Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a host of truly remarkable items. Among the important autographs in the sale are a letter by Karl Marx about the French edition of Das Kapital, a letter by Nikola Tesla about the possibility of extraterrestrial life and his detection of "feeble impulses emanating from Mars," a choice fully signed Beatles Fan Club promo card, and significant handwritten letters by Mohandas Gandhi, Paul Gauguin, and Malcolm X. Top artifacts include American diplomat Ellsworth Bunker's Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, a plate from Thomas Jefferson's White House china service, and a brooch gifted by Jacqueline Kennedy to her secretary. 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 March 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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Lucy production cel from a Peanuts cartoon567 - Lucy production cel from a Peanuts cartoon
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(Bill Melendez Productions, circa 1970s) Original production cel of Lucy Van Pelt at bat from a Peanuts cartoon, showing her grimacing as the baseball
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Schroeder and Lucy production cels from a Peanuts cartoon568 - Schroeder and Lucy production cels from a Peanuts cartoon
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(Bill Melendez Productions, circa 1970s) Original production cel of Lucy Van Pelt dusting off Schroeder's beloved piano from a Peanuts cartoon, ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jerry Siegel Signed 'Superman' Comic Book569 - Jerry Siegel Signed 'Superman' Comic Book
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Limited edition signed issue of Superman No. 82, Vol. 2, from October 1993, as part of the 'Reign of the Supermen!' event, numbered 539/2000...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Albert Camus Typed Letter Signed570 - Albert Camus Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Librairie Gallimard letterhead, March 20, 1958. Written from Paris, a letter to novelist Jacques Brenner, in ful
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Eric Carle Signed Book with Sketch571 - Eric Carle Signed Book with Sketch
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Signed book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 25th Anniversary limited edition, numbered 267/500. NY: Philomel Books, 1994. Silver metallic hardcover with
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Anton Chekhov: First Printing of 'The Cherry Orchard'572 - Anton Chekhov: First Printing of 'The Cherry Orchard'
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First in-print appearance of Anton Chekhov's last play: Vishnyovy Sad [The Cherry Orchard] published in Sbornik T-va Znaniye, Vol. II. First edi...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Philip K. Dick Autograph Letter Signed573 - Philip K. Dick Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed Phil, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, March 14, 1981. Handwritten letter to science fiction author Patricia Warrick, marked in the return
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot Typed Letter Signed574 - T. S. Eliot Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8, Faber and Faber Limited letterhead, January 14, 1959. Letter to French writer and lawyer Maurice Garcon, in full: "Your l...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Theodor Fontane Autograph Letter Signed575 - Theodor Fontane Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in German, signed Th: Fontane, one page, 5.5 x 8.75, November 15, 1894. Beautifully penned untranslated handwritten letter by the great German rea
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Robert Frost Signed Photograph576 - Robert Frost Signed Photograph
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Vintage color glossy 4.5 x 6.25 photo of Frost at his farm in Ripton, Vermont, seated on a dry-stacked stone wall with friend Harold J. Baily, a lawye
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne Signed Book577 - A. A. Milne Signed Book
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Rare signed book: Now We Are Six. First edition, first printing. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. Hardcover bound in original red cloth with gilt bo...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed578 - J. D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed J. D. Salinger, one page, 8.5 x 11, June 1, 1970. Letter to Stephen Largarticha, written from his secluded home in Cornish, New Hampshire,
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Turgenev Autograph Letter Signed579 - Ivan Turgenev Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed I. Turgueneff, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, October 6, 1872. Handwritten with reference to the mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardo
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells Signed Photograph580 - H. G. Wells Signed Photograph
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Scarce, crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 5 x 8 portrait of Wells working at his desk, affixed to its original 7.75 x 10 mount, signed in the lower r
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed581 - H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, 47 Chiltern Court, Clarence Gate stationery card, October 28 [1934]. Handwritten letter to noted English writer a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman Autograph Letter Signed582 - Walt Whitman Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7.75, September 22. [no year]. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, written from his home at "431 Stevens Street, Camden, N...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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William Harrison Ainsworth Autograph Letter Signed583 - William Harrison Ainsworth Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed W. Harrison Ainsworth, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, April 5, 1869. Handwritten letter to Julia Goddard, in part: "I thank you very ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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William Cullen Bryant Autograph Letter Signed584 - William Cullen Bryant Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed W. C. Bryant, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, July 27, 1863. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, in part: "I think the posi...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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William Cullen Bryant Autograph Letter Signed585 - William Cullen Bryant Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed W. C. Bryant, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, blindstamped monogram letterhead, July 15, 1871. Handwritten letter to publish
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Richard Cumberland Autograph Letter Signed586 - Richard Cumberland Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed R. Cumberland, one page, 4.5 x 7.5, no date. Handwritten letter, in full: "Have you leisure to spare me an hour of your company over...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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