RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. 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 August 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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Myron Waldman585 - Myron Waldman
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Two limited edition hand-painted animation cels signed by Waldman: one artist's proof entitled 'Let's Rumble,' numbered AP 10/15, sh...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens586 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Distinguished matte-finish 5.75 x 7.5 portrait by Ernest H. Mills affixed to its original 7.25 x 9.25 mount, signed and inscribed in ink, "To R...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Philip K. Dick587 - Philip K. Dick
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Wonderful TLS signed “Love, Phil,” who adds a heart with arrow, three pages, 8.5 x 11, January 11, 1981. Lengthy letter to science fiction author Patr
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens588 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Sought-after crisp ink signature, "Mark Twain,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip. In fine condition, with some light creasing along the top.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens589 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4 x 4.75, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, January 31, 1861. Letter to George Head and Co., in full: "I beg thank you fo...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kahlil Gibran590 - Kahlil Gibran
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Lebanese-American artist and writer (1883-1931) best known for his writings on religion and for his best-selling 1923 spiritual-philosophical classic
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway591 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS signed “Papa,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, February 9, 1954. Letter to "Peter," probably the novelist and screenwriter...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway592 - Ernest Hemingway
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Gorgeous FDC with a cachet honoring the Smithsonian Institution, signed in bold fountain pen by Ernest Hemingway. In fine condition, with some light w
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo593 - Victor Hugo
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Signed book: Les Quatre Vents de l'esprit [The Four Winds of the Spirit], Volumes I and II. First edition. Paris, France: J. Hetzel & A. Qua...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Francis Scott Key594 - Francis Scott Key
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Short AMS signed "F. S. Key, Esqr," one page on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 slip, no date but likely circa 1829. Key writes an additional stan...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling595 - Rudyard Kipling
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, January 29, 1893. Written from Brattleboro, Vermont, a letter to author and illustrator Mary Hallock Fo
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne596 - A. A. Milne
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Two ALSs, signed "Blue" and "A. A Milne," three pages in total, dated July 2, 1920, and November 27, 1942. Both letters are addr...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne597 - A. A. Milne
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World War II-dated ALS signed “Blue,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, December 20, 1942. Letter to longtime friend Vincent Seligman, in part: “This is jus
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne598 - A. A. Milne
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Signed book: More 'Very Young' Songs. Limited edition, numbered 96/100. London: Methuen & Co., 1928. Hardcover, 10.25 x 13, 40 pages. Si...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre599 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 6.75 x 9, August 11, [no year]. Written from the Hotel La Louisiane in Paris, Sartre reports that his
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Yukio Mishima600 - Yukio Mishima
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Japanese author (1925–1970) whose works remain some of the most significant of the 20th century; he committed ritual suicide to protest the Westerniza
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith601 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Appealing AQS on an off-white 8 x 10.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, "S. F. Smith, 1832, March 1886." Smith pens the iconic line...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Steinbeck602 - John Steinbeck
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ALS, one page, 6.25 x 7, personal letterhead, February 10, 1956. Letter to Ken Browne, in full: "Thank you for your very kind letter of Jan. 15...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Bram Stoker603 - Bram Stoker
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, blindstamped Lyceum Theatre letterhead, December 12, 1890. Letter to a lady, in part: "I think M...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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W. H. Auden604 - W. H. Auden
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, April 2, 1948. Official letter directed to German playwright Bertolt Brecht, in full: "I have therefore given sugges...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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