Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature

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RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a wealth of important literary letters and Revolutionary rarities, highlighted by an autograph letter signed by Edgar Allan Poe, a handwritten poem by Emily Dickinson, an original manuscript by Beatrix Potter, a Charles Dickens draft for 'David Copperfield,' and remarkable letters by John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, and Louisa May Alcott. Other top items include a letter by Benjamin Franklin regarding the mutinous crew of John Paul Jones's flagship, outstanding letters by John Hancock, and autographs of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. The sale is rounded out by a fine selection of important antiquarian books, numerous signed photographs, and other historic memorabilia. 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 October 2022.
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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Franco Harris Signed Oversized Photograph646 - Franco Harris Signed Oversized Photograph
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Huge limited edition glossy 23.5 x 19.5 photo of Franco Harris's famed game-winning touchdown in the last seconds of the 1972 AFC Divisional pla...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mickey Mantle Signed Oversized Photograph647 - Mickey Mantle Signed Oversized Photograph
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Uncommon glossy 13.75 x 9.5 photo of a bare-chested Mickey Mantle seated and smiling as he receives a back rub in the trainer's room, signed in ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mickey Mantle Signed Book648 - Mickey Mantle Signed Book
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Signed book: All My Octobers. First edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 224 pages. Signed on the title page in b
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Eduardo Nunez Signed and Game-Used Baseball Bat649 - Eduardo Nunez Signed and Game-Used Baseball Bat
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Eduardo Nunez's game-used personalized Nokona Customized Model baseball bat, used by Nunez as a member of the New York Yankees during his 2010 r...
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Mel Ott Signature650 - Mel Ott Signature
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Vintage ink signature, "Mel Ott,” on an off-white 2.25 x .5 slip that has been triple-matted with a Perez-Steele card to an overall size ...
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Satchel Paige Signed Photograph651 - Satchel Paige Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Paige pitching for Cleveland, signed and inscribed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, "Best wishes fr...
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Satchel Paige Signed Hall of Fame Card652 - Satchel Paige Signed Hall of Fame Card
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Gold Hall of Fame plaque card for Satchel Paige, signed at the top in black ballpoint. In very fine condition.
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Hanley Ramirez Game-Used Baseball Bat653 - Hanley Ramirez Game-Used Baseball Bat
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Hanley Ramirez's game-used personalized Trinity Pro Model 'Hanley Ramirez' Select Ash 35 baseball bat, used by Ramirez as a member of th...
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Bill Russell Signed Book654 - Bill Russell Signed Book
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Signed book: Russell Rules. First edition. NY: Dutton, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 244 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title pag
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Bill Russell Signed Booklet - From the Personal Collection of Bill Russell655 - Bill Russell Signed Booklet - From the Personal Collection of Bill Russell
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Softcover booklet entitled ‘Bill Russell’s Basketball, Vol. 1,’ 6.25 x 9, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip. Publi
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Mike Schmidt Signed Baseball656 - Mike Schmidt Signed Baseball
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Limited edition official Rawlings National League (Coleman) 'stat ball' baseball, numbered 72/1000, signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet sp...
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Tom Sharkey Autograph Quote Signed657 - Tom Sharkey Autograph Quote Signed
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Boxer known as ‘Sailor Tom,’ (1873–1953) who fought from 1893 to 1904 and is credited with having won 40 fights (with 37 KO
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Sports Legends Multi-Signed Book658 - Sports Legends Multi-Signed Book
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Signed book: The Tumult and the Shouting: My Life in Sport by Grantland Rice. Later printing. NY: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1954. Hardcover with dust
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Pie Traynor Signature659 - Pie Traynor Signature
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Vintage ballpoint signature, "Harold 'Pie' Traynor,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition.
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Ted Williams Signed Baseball660 - Ted Williams Signed Baseball
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Official Rawlings American League (Brown) baseball signed nicely on the sweet spot in ballpoint by Ted Williams. In fine condition.
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George S. Patton Typed Letter Signed661 - George S. Patton Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” two pages, 8.25 x 10.5, Headquarters, Third United States Army, Office of the Commanding General let
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed662 - John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed
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Remarkable ALS in pencil, signed “Love, Father,” two pages, 8 x 12.5, November 10, 1958. John Steinbeck's handwritten draft of a fam
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck Hand-Annotated Dust Jacket Proof663 - John Steinbeck Hand-Annotated Dust Jacket Proof
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Interesting hand-annotated 8.5 x 9.75 color proof of the dust jacket cover and spine for John Steinbeck's collection of World War II articles, O...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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