Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy

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RR Auction's November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts over 750 rare and remarkable lots, including a stunning assortment of classical music autographs, special sections honoring President John F. Kennedy and King Tut discoverer Howard Carter, and a wealth of important letters from famous figures. Among the highlights are a significant handwritten musical manuscript by Ludwig van Beethoven, an original sketch by Amedeo Modigliani, a signed example of the famous 'Dewey Defeats Truman' newspaper, and letters by Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Margaret Mitchell, Alexander Graham Bell, Bruce Lee, and Napoleon Bonaparte. 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 November 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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Stephen King Signature462 - Stephen King Signature
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Ink signature and inscription, “For Thom—with best wishes—Stephen Kin
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Harper Lee Signed Photograph463 - Harper Lee Signed Photograph
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Scarce satin-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of the reclusive author of To Kill a Mockingbird, signed in black felt tip, "Harper Lee." In ver...
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Lexicographers and Journalists (5) Signed Items464 - Lexicographers and Journalists (5) Signed Items
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Group lot of five items signed by a notable journalist or lexicographer, including: an ALS in French from Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hil
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autograph Quotation Signed465 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autograph Quotation Signed
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AQS on an off-white 6 x 3.25 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, "Henry W. Longfellow, April 1855." Longfellow pens the first stanza f...
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Thomas Mann Signature466 - Thomas Mann Signature
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Vintage blue ink signature, "Thomas Mann, 10 Juni 47,” on an off-white 7 x 10.5 card bearing an affixed glossy portrait of
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David McCullough Signed Book467 - David McCullough Signed Book
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Signed book: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1
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Jules Michelet Autograph Letter Signed468 - Jules Michelet Autograph Letter Signed
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French historian (1798-1874). ALS in French, signed “J. Michelet,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date.
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Arthur Miller Signed Photograph and Signature469 - Arthur Miller Signed Photograph and Signature
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Two items: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of Arthur Miller smoking a pipe, taken by his wife Inge Morath (and bearing her Magnum Photos credit stamp on the rev
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Eugene O'Neill Signed Book470 - Eugene O'Neill Signed Book
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Signed book: Days Without End. First edition, limited issue, numbered 123/325. NY: Random House, 1934. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 157 pages. Sig
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Philip Roth Signed Book471 - Philip Roth Signed Book
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Signed book: The Anatomy Lesson. First edition, limited issue, numbered 67/300. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8
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Scottish Authors (5) Autographs472 - Scottish Authors (5) Autographs
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Five handwritten pieces by 19th-century Scottish writers, including: poet Thomas Campbell (ALS); judge and literary critic Lord Francis Jeffrey (ALS);
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book473 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book
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Signed book: Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 7, 69...
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book474 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book
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Signed book: The Sign on Rosie's Door. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 9. Signed on the title page in...
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Maurice Sendak and Isaac Bashevis Singer Signed Book475 - Maurice Sendak and Isaac Bashevis Singer Signed Book
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Rare signed book: Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories. First edition, limited issue, numbered 250/500. NY: Harper & Row, 1966. Hardcover with slip...
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Dr. Seuss Signed Book476 - Dr. Seuss Signed Book
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Signed book: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. First edition, later printing. NY: The Vanguard Press, 1938. Hardcover, 9 x 12. Signed opposite the
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Dr. Seuss Signed Photograph477 - Dr. Seuss Signed Photograph
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Glossy 3.5 x 5 photo of children's author and cartoonist Theodor Geisel in a close-up pose, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "...
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Samuel Francis Smith Autograph Quotation Signed478 - Samuel Francis Smith Autograph Quotation Signed
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Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America
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Alfred Lord Tennyson Autograph Letter Signed479 - Alfred Lord Tennyson Autograph Letter Signed
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “Lord Tennyson,” one page, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Far
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James Thurber Typed Letter Signed480 - James Thurber Typed Letter Signed
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American humorist and author (1894-1961) best known for such stories as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and for his distinctive, wittily captioned car
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Alexandra Tolstoy Signed Book481 - Alexandra Tolstoy Signed Book
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Youngest daughter (1884–1979) and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Signed book: The Tragedy of Tolstoy
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