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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Winston Churchill122 - Winston Churchill
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Complete book set: The Second World War, Volumes I–VI. First British editions. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1948-1954. Hardcovers with dust jackets,
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill123 - Winston Churchill
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ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, Ashby St. Ledgers letterhead, February 5, 1905. Churchill writes to "My dear ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill124 - Winston Churchill
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Noteworthy ‘La Aroma de Cuba’ cigar personally gifted by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to Welsh Liberal Party politician Roderic Bowen during a lun
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Mao Zedong126 - Mao Zedong
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Vintage ballpoint signature of Mao Zedong on the reverse of a 6.75 x 4.5 Chinese dinner invitation for a Latin American delegation, to be hosted on Oc
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Deng Yingchao127 - Deng Yingchao
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ALS in Chinese, six pages, 7.25 x 10.25, July 24, 1962. Letter to Comrade Xuefen. In part (translated): " the reply I received from Comrade…in t
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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William Pitt the Elder128 - William Pitt the Elder
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LS signed "W. Pitt," one page, 7.25 x 11.5, October 16, 1758. Letter to Captain John Moore, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Haile Selassie129 - Haile Selassie
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9 full-length photo of the Ethiopian leader in his royal regalia, signed in fountain pen and dated 1969. Beautifully displ
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Sun Yat-sen130 - Sun Yat-sen
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Ink signature in English and Chinese on a 5 x 1.75 slip affixed to a 7.5 x 6.25 album page, which also bears two additional affixed signatures. In fin
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Catherine the Great131 - Catherine the Great
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ALS in French, signed “Caterine,” one page, 7.25 x 9, no date but annotated on the reverse as received on December 12, 1765. Letter to Count Ernst de
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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King Charles I132 - King Charles I
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Manuscript DS as king, signed “Charles R.,” one page, 7.25 x 8, December 27, 1627. Double-matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 18
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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