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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Thomas Mann639 - Thomas Mann
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TLS in German, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 30, 1938. Letter to the Hungarian-born conductor Zoltan Fekete, in part (loosely translated): "Thank...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tim O'Brien640 - Tim O'Brien
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Signed book: If I Die in a Combat Zone. First British edition. London: Calder & Boyars, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 199 pages. Si...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Frederik Pohl641 - Frederik Pohl
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Signed book: The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. First edition. NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 x 7.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Whitcomb Riley642 - James Whitcomb Riley
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AQS on an off-white 6.5 x 7.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion, "Gradually thawing out, your old-time spring and summer friend, James Whitcomb R...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Siegfried Sassoon643 - Siegfried Sassoon
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English poet, author and soldier (1886-1967). Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. A
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William Shakespeare644 - William Shakespeare
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Three fine items made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England, including: a 2.25? tall miniature hand-painted porcelain bust of William Shakespeare; a lim
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Clifford D. Simak645 - Clifford D. Simak
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Signed book: Cosmic Engineers. First edition. NY: Gnome Press, 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 224 pages. Signed on the title page in b
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Ilya Tolstoy646 - Ilya Tolstoy
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Russian writer (1866–1933) and son of Leo Tolstoy. ALS signed “Count Ilya Tolstoy,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, embossed crest let
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Chris Van Allsburg647 - Chris Van Allsburg
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Signed book: Jumanji. First edition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.25 x 10, 28 pages. Signed and inscribe
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H. G. Wells648 - H. G. Wells
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, Spade House, Sandgate letterhead, April 5, 1901. Wells forwards his work to a "damned magazine," in part: "P...
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Thornton Wilder649 - Thornton Wilder
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ALS signed “Old ('Sagebrush Joe') Thornton,” one page both sides, 6 x 7, 50 Deepwood Drive letterhead, January 16, 1962. In full: "Many...
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Tennessee Williams650 - Tennessee Williams
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Signed book: Androgyne, Mon Amour. Limited edition, numbered 5/200. NY: New Directions, 1977. Clothbound hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 92 pages
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Tom Wolfe651 - Tom Wolfe
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Letter to "Mr. Pape," in part: "You have a good eye. The excerpt is indeed different from the chapt...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Hector Berlioz652 - Hector Berlioz
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ALS in French, signed “H. Berlioz,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Letter to his friend Edouard Alexandre, an organ manufacturer, on moving his piano
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Enrico Caruso653 - Enrico Caruso
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Partly-printed DS in French, one page, 6 x 5, August 25, 1910. Payment receipt from the Kursaal d'Ostende for "the concert of 21 August 191...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Gaetano Donizetti654 - Gaetano Donizetti
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Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. ALS in French, signed “Donizetti,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, no da
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Jerzy Fitelberg655 - Jerzy Fitelberg
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Polish-American composer (1903–1951). Autograph musical manuscript, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 10.5 x 13.5, signed at the conclusion, "...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franz Joseph Haydn656 - Franz Joseph Haydn
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Excessively rare and extremely desirable manuscript DS in German, one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, July 21, 1801. Untranslated contract in which Haydn c
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Estimate : 60,000.00 - 80,000.00
 
 
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Edvard Grieg657 - Edvard Grieg
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Desirable AMQS on an off-white 8.25 x 5.25 sheet, crisply signed in bold ink, "Edvard Grieg, Warschau," and dated April 14. Grieg pens thr...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Conradin Kreutzer658 - Conradin Kreutzer
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German composer and conductor (1780–1849) best remembered for his romantic opera Das Nachtlager in Granada. Interesting autograph document in German,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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