RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Eminent American artist and illustrator (1864–1926) best known for his evocative images of the people and landscapes of the American West. Ink signatu

German sculptor (1764–1850) regarded as the founder of the modern Berlin school of sculptors. ALS in German, signed “Dr: G. Schadow,” one page both si

ALS signed “Ernest H. Shepard,” one page, 5.25 x 7, October 26, 1967. Letter to Evelyn Byrne, in part: “I am indeed glad to know of the success of you

French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Two untranslated ALSs in French:

Iconic exhibition book showing his artwork entitled ‘Red Elvis, 1962,’ 8 x 10.25, boldly signed and inscribed along the bottom in black felt tip, “Rob

Superb color postcard depicting Warhol’s 1985 painting of Queen Elizabeth II, entitled ‘Reigning Queens,’ 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in black f

Signed book: The Yearling. First edition, limited issue of 770. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.5 x 9.75, 400 page...

Full sheet of 15 stamps featuring ‘Issachar’ from Chagall’s twelve tribes of Israel series, 9 x 7.5, signed in the upper border in blue felt tip, “Mar

German painter and printmaker (1858–1925) whose work evolved into a union of impressionism and expressionism. ALS in German, two pages on two adjoinin

ALS in French, signed “G. Dore,” one page, 5 x 7.75, no date. Untranslated letter to the journalist and photographer Etienne Carjat. In fine condition

Well-regarded American artist (1925–1996) best known for his highly precise, lifelike sculptures of ‘ordinary’ folk doing ordinary things. ALS, one pa

German painter and printmaker (1883–1970) who was a founding member of the Die Brucke group. Three untranslated TLSs in German, each one page, dated 1

Limited edition 15.5 x 24.25 lithograph of Hirschfeld’s caricatures of the classic comedians Lou Abbott, Lou Costello, Stan Laurel, and Oliver Hardy,

German artist (1815–1905) noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Uncommon 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo of Menzel in a stern pose, signed in pencil i

Two vibrantly colored posters from artist LeRoy Neiman: a color 22.5 x 31 print of Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant, signed in the lower right in black felt tip; an

Personal calling card imprinted with Rodin’s name and studio address in Paris, 3.5 x 1.75, bearing an unsigned note in French written on both sides by

German painter and influential expressionist artist (1849–1938). ALS in German, signed “Chn. Rohlfs,” one page, 8.75 x 11.25, February 26, 1912. Lette

Austrian architect and urban planner (1841–1911) known for his work in Vienna. Personal calling card imprinted with Wagner’s name and position at the

Signed book: Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist. First edition, first printing. NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2011. Hardcover with dust jacket,

Original model sheet of Donald Duck accomplished in colored pencil on a sheet of untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper, showing how the classic character

Impressive ballpoint signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5.5 x 4 sheet of personal Mickey Mouse stationery. A central vertical fold passing thro

Personal check, 8.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to Kalamazoo Inst. Fine Arts–Permanent Col. Fun

(Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1964) Original matched set of production cels featuring Johnny and Dr. Quest from Johnny Quest, showing them seated in front o

Original signed felt tip sketch of Batman on a white 9 x 7.5 sheet, titled at the top and signed below, “Batman, ‘Bats’ wishes—Bob Kane.” Double-matte

Color satin-finish 17 x 11 full-length photo of Spiderman, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition, with a Stan Lee authenticity label affixe

Color glossy 14.75 x 20 photo of the Avengers, signed in silver ink. In fine condition, with a Stan Lee authenticity label affixed to the lower right

Signed book: Snoopy: Not Your Average Dog. Limited first edition, numbered 1349/2000. San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1996. Hardcover with slipcase

Color 10 x 14 print of Snoopy and Woodstock fishing, designed and printed exclusively for the Zebco fishing equipment company in 1980, signed and insc

Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Just a Taste,’ numbered 33/250, 13.5 x 11, showing Popeye letting a genie taste a pinch of his fa

Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Wimpy’s Cafe,’ numbered 51/250, 14.5 x 11, depicting Popeye and Olive Oyl dancing inside the cafe

Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Day at the Beach,’ numbered 199/200, 13 x 11, depicting Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Swee'Pea lou...

