Auction Details
RR Auction’s October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a diverse 1,000+ items from all fields of collecting, with a special focus on Civil War and Literature. In addition to an incredible assortment of autograph letters from luminaries like Charles Darwin, Mohandas Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet, and J. R. R. Tolkien, a few highlights are a sketch by Pablo Picasso, hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, signed photograph of Leo Tolstoy, and beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Top artifacts are an officer’s sword presented to Brig.-Gen. Calvin Pratt, a scarce multi-level amputation kit, bullets fired in ballistic tests used as evidence against Bonnie and Clyde, and an incredible hand-engraved Colt revolver honoring Hollywood’s ‘Monster Legacy,’ just in time for Halloween. 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 October 2018.
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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524J. D. SalingerRR Auction
DS, one page, 2.75 x 7, June 3, 2002. Credit card receipt for a purchase of two books—"Round the Fire" and "Best Cat Stories"—at...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
525George SandRR Auction
Two ALSs in French, one signed "George Sand" and one signed "G. Sand," totaling five pages on sets of adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
526Jean-Paul SartreRR Auction
TLS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, May 20, 1970. Letter to Jacques Debu-Bridel, in part: "Our policy positions are ve...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
527Maurice SendakRR Auction
Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. First edition, with "Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253" on title page. NY: Harper ...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
528George Bernard ShawRR Auction
Handwritten responses to a questionnaire, signed "GBS, 21/1/35," one page, 8.5 x 11, returned to University of Rochester English professor...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
529George Bernard ShawRR Auction
Signed book: The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. First edition. London: Constable and Company, 1930. Hardcover, 5 x 7, 78 pages. Signed and insc
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
530Shel SilversteinRR Auction
Signed book: The Giving Tree. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 7.5 x 9, 54 pages. S...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
531Gertrude SteinRR Auction
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
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
532Dylan ThomasRR Auction
ALS, one page, 5.25 x 5, no date. Letter to to Michael Powell, written from "The Boat House" in Laugharne. In full: "Roger Burford ga...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
533Leo TolstoyRR Auction
Scarce and immensely desirable 4.25 x 6.5 Russian cabinet photo of Tolstoy dressed in a traditional belted tunic and seated in a half-length pose with
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
534J. R. R. TolkienRR Auction
Extraordinary pairing of letters from Tolkien to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of several scenes from Lord of the Rings:
TLS, one p
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
535P. L. TraversRR Auction
Correspondence archive consisting of 28 letters from beloved children’s author and Mary Poppins creator P. L. Travers, featuring 16 TLSs and 12 ALSs s
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
536P. L. TraversRR Auction
TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, October 16, 1987. Letter to "Mr. Hedborg," in part: "I am glad you like the Mary Pop...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
537Ivan TurgenevRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “Ivan Tourgueneff,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, February 20, 1877. Letter to Sophie D
538Paul ValeryRR Auction
Desirable set of four ALSs in French, three signed “Paul Valery” and one signed “PV,” nine total pages, dated between 1923 and 1943. The first, from M
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
539VoltaireRR Auction
Boldly penned ADS in French, one page, 6.25 x 3.75, February 28, 1776. In full (translated): "I received from the Marquis of St. Tropez, throug...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
540VoltaireRR Auction
Unsigned handwritten note in French, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, no date. Untranslated letter written by Voltaire, mentioning Alexandre Le Riche de La Poupl
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
541Kurt VonnegutRR Auction
Signed book: Player Piano. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 295 pages. Signed verticall...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
542Evelyn WaughRR Auction
Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of a young Evelyn Waugh wearing a bowler hat and holding a cigar, signed in the lower border in fountain pen
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
543Walt WhitmanRR Auction
Spectacular 6 x 9.5 paperstock photo of Whitman in profile, boldly signed in the lower margin in ink, "Walt Whitman, from life 1891, May 31, 18...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00