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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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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