RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

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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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J. D. Salinger524 - J. D. Salinger
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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...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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George Sand525 - George Sand
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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...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre526 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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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...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak527 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. First edition, with "Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253" on title page. NY: Harper ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw528 - George Bernard Shaw
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Handwritten responses to a questionnaire, signed "GBS, 21/1/35," one page, 8.5 x 11, returned to University of Rochester English professor...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw529 - George Bernard Shaw
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Signed book: The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. First edition. London: Constable and Company, 1930. Hardcover, 5 x 7, 78 pages. Signed and insc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Shel Silverstein530 - Shel Silverstein
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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...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gertrude Stein531 - 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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Dylan Thomas532 - Dylan Thomas
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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...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Leo Tolstoy533 - Leo Tolstoy
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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
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien534 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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P. L. Travers535 - P. L. Travers
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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
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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P. L. Travers536 - P. L. Travers
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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...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Turgenev537 - Ivan Turgenev
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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
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Paul Valery538 - Paul Valery
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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
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Voltaire539 - Voltaire
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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...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Voltaire540 - Voltaire
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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
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Kurt Vonnegut541 - Kurt Vonnegut
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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...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Evelyn Waugh542 - Evelyn Waugh
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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
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman543 - Walt Whitman
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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...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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