Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s September Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts an extraordinary selection of over 900 items, with a special focus on Hollywood, classical music, and icons of history. Among the Hollywood rarities represented are horror heroes Edward Van Sloan, Tod Browning, Ed Wood, James Whale, and Rondo Hatton, plus icons like Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, and the Marx Brothers. Perhaps even more remarkable are the exceedingly rare autographs of three great composers—Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Joseph Haydn. The auction is rounded out by unseen photos of Elon Musk, a handwritten letter by 16-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte, and autographs of Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin. 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 September 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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Philip Roth Signed Book503 - Philip Roth Signed Book
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Signed book: The Ghost Writer. First edition, first printing. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 180 pages.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book and Lithograph504 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book and Lithograph
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Signed book: The Nutcracker. First edition, limited issue, numbered 174/250. NY: Crown Publishers, 1984. Hardcover with slipcase, 10 x 10, 102 pages.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book505 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed on the title pa...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak Signed Book506 - Maurice Sendak Signed Book
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Signed book: Outside Over There. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the t...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Dr. Seuss Signed Book507 - Dr. Seuss Signed Book
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Signed book: The Butter Battle Book. First edition, limited issue, numbered 155/500. NY: Random House, 1984. Hardcover with slipcase, 8.25 x 11.25. Si
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dr. Seuss Signed Photograph508 - Dr. Seuss Signed Photograph
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Glossy 3.75 x 5 head-and-shoulders photo of the great children's author and illustrator, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "Wit...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Isaac Bashevis Singer Signed Book509 - Isaac Bashevis Singer Signed Book
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Signed book: Love and Exile. First edition, limited issue, numbered 46/200. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.5, 352
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Thomas P. Whitney Signed Book510 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Thomas P. Whitney Signed Book
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Signed book: The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by Thomas P. Whi
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Bram Stoker Signature511 - Bram Stoker Signature
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Coveted ink signature, "Bram Stoker,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1 sheet clipped from the close of a letter. Double-matted with a glossy photo...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bram Stoker and Henry Irving Letter Signed512 - Bram Stoker and Henry Irving Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Henry Irving,” written in the hand of his secretary, Dracula author Bram Stoker, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Styron Signed Book513 - William Styron Signed Book
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Signed book: Sophie's Choice. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 515 pages. Signed and inscribed on ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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William Makepeace Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed514 - William Makepeace Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “W. M. Thackeray,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. Handwritten letter, in part: "I thank you for your note, and am very g
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Anthony Trollope Signed Check515 - Anthony Trollope Signed Check
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One of the most successful, prolific, and respected English novelists of the Victorian era (1815-1882). Union Bank of London check, 7 x 3.25, filled o
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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John Updike Signed Book516 - John Updike Signed Book
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Signed book: Rabbit is Rich. First edition, limited issue, numbered 60/350. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase, 5.75 x
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Updike Signed Book517 - John Updike Signed Book
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Signed book: Museums and Women. First edition, limited issue, numbered 288/350. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase, 5.
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John Updike Signed Book518 - John Updike Signed Book
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Signed book: Roger's Version. First edition, limited issue, numbered 108/350. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 8.5, 329 p...
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John Updike Signed Book519 - John Updike Signed Book
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Signed book: Roger's Version. First edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1986. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9, 329 pages. Signed on...
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Leon Uris Signed Book520 - Leon Uris Signed Book
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Signed book: Exodus. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 718 pages. Signed on a free end page in blue
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Gore Vidal Signed Book521 - Gore Vidal Signed Book
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Signed book: Creation. First edition, limited issue, numbered 138/500. NY: Random House, 1981. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 510 pages. Signed o
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book522 - Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book
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Signed book: Galapagos. First edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1985. Leatherbound hardcover, 6 x 9, 295 pages. Signed on a free end pag
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Penn Warren Signed Book523 - Robert Penn Warren Signed Book
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Signed book: New and Selected Poems, 1923–1985. First edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1985. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5
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H. G. Wells Signed Book524 - H. G. Wells Signed Book
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Signed book: Babes in the Darkling Wood. Second printing. NY: Alliance, 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 410 pages. Signed and inscribed o
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed525 - H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, July 22, 1932. Handwritten letter, in part: "I'll come to the Master's lodgings with my litt...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Wolfe Signed Check526 - Thomas Wolfe Signed Check
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The Chase National Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Thomas Wolfe, payable to Fater's, Inc. for $1.96, July 19, 1937, with Wolfe ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Wordsworth and Felicia Hemans Signatures527 - William Wordsworth and Felicia Hemans Signatures
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Rare pairing of ink signatures, "Wm. Wordsworth, Rydal Mount" and "William Wordsworth, Esq're, with the affectionate regards of F...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Herman Wouk Signed Book528 - Herman Wouk Signed Book
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Signed book: The Winds of War. Twelfth printing, limited issue of 300 slipcased editions with special signed page bound in. Boston: Little, Brown and
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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William Butler Yeats Signature529 - William Butler Yeats Signature
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Vintage ink signature, "W. B. Yeats,” on an off-white 1.25 x .75 slip, matted and framed with a portrait and poem to an overall size of 1...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ludwig van Beethoven Autograph Letter Signed530 - Ludwig van Beethoven Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in German, signed “Beethoven,” one page, 9.5 x 8.25, circa September 1823. Letter to Franz Christian Kirchhoffer, concerning the
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Estimate : 80,000.00 - 100,000.00
 
