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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John Dillinger145 - John Dillinger
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Incredible second generation 'death mask' plaster mold of the deceased John Dillinger's face as he lay in the Cook County Morgue on July...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Mata Hari146 - Mata Hari
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ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.5, Nieuwe Uitleg 16, La Haye letterhead, annotated in pencil, March 14, 1916. Mata Hari w
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Menachem Begin147 - Menachem Begin
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TLS in Hebrew, signed “M. Begin,” one page, 6.5 x 8.25, The Knesset letterhead, August 19, 1975. Letter to David Avni, in full (translated): "T...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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David Ben-Gurion148 - David Ben-Gurion
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Glossy 3.5 x 5.25 photo of the Israeli prime minister, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "D. Ben-Gurion." In very good to fine c...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Abraham Ten Broeck149 - Abraham Ten Broeck
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Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, signed “Ab'm Ten Broack, President,” one page, 6.5 x 7.75, March 11, 1777. Pay order issued for John Slos...
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William Jennings Bryan150 - William Jennings Bryan
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Five pins and studs associated with William Jennings Bryan and his presidential campaigns, circa 1900–1908, measuring between 3/4? and 1 3/4?, includi
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Aaron Burr151 - Aaron Burr
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ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.25, March 1791. Letter to New York Senator Samuel Jones, in part: "Several gentlemen have call...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Benjamin Cardozo152 - Benjamin Cardozo
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ALS signed “Benjamin N. Cardozo,” two pages, 5 x 6.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, September 8, 1937. Letter to Harold Shapiro, apparently in refe
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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester153 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
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ALS signed “Bar. Carleton,” one page, 7.5 x 11.5, December 25, 1803. Letter to Major General Browning, in full: "I had the honor to receive the...
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Lord Carnarvon154 - Lord Carnarvon
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Bold ink signature, "I remain y'r ob't serv't, Carnarvon,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.5 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In fi...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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