as well as features in Harper&#...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jack London501 - 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 : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell502 - Margaret Mitchell
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Three TLSs from Mitchell, totaling four pages, personal letterhead, dated 1937 and 1948, all to friend and fellow writer Sadie Temple. The first, sig
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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