RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts February 2020

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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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George Gissing601 - George Gissing
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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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry James603 - Henry James
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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...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Jones604 - James Jones
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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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow605 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Henry W. Longfellow,” on an off-white 4.25 x .75 slip clipped from a certificate. In fine condition. Accompani...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow606 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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H. L. Mencken607 - H. L. Mencken
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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
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Robert Ripley608 - Robert Ripley
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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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carl Sandburg609 - Carl Sandburg
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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
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Leon Uris610 - Leon Uris
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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...
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Herman Wouk611 - Herman Wouk
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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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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