Educator and poet (1859–1929) best known for the lyrics to the iconic patriotic song “America the Beautiful.” Signed book: America the Beautiful and O

Signed book: More Pricks Than Kicks. Limited edition, numbered 69/100. London: Calder & Boyers, 1970. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.25 x 8, 204 pag...

ALS in French, signed “AB,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Third-person letter apologizing for his absence. In full (translated): “Andre Breton presents

Signed book: You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense. First edition, limited issue, numbered 81/100. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986.

Signed book: Tarzan and the City of Gold. First edition. Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1933. Hardcover with facsimile dust jacket, 5.25 x 7

ADS, signed “Byron,” one page, 7 x 4.5, Ravenna, January 29, 1820. Pay order addressed to “Messrs Manson & Co., Pall Mall, London.” In part: “Pl...

ALS signed “T. Capote,” one page both sides, 7 x 10, personal letterhead, November 23, 1964. Letter to William Gray, in full: “Bless you for writing m

Prominent author (1478–1529) most famous for The Book of the Courtier, considered the definitive account of Renaissance court life. Extremely rare LS

Pseudonym of the poet and translator Paul Antschel (1920–1970), one of the major German-language poets of the post-World War II era. Uncommon ALS in G

French poet, dramatist, and diplomat (1868–1955) whose devout Catholicism informed his writing. Two untranslated ALSs in French, each signed “Claudel,

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 23, 1949. Interesting letter to the Society of Authors in London, in part: “I was about to write

ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, September 29, 1967. Letter to E. B. Byrne, in part: “I am so glad your project met with such w

First National Bank of Hartford check, 8 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to Weatherby, Knous & Co. for $18...

ALS in pencil, signed “Saml,” two pages on two lightly-lined adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, November 11 [1879]. Letter to his wife, in full: “George &...

Handsome vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 German postcard photo of Twain in profile, wearing a top hat and standing with his arms placed behind his bac

Signed book: The Secret Agent. Limited edition, numbered 315/1000. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1923. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 185 pages. Signe

Fabulous handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.25, no date but circa 1832–1833. A page from Cooper’s manuscript for The Head

Rare ALS signed “Hart,” one page on a 5.25 x 3.25 postcard depicting the Cunard RMS Tuscania, [December 13, 1928]. Letter to Samuel Loveman in Brookly

French existentialist, writer, and social essayist (1908–1986). AQS in French on an off-white 8.25 x 11.5 sheet bearing an affixed biographical clippi

Sought-after ink signature, “Friday Twelfth May, 1865, Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on a light blue 4.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a sheet of his

Signed book: These 13. First edition, limited issue, numbered 98/299. NY: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 358 pages. C...

Signed book: This Side of Paradise. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 305 pages. Signed and inscribed o...

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, November 17, no year. Letter to “Miss Blue.” In full: “My wife and I are very sorry we can’t wriggle out of a previous eng

DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1937. Contract between Hammett and MGM in which he agrees to “give, grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer

Collection of three items in Hawthorne’s hand, including: an ink signature, “Nath’l Hawthorne,” on an off-white slip clipped from a check; a handwritt

Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Volume 4935 of the Collection of British and American Authors series. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover

Short story writer born William Sydney Porter (1862–1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. ALS signed “Sydney Porter,” two pages on two adjoi

ALS in German, signed “H. Hesse,” one page, 5.75 x 8.25, Bremgarten Castle letterhead, July 1943. Untranslated letter to his friend, the lecturer Geor

Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of moder

ALS in German, one page, 7 x 4.5, August 20, 1894. Letter to the German author Julius Elias, urging German impresarios to use only translations author

Desirable triple-signed personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, payable to “Jack Kerouac” for $75, October 28, 1958. Also endor

Extraordinary pair of ALSs, each one page, 8.25 x 10.5, dated 1918–1919. The first, November 1, 1918, in part: “As I have been so long absent from Ire

Autograph manuscript in Greek, signed “N. Kazantzakis,” eleven pages, 6.75 x 13.75, no date but circa 1940s. A complete draft of the famous ‘Hoplopoii

Signed book: The Day After Superman Died. First edition, limited issue, numbered 184/300. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 48

Autograph check, 7.75 x 3.75, filled out entirely in Key’s hand and signed, “F. S. Key,” payable to Mr. N. Hickman for $26, December 4, 1839. In very

Signed book: Sea and Sussex. First edition, limited issue, numbered 47/150. NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.25, 95 pag...

