RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Animation

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RR Auction's first Fine Autograph and Artifact sale of 2019 features nearly 1,000 rare and remarkable lots, with a special focus on Art and Animation. Highlights from traditional artists include sketches by Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso, an oversized screen print by Andy Warhol, and a letter by Claude Monet, while the animation section features extraordinary original production artwork from Disney classics like Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Fantasia, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Other top items include a magnificent signed portrait of Albert Einstein, a Civil War draft order signed by President Abraham Lincoln, a presentation copy of Walt Whitman's works, and a variety of other important historical autographs from across the ages. 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 2019.
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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Jack London449 - Jack London
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Lengthy handwritten love letter by Jack London, unsigned, ten pages, 8.5 x 11, August 23, 1903. Letter to his future wife Charmian Kittredge, written
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow450 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Superb 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite photo of Longfellow in a seated near-profile pose by Warren of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, signed on the reverse i
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Perrault451 - Charles Perrault
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French author (1628-1703) known for his development of the fairy tale genre. Scarce ANS in French, signed "Perrault," one page, 6.5 x 1.75...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell452 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, June 3, 1948. Letter to David Grunbaum at the Bookman Literary Agen
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Erich Maria Remarque453 - Erich Maria Remarque
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Signed book: Im Westen Nichts Neues [All Quiet on the Western Front]. First edition thus. Berlin: Propylaen Verlag, 1929. Leatherbound hardcover, 5.5
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ezra Pound454 - Ezra Pound
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ALS in pencil signed “EP,” one page on the reverse of a 3.25 x 5.5 postal card, postmarked June 12, 1948. In part: "…producable text? Spell his...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Aleksey Remizov455 - Aleksey Remizov
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Russian modernist writer (1877–1957) whose creative imagination veered to the fantastic and bizarre. Superlative handwritten manuscript in Cyrillic by
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke456 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. ALS in French, on
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J. K. Rowling457 - J. K. Rowling
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ALS signed “J. K. Rowling (Jo),” one page both sides, 5.75 x 4, personal embossed owl letterhead, September 6, 2013. Letter to James Traver, in full:
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger458 - J. D. Salinger
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TLS signed “As ever, Jerry,” one page, 8.5 x 11, [April 1965]. Letter to Joyce Miller Hodgins, formerly a staff writer at The New Yorker and Salinge...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George Sand459 - George Sand
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Acclaimed French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876) remembered for her romantic affairs with the composer Frederic Chopin and the writer Alfred de Mus
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Dr. Seuss460 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: The King's Stilts. Early printing. NY: Random House, 1939. Hardcover with second state dust jacket, 9.25 x 12. Signed and inscribed...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Mary Shelley461 - Mary Shelley
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British author (1797–1851) whose first and best-known novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, takes a place among the most enduring classics of
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck462 - John Steinbeck
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ALS, one page, 6.25 x 8, The Cottage letterhead, September 12, 1959. Letter to a "Mr. Weatherly," in full: "The explanation is simple...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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August Strindberg463 - August Strindberg
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Important Swedish novelist and playwright (1849-1912) who takes a place among the most influential figures in the development of modern theater. ALS i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Isaiah Thomas464 - Isaiah Thomas
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Important colonial-era American printer and publisher (1749-1831), second in renown only to Benjamin Franklin. In addition to authoring a massive Hist
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien465 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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Desirable ink signature, "J. R. R. Tolkien, Exeter," on an off-white and lightly lined 7 x 8.25 guest book page, with upper left corner pa...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy466 - Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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Russian and Soviet writer (1883–1945) who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Partly-printed DS in French,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa467 - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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Italian writer and the last Prince of Lampedusa (1896–1957) who is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo, which was made into an award-winning
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Noah Webster468 - Noah Webster
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Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Pamphlet entitled "Message from the ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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