Auction Details
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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449Jack LondonRR Auction
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
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
450Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRR Auction
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
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
451Charles PerraultRR Auction
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...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
452Margaret MitchellRR Auction
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
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
453Erich Maria RemarqueRR Auction
Signed book: Im Westen Nichts Neues [All Quiet on the Western Front]. First edition thus. Berlin: Propylaen Verlag, 1929. Leatherbound hardcover, 5.5
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
454Ezra PoundRR Auction
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...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
455Aleksey RemizovRR Auction
Russian modernist writer (1877–1957) whose creative imagination veered to the fantastic and bizarre. Superlative handwritten manuscript in Cyrillic by
Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
456Rainer Maria RilkeRR Auction
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
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
457J. K. RowlingRR Auction
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:
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
458J. D. SalingerRR Auction
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...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
459George SandRR Auction
Acclaimed French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876) remembered for her romantic affairs with the composer Frederic Chopin and the writer Alfred de Mus
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
460Dr. SeussRR Auction
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...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
461Mary ShelleyRR Auction
British author (1797–1851) whose first and best-known novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, takes a place among the most enduring classics of
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
462John SteinbeckRR Auction
ALS, one page, 6.25 x 8, The Cottage letterhead, September 12, 1959. Letter to a "Mr. Weatherly," in full: "The explanation is simple...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
463August StrindbergRR Auction
Important Swedish novelist and playwright (1849-1912) who takes a place among the most influential figures in the development of modern theater. ALS i
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
464Isaiah ThomasRR Auction
Important colonial-era American printer and publisher (1749-1831), second in renown only to Benjamin Franklin. In addition to authoring a massive Hist
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
465J. R. R. TolkienRR Auction
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...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,800.00
466Aleksey Nikolayevich TolstoyRR Auction
Russian and Soviet writer (1883–1945) who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Partly-printed DS in French,
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
467Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaRR Auction
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
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
468Noah WebsterRR Auction
Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Pamphlet entitled "Message from the ...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00