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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Christoph Martin Wieland544 - Christoph Martin Wieland
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German poet and writer (1733–1813) best remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman (Geschichte des Agathon), as well as the epic Oberon. In
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf545 - Virginia Woolf
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Scarce ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8, Tavistock Square letterhead, March 5, 1934. Woolf writes to author and editor Logan Pearsall Smith. In part: "I ...
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Katherine Lee Bates546 - Katherine Lee Bates
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Educator and poet (1859–1929) best known for the lyrics to the iconic patriotic song 'America the Beautiful.' ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 ...
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Enid Blyton547 - Enid Blyton
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English children's writer (1897–1968) whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million co...
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Rick Bragg548 - Rick Bragg
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Uncommon signed book: Go Set a Watchman. Limited first edition prepared by The Alabama Booksmith, numbered 190/714. NY: HarperCollins, 2015. Hardcover
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Henri Charriere549 - Henri Charriere
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Convicted murderer and author of Papillon (1906–1973), an account of his time in a penal colony in French Guiana, later turned into a film starring St
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Noel Coward550 - Noel Coward
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 close-up portrait of Noel Coward by the Nicholas Muray Studio of New York, signed in fountain pen. Reverse bea
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George Gissing551 - George Gissing
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Influential English writer (1857–1903) known for his realist novels about the lower middle class; George Orwell was one of Gissing's greatest ad...
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Bret Harte and Jack London552 - Bret Harte and Jack London
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Pair of items signed by the outdoorsy American authors, including an AQS by Bret Harte and a check signed by Jack London: Bret Harte American author
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Anthony Hope Hawkins553 - Anthony Hope Hawkins
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Novelist and playwright (1863–1933) best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda. ALS signed “Anthony H. Hawkins,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, personal letterhe
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Julia Ward Howe554 - Julia Ward Howe
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ALS signed “Julia W. Howe,” one page, 4.5 x 7, June 7, 1872. In part: "Here I am, quite ignorant of what you may or may not have done. Please l...
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Evan Hunter555 - Evan Hunter
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American author and screenwriter (1926–2005), who wrote under a handful of pen names, including Ed McBain, Richard Marsten, Hunt Collins, and Curt Can
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Stephen King556 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Carrie. First Cemetery Dance edition, limited issue, numbered 258/750. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2014. Hardcover with dust
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Rudyard Kipling557 - Rudyard Kipling
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Interesting paperstock portrait of the author affixed to a 4.5 x 6.5 mount, boldly signed on the mount in ink, "Rudyard Kipling." In very ...
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Rudyard Kipling558 - Rudyard Kipling
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.25, Bateman's Burwash, Sussex letterhead, August 6, 1920. Marked "Private" in the upper left corner, a letter...
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Charmian London559 - Charmian London
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Signed book: The Log of the Snark. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 487 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page
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H. L. Mencken560 - H. L. Mencken
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 5.5, personal letterhead, October 4, 1948. Letter to Mr. Browne, in part: "Thanks very much for your most amiable letter....
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H. L. Mencken561 - H. L. Mencken
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TLS, two pages, 5.5 x 8.5, The American Mercury letterhead, June 23, 1926. Letter to a Mr. Gray, in part: "Tell your mother to disregard my con...
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings562 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Signed book: The Sojourner. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 327 pages. Signed on the c...
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J. K. Rowling563 - J. K. Rowling
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the great Harry Potter author in front of a bookcase, signed in blue felt tip, "J. K. Rowling." In fine condi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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