RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Presidents

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In honor of Washington's Birthday, RR Auction's February Fine Autograph and Artifact sale opens with a remarkable assortment of nearly 200 presidential autographs, highlighted by an excessively rare William Henry Harrison document as president, an autograph letter by LBJ to the Speaker of the House, and a significant selection of free franks. Other top lots include an extraordinary signed portrait of James Joyce, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal ledger, an Einstein letter on a childhood game, and Warren Buffett's personal set of golf clubs. The Beatles, Apollo 11 astronauts, Charles Schulz, Marilyn Monroe, and Babe Ruth round out our pop culture offerings. 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 February 2019.
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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Harper Lee516 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Harper,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal letterhead, March 28, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in full: "You &...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sinclair Lewis517 - Sinclair Lewis
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 5, 1941. Letter to Atwood H. Townsend, chairman of the Committee on College Reading at New York University. In full: &q...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jack London518 - Jack London
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Bank of Hawaii check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to Hawaiian Gazette Co. for $1.00, June 25, 1915. Encapsulated in a plastic
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann519 - Thomas Mann
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ALS in German, one page both sides, 8.5 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 9, 1936. Letter to a fellow doctor, in part (translated): "The desire...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Thomas Mann520 - Thomas Mann
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TLS in German, one page, 8.5 x 11, November 7, 1954. Letter to Alice K. Orlan, in part (translated): "Obviously, you have read The Deceived in ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Masefield521 - John Masefield
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Typed poem by John Masefield entitled in his own hand, "Seaman's Prayer," one page, 8 x 10.25, signed at the conclusion by Masefield. ...
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W. Somerset Maugham522 - W. Somerset Maugham
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Two TQSs, signed "W. Somerset Maugham," on individual off-white sheets. In the first, he comments on "Modern Poets," in full: &q...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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W. Somerset Maugham523 - W. Somerset Maugham
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the bottom in fountain pen, "W. Somerset Maugham." An excerpt from A Writer's Noteb...
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James Michener524 - James Michener
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American author of frequent bestsellers (1907–1997) best known for Tales of the South Pacific, Hawaii, The Drifters, The Fires of Spring, Alaska, and
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Robin Moore525 - Robin Moore
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Signed book: The French Connection. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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