RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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Featuring a diverse 1,000+ lots, RR Auction’s September Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts a highlighted Royalty section that spans the centuries, offering rarely seen autographs from the likes of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Frederick the Great, and Princess Diana. Other top lots include a remarkable oversized Abraham Lincoln signed photograph, a letter by philosopher Francis Bacon, an extremely early Winston Churchill signed photo, and a sharp signed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. Other noteworthy autographs include Albert Einstein, J. D. Salinger, the Beatles, Ernest Hemingway, Walt Disney, John F. Kennedy, and more! 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 September 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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Norman Rockwell564 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: The Norman Rockwell Album. First edition. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11 x 14, 191 pages. Signed and...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin565 - Auguste Rodin
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LS in French, signed “Aug. Rodin,” one page, 4.5 x 7, March 29, 1915. Written from Chetelet-en-Brie in Seine-et-Marne, a letter to J. H. Moore, in ful
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Chaim Soutine566 - Chaim Soutine
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Russian painter of Belarusian Jewish origin (1893–1943) who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living in Paris. ALS in Fren
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Louis C. Tiffany567 - Louis C. Tiffany
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Artist and designer (1848–1933), son of Charles Tiffany, who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. Partial se
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec568 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a pl...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec569 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “H. T. Lautrec,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, postmarked February 19, 1892. Letter to the Belgian artist Theo
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Donatella Versace570 - Donatella Versace
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Attractive glossy 8 x 10 photo of the front cover for the 2016 autobiography Versace, signed in gold ink by Donatella Versace. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maurice de Vlaminck571 - Maurice de Vlaminck
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French artist (1876–1958) and a member of the Fauvists, whose work is typically marked by bold colors and eccentric brushwork. ALS in French, signed “
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol572 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Later printing. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright573 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Original printed plan for the Monona Terrace Community Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, 44.5 x 18, initialed and dated inside a hand-drawn red
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Zao Wou-Ki574 - Zao Wou-Ki
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Chinese-French painter (1920–2013) known for his large abstract works. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, April 23, 1969. In very good
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Al Capp575 - Al Capp
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Superb original Li'l Abner Yokum sketch accomplished in ink and watercolor on an off-white 13 x 17.25 artist's board, showing the sweet-natu...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Comic Artists576 - Comic Artists
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Fantastic grouping of five original ink or ballpoint sketches on individual off-white cards or sheets ranging in size from 5 x 3 to 7 x 11, each signe
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Roy O. Disney577 - Roy O. Disney
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Younger brother Walt Disney and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions (1893–1971). Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait of Disney in formal attir
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Walt Disney578 - Walt Disney
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Desirable ballpoint signature and inscription, "To Anthony Edward, My best, Walt Disney,” on the inside of colorful greeting card, which measur...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney579 - Walt Disney
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Walt Disney Productions letterhead, June 16, 1961. Disney seeks sponsors for his 'Hall of Presidents' presentation ...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney580 - Walt Disney
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Page from the program for the 1966 Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade, headed "Wonderful World of Walt Disney," featuring Disney as grand marshal o...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Disney: Frank Follmer581 - Disney: Frank Follmer
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Fantastic original rough pencil concept sketches of Mickey Mouse on an off-white 11 x 8.5 sheet, signed in the lower right corner by Frank Follmer. Th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney: Frank Follmer582 - Disney: Frank Follmer
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Large original pencil concept sketch of the Water Nymphs from Fantasia on an off-white 18 x 12 sheet, signed in the lower right corner by Frank Follme
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Disney: Frank Follmer583 - Disney: Frank Follmer
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Fabulous original pencil concept sketch of Snow White's cottage from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on an off-white 18 x 12 sheet, signed in th...
