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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Simon Wiesenthal235 - Simon Wiesenthal
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Two identical 4 x 6 cardstock portraits of Simon Wiesenthal, each signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In overall fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry Wilson236 - Henry Wilson
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ALS as vice president signed “H. Wilson,” one page, 5 x 8.25, Vice-President's Chamber letterhead, April 8, 1875. Letter to J. R. Osgood & C...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor237 - Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Ballpoint signature, "Edward, Duke of Windsor," and a fountain pen signature, "Wallis, Duchess of Windsor,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wallis Windsor238 - Wallis Windsor
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ALS signed “Wallis Windsor,” one page both sides, 6 x 8, Nassau, Government House letterhead, October 16. Letter to a Mr. Burnside, in full: "I...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wu Tingfang239 - Wu Tingfang
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Ink signature, "Wu Tingfang, 24 Oct. 1898,” on an off-white 4 x 2 card affixed to a 4.5 x 6.5 mount below a portrait. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Yen Chia-kan240 - Yen Chia-kan
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Vintage glossy 4.25 x 4.75 photo of Yen Chia-kan, signed in ink in Chinese. Scattered light surface creases, trimmed edges, and a few spots of adhesiv
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Hideki Yukawa241 - Hideki Yukawa
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Vintage glossy 6.75 x 9 wire photo of Hideki Yukawa shaking hands with Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 3, 1949, signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hendrik Zwaardemaker242 - Hendrik Zwaardemaker
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Untranslated ALS in German, signed “H. Zwaardemaker,” one page, 8.5 x 10.75, April 28, 1907. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing en
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Marquis de Lafayette243 - Marquis de Lafayette
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ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7 x 9.25, January 1, 1816. Letter to "Monsieur Thierry" in Melun, written from La Grange, in ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson244 - Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson
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Civil War-dated ALS signed "T. J. Jackson, Mj Genl," one page, lightly-lined, 7.25 x 4.75, Winchester, Virginia, March 6, 1862. Letter to ...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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