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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Alfred Dreyfus256 - Alfred Dreyfus
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Two items: first-rate 3.5 x 5.5 head-and-shoulders postcard portrait signed "A. Dreyfus" in the lower white border; and a brief untranslat...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Vintage Lead Toy Soldiers257 - Vintage Lead Toy Soldiers
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Mixed and incomplete collection of valuable vintage lead toy soldiers, including: seven horses, two riders, two carts, and two smaller French soldiers
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pierre Augereau258 - Pierre Augereau
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Le Marechal de L'Empire,” one page, 8.75 x 13.75, November 10, 1805. The Prince de Furstenberg having become t...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel Barrington259 - Samuel Barrington
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Revolutionary War-dated LS, one page, 8 x 12.75, July 13, 1778. Letter to "The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy,&...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Eugene de Beauharnais260 - Eugene de Beauharnais
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ALS in French, signed “Eugene Napoleon,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.25, October 19, 1809. Untranslated letter to Napoleon. In very good to fine condi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte261 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
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LS in French, signed “J. Bernadotte,” one page, 8 x 12.5, February 24, 1805. Letter about a sum of 10,000 francs granted to the director of artillery.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Louis-Alexandre Berthier262 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier
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LS in French, one page, 7.75 x 12, December 31, 1806. Letter to Marshal Jean Lannes, advising him that he had sent an order to Brigadier General Girar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean-Baptiste Bessieres263 - Jean-Baptiste Bessieres
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Scarce ALS in French, signed “Bessieres,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, April 28, 1809. Letter to an unknown recipient, almost certainly Marshal Jean Lannes,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Omar Bradley264 - Omar Bradley
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Color semi-glossy 7.25 x 9.25 photo of Bradley wearing his military uniform in a bust-length pose, signed and inscribed on the mount in black felt tip
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ambrose E. Burnside265 - Ambrose E. Burnside
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Ink signature, "A. E. Burnside, Maj. Gen'l,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 sheet. Matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 11.2...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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