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Disney: Frank Follmer584 - Disney: Frank Follmer
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Desirable original pencil concept sketch of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on an off-white 18 x 12 sheet, signed in the lower right corner by Frank F
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Disney: Ollie Johnston585 - Disney: Ollie Johnston
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Original sketch of Baloo, the sloth bear, from the 1967 animated Disney film The Jungle Book, accomplished in orange artist pencil on a light blue 5 x
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walter Lantz586 - Walter Lantz
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Two items: an original felt tip sketch of Woody Woodpecker on an off-white 6.25 x 9 sheet, signed and inscribed below, "To Mary Wagner, affecti...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Boswell587 - James Boswell
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Desirable book: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by James Boswell, in two volumes. First edition, second state (with "give" corrected on...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Robert Browning588 - Robert Browning
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, July 18, 1884. Letter to British painter Felix Moscheles, in full: "Will it suit you if I go to yo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Giacomo Casanova589 - Giacomo Casanova
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Italian adventurer (1725-1798) who spent most of his life traveling through Europe meeting the famous men and women of his time; he is probably best k
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens590 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Mark Twain,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, August 28, 1895. Letter to "Jack," written "At Sea." In par...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens591 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Signed book: The Writings of Mark Twain, Vol. I: The Innocents Abroad. Autograph edition, limited issue, numbered 158/512. Hartford, CT: The American
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Philip K. Dick592 - Philip K. Dick
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American writer (1928–1982) known for his works of science fiction, including The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere593 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Distinguished French novelist (1802–1870) of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere594 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. An untranslated letter to "My dear Pillerant." In fine condition.
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway595 - Ernest Hemingway
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Extensively hand-corrected TLS signed twice as “Ernesto,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba letterhead, December 4, 1950.
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe596 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Maxim Gorky597 - Maxim Gorky
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Important Russian writer (1868–1936), who was a founder of the socialist realism literary method. Extraordinary matte-finish 5 x 7 formal portrait of
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Jack Kerouac598 - Jack Kerouac
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Fountain pen signature, "Jack Kerouac,” on an off-white 2.75 x 4.5 slip affixed inside the front cover of a Signet paperback edition of his leg...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Joyce Kilmer599 - Joyce Kilmer
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American writer (1886–1918), best known for the much-anthologized poem 'Trees,' who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne at the age of 3...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Aleksandr Kuprin600 - Aleksandr Kuprin
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Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870–1938) best known for his story The Duel. Untranslated ANS in Russian, signed “A. Kuprin,” 5.5 x 7, no d
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Harper Lee601 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Harper,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, January 11, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in full:
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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O. Henry602 - O. Henry
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Short story writer born William Sydney Porter (1862–1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. Lengthy AMS, titled and signed at the head, &quo...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dmitry Merezhkovsky603 - Dmitry Merezhkovsky
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Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic (1866–1941) who was a seminal figure of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry and is regarde
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Flannery O'Connor604 - Flannery O'Connor
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Georgia-born American writer (1925–1964), best known for her quintessentially 'Southern Gothic' stories and novels, who died of lupus at the...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Eugene O’Neill605 - Eugene O’Neill
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Very desirable collection of two TLSs and one ALS, signed “Gene” and “Gene O’Neill,” three total pages, each addressed to Helen Freeman. The ALS, writ
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound606 - Ezra Pound
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Three typed letters from Ezra Pound, two signed in pencil, “E. P.,” four total pages, each 8.75 x 11.25, personal letterhead (two bearing a Cubist sel
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Marcel Proust607 - Marcel Proust
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French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world litera
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George Sand608 - George Sand
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Acclaimed French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876) remembered for her romantic affairs with the composer Frederic Chopin and the writer Alfred de Mus
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Jules Verne609 - Jules Verne
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ANS in French on a 3.75 x 2.25 card with decorative die-cut borders, October 1899. A neatly penned untranslated note from the early science fiction pi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Shel Silverstein610 - Shel Silverstein
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Incredible archive celebrating Shel Silverstein's career throughout the 1960s and 1970s, a period during which he was a resident cartoonist for ...
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Estimate : 60,000.00 - 80,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger611 - J. D. Salinger
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ALS signed “Jerry,” three pages both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, The Drake, New York letterhead, February 17, 1969. Letter to "Jerce," Joyce Mille...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Turgenev612 - Ivan Turgenev
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ALS in French, signed “Iv. Tourgueneff,” one page both sides, 5 x 8.25, July 22, 1880. Letter to Flaubert's niece, Caroline Comanville. In part ...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Paul Verlaine613 - Paul Verlaine
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Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896) who penned Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles; likewise remembered for his tumult...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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