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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Paul Valery513 - Paul Valery
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Desirable set of four ALSs in French, three signed “Paul Valery” and one signed “PV,” nine total pages, dated between 1923 and 1943. The first, from M
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Donald Barthelme514 - Donald Barthelme
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Signed book: Come Back, Dr. Caligari. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 183 pages. Signe
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Heinrich Boll515 - Heinrich Boll
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German writer (1917–1985) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. Color 16.5 x 23.25 poster headed "Heinrich Boll wird 65 [Hein...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Bukowski516 - Charles Bukowski
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Glossy 8 x 9.75 photo of Charles Bukowski smoking and holding an Underwood typewriter, signed in black felt tip, "Chas. Bokowski." In fine...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Camilo Jose Cela517 - Camilo Jose Cela
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Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement (1916–2002) who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature. Satin-finish 4.5 x...
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Raymond Chandler518 - Raymond Chandler
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Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, "To John, with my best, Raymond Chandler,” on a pink 5.5 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition.
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Michael Crichton519 - Michael Crichton
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Signed book: Jurassic Park. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 400 pages. Signed and inscribed on the ha
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Melvil Dewey520 - Melvil Dewey
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American librarian and educator (1851–1931) who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. Partly-printed DS, signed “M. Dewey,” one
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Theodore Dreiser521 - Theodore Dreiser
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Signed book: A Gallery of Women, Volumes I and II. First edition, limited issue, numbered 15/560. NY: Horace Liveright, 1929. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.75,
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Alexandre Dumas, fils522 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Untranslated ALS
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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