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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W. H. Auden428 - W. H. Auden
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Signed book: The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden. Fifth printing. NY: Random House, 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 466 pages. Signed on th
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Authors429 - Authors
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Collection of seven books, each signed on an opening page by the author. Signers are: Rex Beach (Going Home), signed and inscribed, “To Mr. Mark Fende
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Authors430 - Authors
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Group of seven items signed by notable authors and poets, consisting mostly of TQSs signed in various ink types. Signers include: Allen Ginsberg (sign
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Authors431 - Authors
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Collection of five checks signed by different authors, including: Tennessee Williams, Dorothy Heyward, Henry Miller, Alex Haley, and Zane Grey. In ove
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Authors432 - Authors
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Collection of seven checks signed by notable authors, including: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack London, Zane Grey (4), and Manfred B. Lee (who wrote under
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Authors433 - Authors
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Collection of six checks signed by authors, including: Tennessee Williams, Louis Bromfield, and Zane Grey (4). In overall fine condition.
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Daniel Beard and Ernest Thompson Seton434 - Daniel Beard and Ernest Thompson Seton
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Two items: an AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 4.75 clipped sheet, reading, in full: “Our spiritual eyes are only open’d when we try to see spiritual things
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Samuel Beckett435 - Samuel Beckett
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ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 4.25, April 12, 1960. Letter to “Alain,” possibly Alain Bosquet, requesting copies of a book. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ludwig Bemelmans436 - Ludwig Bemelmans
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Belgian-born American author and illustrator (1898–1962) best known for his now-classic series of Madeleine children’s books. Signed book: The Donkey
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Ray Bradbury437 - Ray Bradbury
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 14, February 18, 1971. Contract between American Broadcasting Company and Bradbury in which the latter agrees to sell, transfer,
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