Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts a wealth of remarkable historic material from the 18th century to the present day: significant letters by Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Paul Cezanne, and Marilyn Monroe; incredible signed photographs of Ernest Hemingway and the Apollo 11 crew; rare mid-century Academy Awards; and marvelous music autographs including the Beatles, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin. To celebrate the Fourth of July, we also have an offering of autographs from patriot luminaries like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Paine. 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 July 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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Samuel L. Clemens Signature484 - Samuel L. Clemens Signature
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Large ink signature, "Mark Twain," on an off-white 4.25 x 2.5 sheet. Archivally matted and framed with two photos and a caption to an over...
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Philip K. Dick Typed Letter Signed485 - Philip K. Dick Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Love, Phil,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, October 2, 1981. Letter to science fiction author Patricia Warrick, in part: "I just n
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Charles Dickens Signature486 - Charles Dickens Signature
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Ink signature, "Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens, Washington, Eighth February 1868,” on an off-white 4 x 2.25 slip. Archivally matted an...
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Gustave Flaubert Autograph Letter Signed487 - Gustave Flaubert Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “G. F.,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.25, [August 8, 1851]. Handwritten letter to his lover, Louise Colet, in
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Robert Frost Signed Photograph488 - Robert Frost Signed Photograph
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Rare vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 portrait of Robert Frost seated in a rocking chair in front of a bookcase, affixed to the original 10 x 12 mount,
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Zane Grey Autograph Manuscript Signed489 - Zane Grey Autograph Manuscript Signed
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AMS in pencil, signed on the reverse of the first page, "Zane Grey," titled at the head, "Rocky Riffle on the Rogue River," 107 ...
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Ernest Hemingway Signed Photograph490 - Ernest Hemingway Signed Photograph
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Superb vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 9.25 photo of Hemingway posing with a lion he brought down on safari in January of 1934, signed and inscribed in bl
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Franz Kafka Signed Envelope491 - Franz Kafka Signed Envelope
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Much lauded and influential Czech-born writer (1883–1924) whose man-turned-insect story Metamorphosis (1915) and novel The Trial (1925) have
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Margaret Mitchell Typed Letter Signed492 - Margaret Mitchell Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 11, personal letterhead, February 16, 1939. Letter to Harry Haggas in England
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Gertrude Stein Signed Oversized Photograph by Carl Van Vechten493 - Gertrude Stein Signed Oversized Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
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Rare vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 6.25 photo of Stein by writer and artistic photographer Carl Van Vechten, picturing the scribe above a valley floor wi
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John Steinbeck Document Signed494 - John Steinbeck Document Signed
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DS, ten pages, 8.5 x 11, February 1, 1951. Agreement between Steinbeck and Twentieth Century-Fox in which the author agrees to sell the rights of &q...
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William Makepeace Thackeray Signed Photograph495 - William Makepeace Thackeray Signed Photograph
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Well-regarded British novelist (1811-1863) of such satirical classics as Vanity Fair.  Scarce 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by L. Caldesi of L
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Jules Verne Signature496 - Jules Verne Signature
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Sought-after ink signature, "Jules Verne,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1.25 card. Handsomely mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of...
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Evelyn Waugh Signed Photograph497 - Evelyn Waugh Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of a young Evelyn Waugh wearing a bowler hat and holding a cigar, signed in the lower border in fountain pen.
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Walt Whitman Signed 'Leaves of Grass' Title Page498 - Walt Whitman Signed 'Leaves of Grass' Title Page
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Title page from the 1876 'Author's Edition' of Whitman's renowned poetry collection Leaves of Grass, 4.75 x 7.5, published in Camden...
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Isaac Asimov Signed Photograph499 - Isaac Asimov Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 8 publicity photo featuring Isaac Asimov for the 1988 Miramax film Light Years, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by the sci-fi
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Margaret Atwood Signed Photograph500 - Margaret Atwood Signed Photograph
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Canadian poet and novelist (born 1939) best known for The Handmaid's Tale. Attractive 6 x 4.25 postcard photo of Atwood in New York City, taken ...
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Katherine Lee Bates Autograph Letter Signed501 - Katherine Lee Bates Autograph Letter Signed
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Educator and poet (1859-1929) best known for the lyrics to the iconic patriotic song "America the Beautiful."  ALS, two pages on two ...
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Marilyn Beck Signed Photograph502 - Marilyn Beck Signed Photograph
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Widely syndicated Hollywood columnist and author (1928–2014). Glossy 5 x 7 photo of Beck at her desk, signed and inscribed in green felt tip,
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Samuel Beckett Signed Book503 - Samuel Beckett Signed Book
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Signed book: Ill Seen Ill Said. Limited edition, numbered 150/299. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1982. Hardcover quarter bound in gilt-stamped navy
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