RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction featuring Founding Fathers

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Headlined by a robust Revolutionary War section in celebration of Independence Day, RR Auction’s July 2017 Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale boasts over 800 lots of collectibles from an array of genres. Opening with a pair of remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits used by Dr. John Warren, the first section traces the history of the founding of America from William Penn to George Washington. Key items from other categories include a set of Donald Trump’s personally-owned and -used golf clubs, a rare portrait of Thomas Edison with an inscription about the “electric vehicle,” a chair from Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca, and an incredible autograph letter by Ernest Hemingway. 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 2017.
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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James Joyce490 - James Joyce
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Signed book: Anna Livia Plurabelle. Limited edition edition, numbered 730/800. NY: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Hardcover, 4.75 x 7, 61 pages. Crisply signed o
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence491 - D. H. Lawrence
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, January 9, 1926. Letter to his publisher Curtis Brown, in full: "I expect this will catch you before you leave Lond...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harper Lee492 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Nelle Harper Lee,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, December 11, 1993. Letter to Don Salter, in full: "Thank you, as always, for remembering ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jack London493 - Jack London
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Two items: a TLS, one page, 7.5 x 3.75, September 7, 1905, addressed to Mrs. Wishaar, in full: "Please find herewith photograph requested, and ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow494 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed "Henry W. Longfellow," one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, November 5, 1878. In full: "It would give me pleasure to comply with ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne495 - A. A. Milne
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British author (1882–1956) who, despite a large body of novels, plays, and other 'adult' writings, will forever be most closely associated w...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Sean O'Casey496 - Sean O'Casey
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ALS signed “Sean,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, January 27, 1958. Letter to Lewis Funke, drama editor at the New York Times. In pa
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Frederic Mistral497 - Frederic Mistral
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French poet (1830-1914) who shared the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature. ALS in French, signed "F. Mistral," four pages on two adjoining she...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mario Puzo498 - Mario Puzo
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Signed book: The Godfather. First edition. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969. Hardcover with later-issue price-clipped dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 446 pages. Sig
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke499 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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AQS in German, one page, 8.75 x 5.5, February 1, 1907. In full (translated): "Basically, there's only one form of existence: Becoming. God,...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Carl Sandburg500 - Carl Sandburg
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DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, March 31, 1950. Official letter addressed to Sandburg by Carl Haverlin, affirming that Harcourt, Brace and Company and Broa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith501 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808-1895) best known as the lyricist of 'America' ('My Country, 'Tis of Thee'), writ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Bram Stoker502 - Bram Stoker
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Irish author (1847-1912) best known for his horror classic Dracula. ALS, one page, 4.75 x 8, March 29, 1894, Lyceum Theatre letterhead. In part: &qu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harriet Beecher Stowe503 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Lengthy AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion, "Harriet Beecher Stowe, April 25, 1892." Stowe quotes from the pref...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Noah Webster504 - Noah Webster
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ALS signed "N. Webster," one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 24, 1841. Letter to Gideon Hawley in Albany. In full: "Mr. Medfield, the bearer...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Noah Webster505 - Noah Webster
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Author and lexicographer (1758-1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. ALS signed “N. Webster, j'nr,” 6.25 x...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells506 - H. G. Wells
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Two ALSs: ALS signed "Wells," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8, June 3, 1889. Letter to H. E. Hadley. In part (spelling and gra...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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E. B. White507 - E. B. White
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American essayist, humorist, author, and editor (1899-1985) best known for his longtime association with the New Yorker magazine and for his best-sell
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman508 - Walt Whitman
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Large and bold ink signature, “Walt Whitman,” on an off-white 6.5 x 3 sheet. Attractively double-matted and framed with a portrait of Whitman and a pl
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Wolfe509 - Thomas Wolfe
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Signed book: Look Homeward Angel. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 626 pages. Signed and inscribed on ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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