RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts Featuring Royalty

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RR Auction’s January Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is sure to impress, boasting over 850 items in a wide variety of genres. We open with a special ‘Royalty’ section, which spans over five hundred years of majestic material—from Spain’s Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of the 1490s to Britain’s tragic Princess Diana of the 1990s. Our presidential section is similarly robust, highlighted by a Revolutionary War-dated letter by George Washington, a Congressional resolution to honor Ben Franklin signed by Thomas Jefferson, and a page from Theodore Roosevelt’s manuscript for The Winning of the West. Other great autographs in this sale include the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, the economist Adam Smith, the abolitionist John Brown, the surrealist Rene Magritte, and many 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 January 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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Sinclair Lewis525 - Sinclair Lewis
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, July 23, 1937. Letter to Mr. Rugoff, in full: "I'd be delighted to see you if I were in town...
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Jack London526 - Jack London
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Bank of Hawaii check, 6.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, "Jack London," payable to L. Gumm Poor for $21.10, June 5, 1916. Encap...
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H. L. Mencken527 - H. L. Mencken
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Popular and influential American author and journalist (1880–1956) best known for his satirical pieces that took aim at contemporary American society.
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James A. Michener528 - James A. 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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Arthur Miller529 - Arthur Miller
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Magic Lantern Books business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed in another hand, payable to Arthur Miller for $3, September 12, 1979. Endorsed on
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Henry Miller530 - Henry Miller
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 24, 1971. Letter to Larry Diefenbach, in full: "Sorry to be so late in answering your lette...
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Sean O'Casey531 - Sean O'Casey
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ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, March 6, 1946. Letter to Una Gwynn Albery, in part: "Thank you so much for the book & the tea which came t...
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Sean O'Casey532 - Sean O'Casey
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, August 27, 1960. Letter to Frank M. Flack, in part: "Plays are written for enjoyment-not for stud...
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Frederik Pohl533 - Frederik Pohl
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Signed book: Gateway. First edition. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 313 pages. Signed and inscribed on th...
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H. A. Rey534 - H. A. Rey
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German-born author and illustrator (1898-1977) best known for the popular Curious George series of children's books. Scarce ALS, one page on the...
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Jean Richepin535 - Jean Richepin
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French poet, novelist, and dramatist (1849-1926). Untranslated typescript of the poem "Le basier des drapeaux," six pages, 8 x 12, boldly ...
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Damon Runyon536 - Damon Runyon
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Writer and newspaperman (1884-1946) whose colorful, humorous stories of the Prohibition era were adapted into the hit musical Guys and Dolls. Uncommon
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Maurice Sendak537 - Maurice Sendak
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Four items signed by Maurice Sendak: ALS, one page, 5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 19, 1972. Response to an autograph request. In full: “You wro
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William Shakespeare538 - William Shakespeare
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Two enameled pieces made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England: a limited edition cylindrical pill box commemorating the 400th anniversary of Macbeth, m
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William Shakespeare539 - William Shakespeare
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Three appealing small enameled items made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England: a limited edition cylindrical pill box commemorating the 400th annivers
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William Shakespeare540 - William Shakespeare
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Collection of five Shakespeare-related commemorative pieces, including: a small circular enamel box by Crummles, measuring 1.75? in diameter and 1? ta
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George Bernard Shaw541 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 3.5 x 4, 4 Whitehall Court letterhead, November 13, 1935. Letter to Stanley Parker, Jr., in full: "I am...
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George Bernard Shaw542 - George Bernard Shaw
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Westminster Bank Limited check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Shaw, "G. Bernard Shaw," payable to the Ben Tillett Testimonial Fund...
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Robert Southey543 - Robert Southey
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English poet (1774–1843) and writer of miscellaneous prose who is chiefly remembered for his association with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Word
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Chris Van Allsburg544 - Chris Van Allsburg
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Signed book: The Polar Express. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.5 x 9.25, 30 pages. Signed on th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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