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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Charles Schulz474 - Charles Schulz
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Time Magazine cover featuring a quintet of Schulz's beloved Peanuts characters, 7.25 x 10, signed in blue ballpoint, "Best wishes, Charles ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Terry475 - Paul Terry
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American cartoonist, screenwriter, and film director (1887–1971) who produced over 1,300 cartoons between 1915 and 1955, including the many Terrytoons
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Frances Hodgson Burnett476 - Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Unsigned book: The Secret Garden. First American edition. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 375 pages. Book condition: VG+/None,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler477 - Raymond Chandler
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Three TLSs, each signed "Ray," totaling seven pages on five sheets, dated 1956–1957, all to his English lawyer and fellow crime fiction wr...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Lord Byron478 - Lord Byron
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Highly influential British poet, politician, soldier, and adventurer (1788–1824) who takes a place as the most colorful literary figure of the Romanti
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Raymond Chandler479 - Raymond Chandler
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DS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, May 16, 1946. Agreement between Chandler and Paramount Pictures for him to render services "in connection with an as...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie480 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, February 19, 1966. Letter to Miss Evelyn B. Bryne, in part: "I...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens481 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Desirable ink signature, "Mark Twain,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip, affixed to the first free end page of the first volume of the 'Auth...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau482 - Jean Cocteau
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French writer and artist (1889–1963) whose spectrum of work included novels, poems, plays, illustrations, films, and set designs. Original colored pen
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Robert Crumb483 - Robert Crumb
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Early and original complete comic strip, signed "R. Crumb," on both sides of a 6.75 x 8.5 off-white lightly lined sheet, titled "A Sa...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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