RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

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With over 850 lots, RR Auction’s March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale offers a wide variety of material for history buffs, music lovers, sports fans, movie mavens, and more! Our highlighted military section ranges from European conflicts of the 17th century through World War II, and features everything from autographs to weapons and uniforms. Art and literature also take a leading role, with autograph letters from the likes of Monet, Matisse, Lautrec, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Marvels of classical music include a Haydn contract, Liszt letter, and Verdi note, while Gershwin, Guthrie, and Lennon round out our modern selection. 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 March 2018.
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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Virginia Woolf619 - Virginia Woolf
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Sought-after ink signature, "Virginia Woolf,” on a blue 3.25 x 1.75 slip affixed to a beige 4.75 x 8 sheet; attached below the signature is a b...
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Isaac Asimov620 - Isaac Asimov
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TQS on an off-white 6 x 4 card, signed below in black ballpoint by Asimov. In full: "I have been avid to learn and avid to teach. When I was se...
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Ambrose Bierce621 - Ambrose Bierce
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American writer (1842–c.1914) best known for his vivid short stories (including the classic 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge') and his sat...
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Anthony Burgess622 - Anthony Burgess
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Desirable unsigned book: A Clockwork Orange. First American edition. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 184 ...
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Edgar Rice Burroughs623 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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TLS signed “E. R. Burroughs,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, October 13, 1926. Letter to John M. Stahl of Radio W. L. S., in full: "T...
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James M. Cain624 - James M. Cain
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TLS signed “Jim,” two pages, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, June 29, 1958. Letter to famed Hollywood agent H. N. Swanson, in part: "I am deep into...
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Arthur C. Clarke625 - Arthur C. Clarke
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Signed book: 2010: Odyssey Two. First edition, limited issue, numbered 156/650. Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacke
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Jean Cocteau626 - Jean Cocteau
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ALS signed “Jean,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, November 27, 1957. Short letter to a friend, in part (translated): "I send you the letter I send to o...
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Jean Cocteau627 - Jean Cocteau
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ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, November 19, 1961. Letter addressed to "Theatre Artists" in Toronto, in which Cocteau expresses his ...
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Wilkie Collins628 - Wilkie Collins
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British author (1824–1889) regarded as the first British detective story writer. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhea
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Richard Henry Dana, Jr629 - Richard Henry Dana, Jr
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American lawyer and politician (1815–1882) best known as the author of the best-selling 1840 nautical memoir Two Years Before the Mast. ALS signed “R
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Alexandre Dumas, fils630 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Untranslated ALS
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Fireside Poets: Longfellow and Holmes631 - Fireside Poets: Longfellow and Holmes
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Two items: an ink signature, "Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow, 1875.," on an off-white 4 x 2 slip; and an ALS signed "Oliver Wendell...
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Bret Harte632 - Bret Harte
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American author (1836–1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story 'The Outcasts of Pok...
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Rudyard Kipling633 - Rudyard Kipling
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Fountain pen signature, "Rudyard Kipling,” on an off-white 2.25 x .5 slip affixed and pinned to a transmittal letter in another hand. The lette...
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Rudyard Kipling634 - Rudyard Kipling
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TLS, one page, 5 x 8, Burwash, Etchingham letterhead, September 28, 1935. Letter to Captain A. B. Kennair, in full: "Thank you very much for yo...
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Arthur Koestler635 - Arthur Koestler
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Jewish-Hungarian author (1905–1983) best known for the anti-Stalinist novel Darkness at Noon. TLS signed “A. Koestler,” one page, 6.25 x 8, personal l
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Lin Yutang636 - Lin Yutang
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Writer (1895–1976) whose compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. Signed book: The Importance
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Lin Yutang637 - Lin Yutang
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Vintage ink signature, "Lin Yutang,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card bearing an affixed image of the Chinese scribe. In fine condition, with ton...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow638 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 17, 1874. Letter to British poet Alfred Austin, in part: "...
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