RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Pop Culture

Rare TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 28, 1979. In full: "In my family's collective use there are several motor vehicles, both foreign and...

Nobel Prize-winning Irish dramatist and critic (1856-1950) who takes a place among the most distinguished and influential literary figures of his time

Unsigned first edition book: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. First edition, first printing. NY: The Viking Press, 1939. Hardcover with dust jac

LS signed "Henry Irving," written in the hand of his secretary, Dracula author Bram Stoker, one page, 5 x 8, Lyceum Theatre letterhead, Ma...

Versatile French Enlightenment writer (1694–1778) best remembered for his satirical work Candide. ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, No

Signed book in Russian: Khozyain and rabotnik (Master and Man). St. Petersburg: 1895. Paperback with blue leather slipcase, 3.5 x 5.75, 152 pages. Sig

Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 7.5, Janua

American writer (1903–1968) who is best known for his crime fiction; his story It Had to Be Murder served as the source for Alfred Hitchcock's 1...

TLS signed “W. B. Yeats,” one page, 8 x 10, May 26, 1903. Letter to the wife of writer G. K. Chesterton, in full: "I am very sorry not to have ...

Two items: a glossy 10 x 8 close-up photo of the poet, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, "Joyce & Ken Browne, Joy! Maya Angelou, July ...

Uncommon signed book: The Floating Opera. First edition. NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 280 pages. Signed

ALS signed “W. C. Bryant,” one page, 5 x 8.25, December 13, 1859. Written from New York, a letter to D. S. Coddington, in full: "I have not yet...

American novelist (1892–1977) best known as the author of such crime/noir classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. TLS signed

Group lot of nine books, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip by a celebrity: Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg by

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, October 16, 1956. Letter to Edgar Carter of the H. N. Swanson literary agency, in part:

Unsigned first edition book: In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin. NY: Summit Books, 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 205 pages. In fine conditio

Limited edition Mont Blanc 'Agatha Christie' fountain pen, featuring a sterling silver snake with ruby eyes winding around the screw-on cap,...

Ballpoint signature, "Agatha Christie,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 card. Double-matted with a portrait of the mystery author to an overall size o...

Vintage ink signature of Jean Cocteau on an off-white 4 x 2 sheet. Double-matted with a glossy photo of the French filmmaker to an overall size of 12

ANS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 1965. Brief note on a guest page, in full: "With much affection and very many thanks for everything, Roald Dahl, M...

Signed book: American Psycho. First edition, first printing. NY: Vintage Contemporaries/Random House, 1991. A paperback original, 5 x 8, 399 pages. Si

Signed book: Less Than Zero. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 208 pages. Sign...

Color 5 x 6 portrait of Frost removed from a Time Magazine cover, signed and inscribed along the top in blue ink, "For the Ken Brownes, that th...

American journalist and author (1908–1986) who was the fourth wife and widow of Ernest Hemingway. Four items: a Christmas card with giraffes under Mt.

Ink signature, "H. Hesse,” penned vertically with a short German sentiment on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4.25 postcard of Hesse's home in Gaie...

Two ALSs, both signed "O. W. Holmes," one page, 4.5 x 7, dated April 29, 1864 and March 29, 1893. The earlier letter: "I will send yo...

Rare signed book: Demon Box. Uncorrected galley proof of the first edition. NY: Viking, 1986. In plain green wrappers, 5.5 x 8.25, 375 pages. Signed a

Signed book: A Wrinkle in Time. Book club edition. Garden City, NY: Junior Deluxe Editions, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 216 pages. S

Signed limited edition typescript of Elmore Leonard's 1987 novel Bandits, numbered 5/60, 408 pages, 8.5 x 11, housed in its original foil-wrappe...

ALS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, September 26, [no year]. Letter to Dr. Smyth, in part: "God bless you a million times, not only for the May Sinclair ...

Fountain pen signature, "Sinclair Lewis, Katonah, N.Y., August 6, 1925,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 card. In fine condition, with old tape stains...

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, "Jack London," payable to P. N. Hanrahan & Co. for $74, January 6, 1910. In ...

Ink signature, "Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.5 slip. In fine condition, with a horizontal fold beneath the signa...

Vintage fountain pen signature, "Thomas Mann,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 sheet. Double-matted with a photo of the Nobel Prize-winning author to a...

Signed book: Terms of Endearment. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 410 pages....

Four items signed by Arthur Miller, including: two glossy 10 x 8 stills from the set of a remake of Death of a Salesman, each signed in blue ink by Mi

Italian novelist and journalist (1907–1990) whose novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. He is perhaps be

British author (1893–1957) best known for her series of mysteries featuring fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey. ALS signed “Dorothy L. Sayers,” one

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Clarence Gate letterhead, March 12, 1925. Letter to Newman Flower, in part: "I have got an arrangement which takes me ov...

American author (1856-1923) best known for the juvenile classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Uncommon AMQS on an off-white 6.5 x 4.5 sheet signed in fo

Ink signature, "Wm. Wordsworth, Rydal Mount, 18th Aug'st 1823,” on an off-white 6.5 x .75 sheet clipped from the close of a letter. In fine...

French composer (1818-1893) best remembered for his composition of 'Ave Maria.' Remarkable autograph musical manuscript twice signed "C...

ALS in Italian, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, Torre della Tagliata letterhead, July 4, 1920. Letter to Renzo Valcarenghi, director of

Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of Puccini, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in Italian, "Giacomo Puccini, New...

Desirable AMQS on an off-white 6 x 3.5 sheet, signed below in ink, "Giacomo Puccini, Torre del Lago, 1906." Puccini pens three bars from h...

ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, July 4, 1898. Letter to Giuseppe de Amicis, Verdi's friend and cousin of the ...

Vintage ballpoint signatures of John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and James Garrison on individual off-white notebook pages, nicely matted with

Hubert Sumlin's stage-used circa 1970s Gibson ED-335TD thinline archtop semi-hollowbody electric guitar with a handsome sunburst finish, serial ...

Dramatic original pencil sketch of a dancer accomplished by Miles Davis on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed at the bottom in pencil, "Miles ...

Leather-bound autograph book, 6.75 x 5.5, signed inside in ink and ballpoint by a wide array of notable jazz musicians, including (some inscribed): So