Austrian writer and journalist (1874–1936) best known for his satire. Ink signature in German (translated), “Many thanks and best wishes, Karl Kraus,

Signed book: The Story of Doctor Manente. First edition, limited issue, numbered 181/200. Florence: G. Orioli, 1929. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 23, 1902. Letter to Paul Lemperly, in full: “Thank you very much for the clipping. I had not seen it.” In fine conditio

Signed book: Death of a Salesman. Limited illustrated edition, numbered 106/500. NY: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 139 page

ALS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, April 13, 1936. Letter to Miss Martha Angley. In part: “I'm gla...

Signed book: Southern Treasury of Life and Literature. Authors edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9,...

Two TLSs to John W. Draper, an English professor at West Virginia University: one signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 11, personal lett

Signed book: After Such Pleasures. Limited first edition, numbered 186/250. NY: Viking Press, 1933. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 232 pages. Signed on the co

American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006) who is best known for his Life Magazine photographic essays and for directing th

Blue ballpoint signature, “Mario Puzo,” on a 4 x 2.75 bookplate. In fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition, first printing hardcover copy of T

Signed book: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. First edition, first printing. NY: New American Library, 1966. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed on

American author and poet (1849–1916) best known for writing in ‘Hoosier’ dialect and for his children’s poems. Uncommon 6.75 x 9.75 imperial cabinet p

Exceptional archive of approximately sixty autograph and typed letters, most signed “Sean,” ranging in date from 1933-1952. Letters are to MacDonald E

Rare AMS, five pages, 7.75 x 10.a5, December 14, 1894. A full autograph copy of Randall’s Civil War Anthem, “My Maryland!” In part: “I hear the distan

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, September 20, 1938. Untranslated letter to the German writer and journalist Heinz Stroh in Prague, who had sent

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 7.75, blindstamped monogrammed letterhead, June 16, 1856. Letter to a fellow author, in full (translated): “I don’t wa

Scarce ANS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. A note dashed off to his lover, Michelle Vian. In full (translated): “Her

Unusually long AQS on an off-white 5.75 x 12 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “S. F. Smith.” Smith pens the four original verses of ‘America’ in their

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 25, 1987. Letter to writer and political activist Elie Wiesel, in full: “No, I cannot accept your idea in your letter

Personal calling card imprinted with Turgenev’s name and address in Baden-Baden, Germany, 3.25 x 2, bearing a brief unsigned note in German in his own

Signed book: Slaughterhouse-Five. First edition, later printing. NY: Delacorte Press, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 186 pages. Signed

Fantastic handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1854. A page from Thoreau’s draft for his ‘Moonlight’ le

ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7.5, no date but a docketing notation to the reverse indicates the letter was received at Ferney on August 4, 1764. A t

TLS signed “H. G.,” one page, 7 x 4.5, personal letterhead, March 14, 1944. Letter to British official Ronald Storrs. In full: “I’m just pulling out o

National State Bank of Camden check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Whitman, “Walt Whitman,” payable for “Seventy Dollars,” August 27, 1887. A t

Iconic 4 x 5.5 albumen portrait of Whitman originally taken in September 1872 in Brooklyn by photographer G. Frank Pearsall, nicely signed at the bott

Vintage sepia matte-finish 7.75 x 11 head-and-shoulders portrait of Thornton, signed and inscribed in the lower right in fountain pen, “For Lee Keedic

Collection of four hardcover books signed on the title page in ballpoint or ink by Auden, who crosses out his printed name on each, including: a first

Collection of eleven signatures on slips and cards of various sizes, including: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg, Pearl S. Buck, Ogd

Collection of twelve hardcover books, all but one are first editions, each signed by the respective author, including: Martha Keller (2), Joan Rivers

Signed book: Just Above My Head. First edition, limited issue, numbered 186/500. NY: The Dial Press, 1979. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 597 pag

Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet (1931–1989) considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era. ANS in Germ

Ballpoint signature, “P. Boulle,” on an off-white 4 x 2.75 bookplate. In fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition hardcover copy of his best-kno