RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a document signed by Columbus sponsors Ferdinand and Isabella, an autograph letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, an original Force print of the Declaration of Independence, and a signed handwritten letter by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Artifacts offered include Ernest Hemingway’s baseball cap and a Beretta Carcano M1891 Cavalry Carbine commissioned by Prince Amadeo of Savoy. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in August 2016.
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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Ernest Hemingway408 - Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway’s personally-owned and -worn baseball cap, given to his longtime friend and biographer A. E. Hotchner during a fishing trip on the Pi
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo409 - Victor Hugo
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LS in French, one page, 8.5 x 13.5, July 22, 1870. Hugo’s open letter entitled “To the Women of Guernsey,” written from his home at Hauteville House o
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Langston Hughes410 - Langston Hughes
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Signed book: The Weary Blues. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 109 pages. Signed and inscribed on t
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence411 - D. H. Lawrence
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ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, January 4, 1920. Written from Palazzo Ferraro in Capri, a letter to New York publisher B. W. Huebsch, in full: “To
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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T. E. Lawrence412 - T. E. Lawrence
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ALS signed “T. E. Shaw,” one page, 5.5 x 8, no date. Interesting letter on one of his works. In full: “‘Revolt in the Desert’ is not a book, on its ow
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Herman Melville413 - Herman Melville
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Choice ALS signed “H. Melville,” one page, 5 x 8, December 4, 1857. Letter to a gentleman written from Boston. In full: “Your note is received and in
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Sean O’Casey414 - Sean O’Casey
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Rare pearl-finish 7.75 x 9.5 portrait of O’Casey smoking a pipe, signed in fountain pen, “Yours sincerely, Sean O’Casey.” In very good to fine conditi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Sean O’Casey415 - Sean O’Casey
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, August 27, 1960. Letter to Frank M. Flack, in part: “Plays are written for enjoyment—not for study. For
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke416 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.25, June 26, 1926. Letter to publisher Gaston Gallimard, telling him that he has received “the 7 volumes
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gertrude Stein417 - Gertrude Stein
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Signed book: The Making of Americans. Second printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 416 pages. Neatly signed on the f
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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