 
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Johannes Brahms Signed Photograph531 - Johannes Brahms Signed Photograph
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Famed German composer (1833-1897) whose works in the classical spirit, written in the midst of the Romantic era, take a place among the most enduring
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Johannes Brahms Autograph Letter Signed532 - Johannes Brahms Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in German, signed “J. Brahms,” one page on a 4.75 x 3.25 postcard, March 30, 1875. Untranslated handwritten letter by Brahms, ad
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Frederic Chopin Autograph Musical Quotation Signed533 - Frederic Chopin Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
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AMQS on an off-white 8.25 x 5.5 sheet featuring an ornate purple border, signed and inscribed at the conclusion in ink, "Madame Kiéné,
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Estimate : 100,000.00 - 150,000.00
 
 
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Edvard Grieg Signed Photograph534 - Edvard Grieg Signed Photograph
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Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franz Joseph Haydn Document Signed535 - Franz Joseph Haydn Document Signed
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Excessively rare and extremely desirable manuscript DS in German, signed "Joseph Haydn," one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, July 21, 1801. Unt...
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Estimate : 60,000.00 - 80,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini Autograph Letter Signed536 - Giacomo Puccini Autograph Letter Signed
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Desirable ALS in French, signed “G. Puccini,” one page, 6.25 x 9.75, Torre del Lago letterhead, November 26, 1906. Untranslated hand
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini Signed Postcard537 - Giacomo Puccini Signed Postcard
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Postcard depicting the "Nuvo Arsenal de Guerra" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5.5. x 3.5, signed along the bottom in ink, "Giacomo Pucci...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Clara Schumann Autograph Letter Signed538 - Clara Schumann Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in German, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, June 23, 1878. Handwritten letter to "Mrs. Landau," in part (translated): &q...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Miles Davis Original Artwork539 - Miles Davis Original Artwork
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Two original unsigned pen and ink works of art by Miles Davis on either side of an 11 x 14 heavy stock sheet, most likely removed from a sketch pad. W
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jazz Legends Autograph Books (60+ Signatures)540 - Jazz Legends Autograph Books (60+ Signatures)
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Three vintage 5 x 3 autograph albums containing over 60 signatures of jazz legends, mostly single-sided, all identified and dated by the original coll
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy Signed Program Page541 - Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy Signed Program Page
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Desirable page removed from a French-language program for the first annual European Jazz Festival held in Antibes, Le Cap, and Juan-les-Pins in 1960,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Parker Quintet Signatures542 - Charlie Parker Quintet Signatures
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Vintage ink signatures of the Charlie Parker Quintet—Miles Davis, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, and Duke Jordan—on an off-white 9.5 x 6 n
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Django Reinhardt Signature543 - Django Reinhardt Signature
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Jazz guitarist and composer (1910–1953) who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique, sometimes called 'hot' jazz guita...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Patsy Cline Signed Photograph544 - Patsy Cline Signed Photograph
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Fantastic vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Cline in a lovely head-and-shoulders pose, signed in fountain pen, "Musically Yours, Patsy Cline."...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie Typed Letter Signed545 - Woody Guthrie Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, signed, "Woody Guthrie," one page, lightly-lined, 7.5 x 9.75, March 19, 1946. Letter to Moe Asch and Marian Distler. In full: "I...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Beatles Signed 1963 Oversized Parlophone Records Promotional Card546 - Beatles Signed 1963 Oversized Parlophone Records Promotional Card
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Original circa 1963 oversized Parlophone Records promotional card of the Beatles wearing matching dark suits, 7.5 x 5, signed on the reverse in blue b
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Estimate : 16,000.00 - 18,000.00
 
 
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Beatles 1961 Original Photograph547 - Beatles 1961 Original Photograph
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Vintage glossy 2.25 x 3.25 photograph of the Beatles taken outside the Cavern Club in Liverpool in mid-1961. The group—George Harrison, Pete
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: 'Introducing the Beatles' Metal Mothers548 - Beatles: 'Introducing the Beatles' Metal Mothers
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Rare pair of metal mothers for a 1964 Vee-Jay Records release of Introducing… The Beatles, the first studio album released by the Beatles in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison Signed Book550 - Beatles: George Harrison Signed Book
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Signed book: Songs by George Harrison: Book and Record Set, Vol. 1. Limited edition, numbered 1828/2500. Surrey, England: Genesis Publications Limited
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison Signature551 - Beatles: George Harrison Signature
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Vintage ink signature, "George Harrison,” on a blue 4.25 x 4 album page. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Signed 'Beatles Book' from October 1963552 - Beatles: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Signed 'Beatles Book' from October 1963
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Monthly copy of The Beatles Book from October 1963, No. 3, 22 pages, 6 x 8.25, with the front cover depicting the Beatles playing in a swimming pool,
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon Signed Book553 - Beatles: John Lennon Signed Book
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Signed book: In His Own Write. Later printing. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7, 76 pages. Prominently signed opposite the title page
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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