RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Literature

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Boasting almost 1,000 lots, RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features a robust literature section that includes autographs from authors across the ages—from Goethe to Kafka to Hemingway, a wide assortment of great writers and literary movements are represented. Other highlights in the sale include an important letter by Stephen Hawking, an extremely rare Mao Zedong autograph, a fully signed Led Zeppelin album, a wise autograph quote by Albert Einstein, and a letter by Thomas Jefferson on a political economics textbook. 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 September 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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Paul von Hindenburg185 - Paul von Hindenburg
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Untranslated ALS in German, signed “v. Hindenburg, G. F.,” 8.25 x 5.25, October 3, 1924. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelo
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J. Edgar Hoover186 - J. Edgar Hoover
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The Washington Loan and Trust Company check, 6.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hoover, "John Edgar Hoover," payable to F. A. Mehler fo...
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Charles Evans Hughes187 - Charles Evans Hughes
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Five pins from Hughes's political career, measuring between 5/8? and 7/8?, including two pins from his 1906 campaign for governor of New York, t...
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Charles Evans Hughes188 - Charles Evans Hughes
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Vintage matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 portrait of Hughes by Underwood & Underwood, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Sincerely yours,...
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Joseph Hume189 - Joseph Hume
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Twice-signed ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, 1830. Letter to Dr. McVickar, in part: "Mr. Richards will call for you tomorrow morning at 1/4 after 8 ...
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Samuel Huntington190 - Samuel Huntington
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Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, signed “Sam'l Huntington,” one page, 8 x 7, March 1782. State of Connecticut payment order for Sheriff Wi...
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Indian Leaders191 - Indian Leaders
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Trio of ink signatures of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi on individual off-white cards, each affixed below a portrait to an overall
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Jared Ingersoll192 - Jared Ingersoll
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ALS signed “J. Ingersoll,” one page, 7.5 x 8, January 23, 1807. Letter to Philadelphia lawyer William Rawle, in part: "I think you are right in...
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Boris Johnson193 - Boris Johnson
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Color glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the recently elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, signed in black ink by Boris Johnson. In fine conditi
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Joseph P. Kennedy194 - Joseph P. Kennedy
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 22, 1948. Letter to Kenneth Browne in Maine, in part: "At this writing, I have no avai...
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Jack Kilby195 - Jack Kilby
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Three items signed in ballpoint by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Jack Kilby: an off-white 5 x 3 card with affixed Nobel Prize stamp; an FDC with a cac
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King Fahd of Saudi Arabia196 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
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Color satin-finish 5.75 x 8 photo of King Fahd in his traditional attire, affixed to a slightly larger mount, signed in the lower border in blue ballp
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King George V197 - King George V
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Vintage matte-finish 12.25 x 19.25 photo of King George wearing his military attire in a distinguished three-quarter-length pose, signed on a card aff
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King George VI198 - King George VI
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DS, signed “George R. I.,” two pages, 8.25 x 12.5, March 2, 1937. Official letter to Federico Laredo Brú, offering congratulations on his ascen...
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Robert R. Livingston199 - Robert R. Livingston
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Revolutionary War-dated handwritten endorsement, signed "R. R. Livingston," penned at the bottom of a petition from Jane Cuyler, one page,...
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Lucky Luciano200 - Lucky Luciano
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Original October 25, 1935 edition of The New York Sun, 17 x 22.5, 46 pages. Front page bears a headline which reads, "Police Question Schultz&#...
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Karl Marx201 - Karl Marx
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Uncommon book: Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie, Buchs I and II, by Karl Marx and edited by Freidrich Engels. Later printing. Hamburg: Ve
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John McCain and Jimmy Carter202 - John McCain and Jimmy Carter
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Two hardcover first edition books: Worth the Fighting For, signed on the title page in black ballpoint by John McCain; and An Outdoor Journal, signed
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Joseph McCarthy203 - Joseph McCarthy
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Communist-hunting demagogue, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Walter Potter, With Sincere Good Wish...
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Golda Meir204 - Golda Meir
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Two items: a vintage glossy 5 x 7 close-up photo of Golda Meir, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint; and a TLS, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, Ministr
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