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RR Auction's February 2020 Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale presents nearly 900 lots in a diverse array of collectible fields, from presidents to classical musicians to scientific pioneers. Top lots include Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for 'Tangled Up In Blue'; a Queen Mary signed document ordering a fine robe; extraordinary autographs from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and Johannes Brahms; and other figures of historical renown like George Washington, Charlie Parker, Joseph Stalin, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Winston Churchill. 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 February 2020.
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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563Stanley LinkRR Auction
Group of three original hand-inked "Tiny Tim" comic strips drawn by Stanley Link on individual sheets of 19.75 x 13.25 artist's cardst...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
564Dale MessickRR Auction
Impressive original hand-inked 15-panel "Brenda Starr, Reporter" comic strip for Sunday, April 20, 1941, drawn by Dale Messick on two off-...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
568Lampwick production drawing from PinocchioRR Auction
(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original rough production drawing featuring Lampwick from Pinocchio, showing the juvenile delinquent with a cigar in one h
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
569Stromboli production drawing from PinocchioRR Auction
(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring Stromboli from Pinocchio, showing the classic villain in the scene when he is talkin
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
576Art SpiegelmanRR Auction
Promotional color 12.5 x 18.75 poster for the CD-ROM release of The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale, signed in black ink by Art Spiegelman. In ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
582Frank Willard and Ferd JohnsonRR Auction
Frank Willard
American cartoonist (1893–1958) and creator of Moon Mullins, regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time. Original ink and
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
584Ambrose BierceRR Auction
Rare matte-finish 4 x 5.5 photo of the author by Prince of Washington, D.C., affixed to its original 6 x 8 mount, signed on the mount in ink, "...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
585Truman CapoteRR Auction
DS, signed "Deal approved as above: Truman Capote," two pages, 8.5 x 11, Paramount letterhead, March 22, 1977. An agreement related to com...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
586Charles DickensRR Auction
ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, February 15, 1848. Letter to actuary H. P. Smith, stating that he will "proceed to the scratch, and underwrite Sir Arc...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
587Alexandre Dumas, pereRR Auction
Untranslated ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. In fine condition, with several horizontal folds.
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
588Johann Wolfgang von GoetheRR Auction
Broadsheet of his poem 'Am Acht und zwanzigsten August, 1826 [On the eight and twentieth of August, 1826],' one page, 5.5 x 8.25, boldly sig...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
589Maxim GorkyRR Auction
Exceptional vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Leo Tolstoy standing with Maxim Gorky in Yasnaya Polyana circa 1900, signed in fountain p
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
590Francis Scott KeyRR Auction
ALS signed “F. S. Key,” one page, 10.5 x 5, February 10, 1828. Letter to Franklin Bache in Philadelphia, in full: "The enclosed is a copy of th...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
591Ayn RandRR Auction
TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10, personal letterhead, July 25, 1962. Letter to actor Robert Stack, in part: "Thank you. I hoped that of all those con...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
592J. D. SalingerRR Auction
Receipt for a purchase of four books at the Dartmouth Bookstore in Hanover, NH, on August 22, 2001, 2.75 x 7.5, quickly signed in black ballpoint, &...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
593George Bernard ShawRR Auction
Vintage 3 x 4.25 photo of Shaw in his earlier days affixed to a 4 x 6 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, "G. Bernard Shaw, 20/2/30, ve...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
594Leo TolstoyRR Auction
Sought-after ink signature, "Leo Tolstoy,” on an off-white 2.75 x 2 card. In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder an...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
595William Butler YeatsRR Auction
ALS signed “W. B. Yeats,” one page, 7.75 x 4.25, Riversdale letterhead, June 20, 1935. Letter to a gentleman, in full: "I thank you very much f...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
596Pearl S. BuckRR Auction
Two items signed by Buck: a TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, February 12, 1968, in part: "The trip to Korea was most inspiring and the most wonderfu...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
597Thornton BurgessRR Auction
Four items: a vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Burgess in a half-length pose, signed on the reverse in black ballpoint, "Greetings from your s...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
598James M. CainRR Auction
TLS signed “Jim,” one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, April 20, 1952. Letter to his agent, Edgar Carter, who works in the office of H. N. Swanso
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
599Michael CrichtonRR Auction
Matte-finish 4 x 5 photo of the Jurassic Park author posing below the shadow of a dinosaur, signed in silver ink, "Michael Crichton." In f...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
600Alexandre Dumas, filsRR Auction
Untranslated ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas f.,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. In fine condition, with some light creasing and staple ho
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
601George GissingRR Auction
Scarce ink signature, "George Gissing," on an off-white slip, matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 11 x 13. In fine con...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
603Henry JamesRR Auction
ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 6.75, December 22, 1904. Letter to a Dr. Goodale of Boston, in full: "It has all been very disap...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
604James JonesRR Auction
Two items signed by Jones: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of the author posing at a fireplace, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Mr. & Mrs. Ken...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
605Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRR Auction
Vintage fountain pen signature, "Henry W. Longfellow,” on an off-white 4.25 x .75 slip clipped from a certificate. In fine condition. Accompani...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
606Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRR Auction
Hugely desirable AQS on an off-white 6.75 x 4 sheet, signed "Henry W. Longfellow," who writes the first stanza to his 1841 short poem Exce...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
607H. L. MenckenRR Auction
Signed book: Treatise on the Gods. First edition, limited issue, numbered 120/375. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover with wooden slipcase, 6.25 x 9
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
608Robert RipleyRR Auction
Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Robert Ripley and a Pullman conductor waving from a train car, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Louis G...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
609Carl SandburgRR Auction
Four items: a vintage glossy 5 x 6 half-length photo of Sandburg seated in an office, signed and inscribed in the upper border in black ink, “The Kenn
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
610Leon UrisRR Auction
Scarce glossy 8 x 10.25 half-length photo of Uris seated and writing at his desk, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, "For T...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
611Herman WoukRR Auction
Vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of the acclaimed author, signed in fountain pen, "Best wishes, Herman Wouk, 20 VI 56, NYC." In very good to...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00