RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Andy Warhol563 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of a semi-abstract portrait of Warhol, 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip, “Andy.” In fine condition, with sligh
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carl Barks565 - Carl Barks
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Limited edition bronze statue of Donald Duck entitled ‘Sheriff of Bullet Valley,’ measuring 12? tall, numbered 54/200, signed on the base in gold ink
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney566 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to Kalamazoo Inst. Fine Arts–Permanent Col. Fun
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney567 - Walt Disney
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Off-white presentation mat originally prepared to hold an animation cel from Cinderella, 12.5 x 11.5, signed and inscribed on the mat in brown artist’
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Disney: Fantasia568 - Disney: Fantasia
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Fantastic original unsigned colored pencil character sketch of a young faun loading his pan-pipe with berries, 8.75 x 6.5 done by artist Joe Rinaldi i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Disney: Paul Carlson569 - Disney: Paul Carlson
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Original souvenir signed pencil sketch of Lady and the Tramp on a white 11 x 9.5 sheet. Signed in the lower border in pencil by Paul Carlson with a fa
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Disney: Paul Carlson570 - Disney: Paul Carlson
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Original souvenir signed pencil sketch of Mickey Mouse as Steamboat Willie on an off-white 7.75 x 10 sheet. Signed in the lower border in pencil by Pa
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Friz Freleng571 - Friz Freleng
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of an early version of The Pink Panther, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Matt Groening572 - Matt Groening
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Signed book: The Simpsons: Family History. First edition. NY: Abrams, 2014. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.75 x 11, 304 pages. Signed on the first free
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Matt Groening573 - Matt Groening
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Signed book: Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide. First edition. NY: Harper, 2010. Hardcover with slipcase, 8.5 x 9.75, 1200 pages. Signed on a
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Hank Ketcham574 - Hank Ketcham
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Vivid color print of Dennis the Menace on a white 8 x 10 heavyweight sheet, signed and inscribed at the bottom in pencil, “1 April 2000, For Mark—Hank
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Walter Lantz575 - Walter Lantz
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel, 16.5 x 13.5, numbered 44/200, depicting Woody Woodpecker at bat during a baseball game, signed in black fe
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Stan Lee576 - Stan Lee
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Color glossy 20 x 16 photo featuring an assortment of super heroes from the Marvel universe, signed in gold ink. In fine condition, with a Stan Lee au
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Bud Sagendorf577 - Bud Sagendorf
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Original hand-inked four-panel Popeye comic strip for April 3, 1971, on an off-white 17.75 x 5.75 sheet of artist’s cardstock, signed and inscribed in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz578 - Charles Schulz
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Desirable ballpoint sketch of Snoopy bounding forward, drawn by Schulz on an off-white 5.75 x 3.5 card, signed below in ballpoint, “Schulz.” Encapsula
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz579 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: The Snoopy Festival. Later printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9 x 11. Signed and inscribed on th
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Charles Schulz and Hank Ketcham580 - Charles Schulz and Hank Ketcham
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Original signed ink sketch of Snoopy and Dennis the Menace building a snowman, on an FDC honoring Christmas 1982, postmarked October 28, 1982. Ketcham
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Louisa May Alcott581 - Louisa May Alcott
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Ink signature, “L.M. Alcott,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1 clipped slip affixed along the edges to a larger sheet along with a 2.5 x 4.5 photo of Alcott.
