RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring John F. Kennedy

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With a featured section honoring the birthday of President John F. Kennedy, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts nearly 750 diverse lots. Top JFK items include an original portrait study by Aaron Shikler, Jacqueline Kennedy's personally-worn maternity dress, windows from the Texas School Book Depository, and a rosary used by a priest at Parkland Hospital, as well as assorted autographs and other personal effects. Additional highlights in the sale are rare signatures of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for "The Times They Are-a-Changin'," a near-mint trio of the first Playboy issues, and a cigar box signed by Fidel Castro. 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 May 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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Charles Dickens463 - Charles Dickens
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Desirable hand-addressed mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to "Miss Procter, 32 Weymouth Street, Portland Place, London, W.,&...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Paul Laurence Dunbar464 - Paul Laurence Dunbar
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African-American poet (1872-1906), known for his colorful use of language and dialect, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 33. AQS on an off-white
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot465 - T. S. Eliot
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Vintage matte-finish 2 x 2.75 passport photo of the great writer, signed at the top in fountain pen, "T. S. Eliot." In fine condition, wit...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming466 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, September 17, 1951. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry o
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gustave Flaubert467 - Gustave Flaubert
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ALS in French, signed “Gu. Flaubert,” two pages, 5 x 8, no date. Letter to a friend, in full (translated): "Le Sexe Faible [The Weak Sex] must ...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Robert Frost468 - Robert Frost
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Vintage glossy 6.5 x 8.25 photo of Frost in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To the Ken Brownes, away out there, from the...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway469 - Ernest Hemingway
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Unsigned first edition book: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardcover with dust ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo470 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, July 17, 1867. Written while in banishment, living on the island of Guernsey, Hugo writes to Aubin Pelletier, author
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Joyce471 - James Joyce
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Signed book: Haveth Childers Everywhere. First edition, limited issue, numbered 67/100. Paris, Henry Babou & Jack Kahane; New York, the Fountain...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Jack Kerouac472 - Jack Kerouac
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, "Jack Kerouac," payable to Macy's for $26.31, June 4, 1958. In fine con...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne473 - A. A. Milne
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Archive containing one letter signed by A. A. Milne, plus 21 letters written and signed by his wife Daphne, all sent to their friends Vincent and Barb
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Beatrix Potter474 - Beatrix Potter
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Sought-after ink signature and inscription, "Wm. and Beatrix Heelis, Christopher and Phyllis Le Fleming and the young man, from Peter Rabbit, C...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Mary Shelley475 - Mary Shelley
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British author (1797–1851) whose first and best-known novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, takes a place among the most enduring classics of
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hunter S. Thompson: Issue of 'The Nation'476 - Hunter S. Thompson: Issue of 'The Nation'
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Rare original issue of The Nation from May 17, 1965, Vol. 200, No. 20, 30 pages, 8.5 x 10.75, with front cover showing motorcycle artwork next to bold
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Turgenev477 - Ivan Turgenev
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Highly influential Russian author (1818–1883) whose 1862 novel Fathers and Sons remains one of the pillars of nineteenth-century literature. ALS in Ge
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman478 - Walt Whitman
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Highly sought-after 4 x 5.25 cabinet-style photo of Whitman wearing a hat with his beard gently resting in an open hand, boldly signed in ink, "...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Maya Angelou479 - Maya Angelou
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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 ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maya Angelou480 - Maya Angelou
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Signed book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 281 pages. Signed and in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Isaac Asimov481 - Isaac Asimov
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Signed book: In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. Hardcover with dust j
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel Beckett482 - Samuel Beckett
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, April 27, 1965. Letter to noted set designer William Ritman, producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival, in full: &qu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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