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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Thomas Mann533 - Thomas Mann
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AQS on an off-white sheet of 5 x 7.5 of personal letterhead, signed "Thomas Mann." In full: "This much at least I insist upon: 't...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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W. Somerset Maugham534 - W. Somerset Maugham
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TLS signed "W. S. Maugham," one page, 5.25 x 8, Villa Mauresque letterhead, February 11, 1965. Response to a collector, in full: "Tha...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Guy de Maupassant535 - Guy de Maupassant
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French naturalist writer (1850–1893), considered the greatest French author of short stories. Ink signature, "Guy d Maupassant,” on an off-whit...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Carson McCullers536 - Carson McCullers
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American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet (1917–1967) whose work is often described as Southern Gothic; she is best rememb
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound537 - Ezra Pound
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TLS signed in pencil “EP,” one page, 8.75 x 11.25, personal letterhead, July 23, no year but circa 1938. Letter headed "Ed. Tr/ Private," ...
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J. K. Rowling538 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay. First edition. NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2016. Hardcover with dust ja
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling539 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. First American edition. NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 7
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J. K. Rowling540 - J. K. Rowling
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Rare signed book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. First deluxe edition, first printing. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Clothbound hardcover...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre541 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Signed book: Five Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 484 pages. Signed on the first free end pa
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Maurice Sendak542 - Maurice Sendak
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Uncommon glossy 3.5 x 5 photo of Maurice Sendak, signed in black ink. In fine condition.
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Rabindranath Tagore543 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Fountain pe
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Tasha Tudor544 - Tasha Tudor
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Award-winning illustrator and children's book author from New England (1915–2008). ALS, three pages, 5.75 x 7.75, no date but postmarked Decembe...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alfred de Vigny545 - Alfred de Vigny
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French poet and early leader of French Romanticism (1797–1864) whose work included novels, plays, and translations of Shakespeare. ALS in French, one
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William Butler Yeats546 - William Butler Yeats
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Desirable ink signature, "W. B. Yeats,” on the reverse of an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 Society of Arts and Sciences dues card. In fine condition, wit...
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Emile Zola547 - Emile Zola
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ALS in French, one page on the reverse of a 4.25 x 5.25 telegram, postmarked February 27, 1895. Untranslated letter to French historian and academicia
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Hector Berlioz548 - Hector Berlioz
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Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 9.75 x 7.5 sheet, prominently signed, "H. Berlioz, 1 Dicembre 1856." Berlioz neatly pens seven bars fro...
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar549 - Edward Elgar
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Rare AMQS on a beige 5 x 7.5 sheet bearing an affixed image of the English composer. Elgar pens five bars of music, identifying it as being from &qu...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Georges Enesco550 - Georges Enesco
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Noted Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher (1881–1955). Untranslated ALS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, Grand H
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Giacomo Puccini551 - Giacomo Puccini
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Magnificent 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet portrait of a young Puccini, inscribed in Italian in black ink to singer Romilda Pantaleoni and signed, “Giacomo Pucci
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini552 - Giacomo Puccini
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Untranslated ALS in Italian, signed “G. P.,” one page on a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Stazione di Torre del Lago, postmarked December 9, 1919.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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