RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale features more than 850 rare and remarkable lots, with highlights to include an extremely rare signature of Declaration signer Thomas Lynch, Jr., a post-Beatles check signed by Lennon and McCartney, a Winston Churchill publishing archive, autographs of rare Cuban revolutionaries, and a scarce document from King Henry VIII. 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 May 2017.
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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Hart Crane491 - Hart Crane
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Rare ALS signed "Hart Crane," one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Cunard RMS Tuscania, no date but circa mid-December 1928. Let...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens492 - Charles Dickens
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ALS signed “CD,” one page, 5 x 6.25, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, October 20, 1865. In part: "I congratulate you on having run the ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William Faulkner493 - William Faulkner
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Signed book: A Green Bough. Limited edition, numbered 203/360. NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. Hardcover, 6.5 x 8.75, 67 pages. Signed on th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gustave Flaubert494 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. Scarce ALS in French, signed
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming495 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 25, 1949. Letter to journalist and spy Anton
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe496 - Julia Ward Howe
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.5, January 17, 1876. In part: "I am much obliged for your kind and gratifying note. We are all pa...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Joyce497 - James Joyce
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Sought-after ink signature, "To wish you a happy Xmas, James Joyce, Paris 1920,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 slip. Double-matted with a portrait o...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld498 - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Noted French author of maxims and memoirs (1613–1680) known for his clear-eyed and urbane worldview. Rare ALS in French, signed “Larochefoucauld,” one
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Miller500 - Arthur Miller
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ALS signed “Art,” one page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 10.75, no date but circa 1956. Letter to actress Marilyn Monroe, affectionately addressing her as &...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Guy de Maupassant501 - Guy de Maupassant
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French naturalist writer (1850–1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 3.5 personal stationer
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne503 - A. A. Milne
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World War II-dated ALS signed “Blue,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, December 20, 1942. Letter to longtime friend Vincent Seligman, in part: “This is to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Flannery O'Connor504 - Flannery O'Connor
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Rare TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 3, 1956. Letter to Miss Abbott, in full: "Thanks so much for your letter. I see now what you were getting at ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatrix Potter505 - Beatrix Potter
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Signed book: The Tale of Pigling Bland. First edition. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1913. Hardcover, 4 x 5.5, 94 pages. Signed on the half-tit...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling506 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed set of two books: Harry Potter’s School Books, including Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. First edit...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery507 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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French poet, writer, and pioneering aviator (1900–1944) best known for The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in North Africa d
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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H. G. Wells508 - H. G. Wells
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ALS, one page, 7 x 9, Whitehall Court letterhead, February 17, 1924. Letter to French writer Paul Reboux about a tribute to Anatole France. In part:...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Thomas Wolfe509 - Thomas Wolfe
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Rare TLS signed “Tom Wolfe,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, December 27, 1937. Letter to Anne W. Armstrong, in part: "I am so glad you spoke as you di...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Oscar Wilde510 - Oscar Wilde
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Desirable ALS, one page, 4.75 x 6.5, 16 Tite Street letterhead, no date but circa 1889. Letter to Arthur Fish, his sub-editor at The Woman’s World mag
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf511 - Virginia Woolf
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TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.75, Tavistock Square letterhead, May 14, 1926. Letter to "Miss Mcafee," in part: "It was a great pleasure to ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf512 - Virginia Woolf
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Fascinating ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, Hogarth House, Paradise Road letterhead, January 11, 1923. Letter to Paul Colin, editor of the French
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Estimate : 3,800.00 - 4,200.00
 
 
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