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Franz Blei582 - Franz Blei
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Viennese essayist, playwright, and translator (1871-1942) who was a friend and collaborator of Franz Kafka. ALS in German, one page, 8 x 10.5, April 2
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Guillaume Apollinaire583 - Guillaume Apollinaire
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Influential French poet and playwright (1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Authors: London School of Economics584 - Authors: London School of Economics
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Extraordinary collection of over 150 letters, both ALSs and TLSs, addressed to officers of the London School of Economics by dozens of important write
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Andre Breton585 - Andre Breton
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French writer and poet (1896–1966) best known as the founder of Surrealism. ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.5, May 9, 1933. Letter to his dear friend,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Browning586 - Robert Browning
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Exquisite matte-finish 4.25 x 6 portrait of the great poet-playwright in a distinguished pose, affixed to its original 7.75 x 9.75 mount, signed on th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Lord Byron587 - Lord Byron
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LS in Italian, signed “Noel Byron, Pair d’Angleterre,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, June 30, 1823. Untranslated letter to Greek patriot Giorgio Vitali writte
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens588 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 5 x 8, The Grosvenor letterhead, September 25. Letter to “Miss Jones,” daughter of Senator J. P. Jones, who shar
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens589 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Exquisite matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 portrait of Twain sitting on a small boulder holding a kitten, taken by Underwood & Underwood in 1907, signed...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Gabriele d’Annunzio590 - Gabriele d’Annunzio
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ALS in Italian, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, no date but postmarked February 20, 1895. Letter to Anna Schiff-Levi about 'Convit...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Madame de Stael591 - Madame de Stael
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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein (1766–1817), known as Madame de Stael, was a Swiss author who played an integral part in directing the literary
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens592 - Charles Dickens
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Bold ink signature, “I am Dear Sir, Faithfully Yours, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 slip. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens593 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4 x 6.5, April 24, 1854. Letter to Henry Morley. In full: “Here is another on the last subject. It seems to be a Devil of a Society at
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens594 - Charles Dickens
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Desirable hand-addressed and signed address panel removed from a mailing envelope, 4 x 2.5, addressed by Dickens to “Thomas Longman Esquire, Messrs Lo
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Ian Fleming595 - Ian Fleming
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Ballpoint signature, “Ian Fleming,” on an off-white 5 x 3.5 sheet. In fine condition, with a light crease along right side and a paperclip impression
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe596 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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ANS in German, signed “G,” one page, 3.5 x 1.75, December 17, 1827. Goethe pens the name of a book, “v. Riedesels Reise nach Sicilien,” referring to J
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe597 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Note in German, signed “G,” one page, 5 x 4, September 25, 1830. A note to Christian Ernst Friedrich Weller, a librarian at the University Library in
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Ottilie von Goethe598 - Ottilie von Goethe
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Daughter of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1796–1872). ALS in German, unsigned, three pages both sides, 9 x 11.25, April 22, 1858. In part (translated):
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Knut Hamsun599 - Knut Hamsun
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Prolific Norwegian novelist, dramatist, and poet (1859–1952) who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. Exceptional double-weight 4 x 5.5 photo o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Knut Hamsun600 - Knut Hamsun
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Prolific Norwegian novelist, dramatist, and poet (1859–1952) who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. Untranslated ALS in Norwegian, one page o
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Ernest Hemingway601 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: To Have and Have Not. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 262 pages. Signed and inscribed on t...
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Ernest Hemingway602 - Ernest Hemingway
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Crisp bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to the bearer for $32, January 2, 195
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway603 - Ernest Hemingway
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Unique archive of seventeen items, highlighted by one page of unsigned handwritten notes by Ernest Hemingway. Also includes six typed carbon copy lett
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hermann Hesse604 - Hermann Hesse
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TLS in German, signed in pencil, “H. Hesse,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 8.75, no date but circa 1934. Untranslated letter to Hedwig F
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo605 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, two pages, 4.25 x 6.75, April 10, 1864. In part (roughly translated): “My sons are absent at the moment, one is in France, the other in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Johnson606 - Samuel Johnson
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English critic and lexicographer (1709–1784) known for compiling A Dictionary of the English Language, which featured the important innovations of ill
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Joyce607 - James Joyce
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Extremely rare vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Joyce resting his head upon his right arm and looking straight into the camera, sign
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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James Joyce608 - James Joyce
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Signed book: Anna Livia Plurabelle. Limited edition, numbered 69/800. NY: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Hardcover, 4.75 x 7, 61 pages. Crisply signed on the col
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Jack Kerouac609 - Jack Kerouac
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TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, December 18, 1961. Letter to Lois Sorrells, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “Me’s weary, it'...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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August von Kotzebue610 - August von Kotzebue
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German dramatist and writer (1761–1819) who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany and was murdered in 1819 by a militant member of the Bursche
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Else Lasker-Schuler611 - Else Lasker-Schuler
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Jewish poet and playwright (1869–1945) famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin, who later fled Nazi Germany for Zurich before settling in Jerusale
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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T. E. Lawrence612 - T. E. Lawrence
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, All Souls College, Oxford, letterhead, September 18, 1920. Letter to Miss Baird in London. In full: “
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Federico Garcia Lorca613 - Federico Garcia Lorca
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Highly esteemed Spanish poet, playwright, and artist (1898–1936) executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. ALS in Spanish, signed “
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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