RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Literature

Official color satin-finish 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of Mitchell deploying experiments on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip. Reverse be

Official color satin-finish 8 x 10.25 red-numbered NASA photo of the Mercury-Atlas 8 liftoff, signed in black felt tip by Schirra. Reverse bears black

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Schirra holding a rolled up magazine, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Best wishes Jeanine—Wal...

Uncommon semi-glossy 7 x 9 photo of Schmitt wearing a suit and tie and posing in an office setting, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To...

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of LMP Schmitt standing on the lunar surface near the American flag, lunar rover, and the lunar module, signed i

Uncommon official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Harrison Schmitt posing with a lunar globe, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Ken B...

Vintage glossy 4 x 5 photo of Schmitt wearing a training suit and NASA cap, signed in fountain pen, "Harrison H. Schmitt." The photo is af...

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Harrison Schmitt after being sworn into the U.S. Senate by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, signed and inscribed in black fel

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Scott in a formal pose, his lapel bearing an astronaut pin, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "B...

Glossy 8.25 x 7.5 photo of Shepard reclined in his seat during training, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition, with trimmed edges.

Uncommon official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Shepard in a half-length seated pose, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Jeanine, wi...

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Slayton in a formal pose, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Best wishes to Jeanine—D. K. Slayto...

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Swigert posing with a model of the lunar module, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Jeanine, ...

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Worden posing with a model of the lunar module, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Jeanine—Ke...

ALS in Italian, signed “Gio. Batt'a Aleoti,” one page, 8.5 x 5.5, 1595. Letter concerning a payment order. In very good to fine condition, with ...

First issue of the ‘Paris’ CD by enigmatic street artist Banksy, who reinterpreted approximately 400 to 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s debut album befor

Two 5.5 x 3.5 postcards sent to Irma Coulon, one depicting the Hotel du du Cardinal Jouffroy and the other showing a view of Notre-Dame from across th

Circa 1930s handwritten manuscript in French by Salvador Dali, signed in the third-person within the text, with the conclusion featuring a set of 11 o

Signed book: Dali: A Study of his Life and Work. First American edition. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1958. Hardcover with dust j

ALS in French, signed “Degas,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter to fellow painter Paul Mathey, referencing the famous art

ALS in French, signed “Eug. Delacroix,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Letter declaring that he is no longer part of an art jury, in part (translated):

ALS in French, signed “Foujita,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, May 1, 1951. Letter about a painting bought by the Museum of Modern A

ANS in French, signed “J. G.,” one page, 5.25 x 4.25, no date but annotated as received on May 14, 1918. Note concerning payment of artwork, in full (

Signed book: Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition. NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950. Softcover, 9 x 7, 60 pages. Signed and inscribed on th

ALS in German, signed “Kandinsky,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 4, September 27, 1922. Letter written from the famed art school Bauhaus, w

ALS signed “RM,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, September 23, 1964. Letter to friend and poet Andre Bosmans, expressing dissatisfaction wi

Beautiful series of brush drawings by Picasso of seven identified male mouths (including his own) alongside the lipstick impressions of the female gue

ALS in French, signed “Magritte, 135 rue Esseghm, Jette-Bruxelles,” one page, 8.25 x 11, March 8, 1938. Letter to a gentleman, in full (translated):...

ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.5, April 30, 1900. Letter to the famous art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, in pa

ALS in French, signed “H-T-Lautrec,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, no date. Letter to friend and fellow artist Francois Gauzi, explaining a mix-up r

Color glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of artist Ai Weiwei posing in front of his exhibit 'Straight,' a commemoration of the tragic 2008 Sich...

Color satin-finish 11 x 8 photo of Ai Weiwei posing amidst millions of his hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds, signed in blue felt tip. In very fi

Two different color 4 x 6 postcard photos of Botero's famous rotund figures, each signed in black felt tip, "Botero." In very fine con...

ALS in French, signed “C. Corot,” one page, 4 x 5.25, postmarked October 3, 1873. A brief untranslated letter to a friend. In fine condition. Accompan

LS signed "Geo. Cruikshank," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, January 4, 1876. Letter to Messrs. J. & J. Cook. In part: ...

Spanish-language color 3.75 x 5.5 postcard for the Feasts of Mercy Fall Festivals of Barcelona held in September and October of 1966, signed on the re

Color 6 x 4 postcard of his 1964 oil painting entitled 'Woman, Sag Harbor,' signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "de Kooning.&...

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “V. Fantin Latour,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, black-bordered stationery card, July 30, no year. In fine condi

Iconic glossy 5 x 7 photo of Che Guevara, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by photographer Alberto Korda. In fine condition.

Color satin-finish 8.25 x 12 full-length photo of Lagerfeld in his distinctive dark sunglasses, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with two

Vintage original ink sketch by Dick Martin for an Oz book advertisement from circa 1970, headed "In the Jackdaws' Nest," which depicts...

Vintage glossy 3.25 x 4.25 photo of the artist, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, "Grandma Moses." Reverse bears a typed collector&...

ALS in French, signed "Nadar," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Nadar Photgraphie Artistique letterhead, 1858. Letter to ...

Two different 4 x 6 postcard photos of Newton's classic nude portraits, one signed in the lower border in black ballpoint, and the other signed ...

Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Norman Rockwell, payable to Jay Studios for $81.50, January 22, 1959. In fine condition. Encapsu

FDC with a cachet depicting Rockwell's 'Golden Rule' painting, honoring the 25th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Right...

Collection of over 500 Marvel and DC comic books from the 1970s through to the 1990s, with some dating even earlier. This huge lot contains an abundan

Glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Roy E. Disney in a suit and tie, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Sensational vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Walt Disney in a handsome seated pose, signed nicely in fountain pen. In fine condition, with slight

(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production cel featuring two Centaurettes from the 'Pastoral Symphony' segment of Fantasia, showing the...

(Walt Disney Studios, 1986) Original production cel featuring Basil and Dr. David Q. Dawson from The Great Mouse Detective. The cel is placed on a stu

Classic original felt tip sketch of Homer Simpson accomplished by Groening on an off-white 5 x 3 card, neatly signed on the right side, "Matt G...

Original ink sketch of Batman and Robin accomplished by Kane on a white 6.5 x 3.75 FDC honoring natural history, signed, "'Bats' wishes...

(Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Original production cels featuring Boris, Pedro, Toughy, and Bull from Lady and the Tramp. The cels have been trimmed and

Color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of the cover to issue No. 15 of the Amazing Fantasy comic book, which marked the debut appearance of Spider-Man, sign

Issue No. 120 for the Marvel Comics comic book Web of Spider-Man, 6.75 x 10.25, with front cover depicting Spider-Man and Morbius, the Living Vampire,

(Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original hand-painted background featuring the grass parted in a forest clearing from The Old Mill, intended for productio

(Bill Melendez Productions, circa 1970s-1980s) Original production cel featuring Charlie Brown from Peanuts, showing the classic character pushing a b

(Bill Melendez Productions, circa 1970s-1980s) Original production cel and matching production drawing featuring Sally from Peanuts, showing Charlie B

(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Gorgeous original production cel featuring Pinocchio from Pinocchio, showing him in his puppet/donkey form as he is transp

(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Detailed original storyboard drawing featuring Pinocchio and Lampwick from Pinocchio, showing the boy puppet looking on as

Signed book: The Charlie Brown Dictionary. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1973. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11, 399 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first f

(Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Desirable original production cel featuring Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing the beloved character with

Signed book: Eve: A Pictorial Love Story. Limited commemorative edition, numbered 254/1500. Cincinnati, OH: Toon Art, Inc., 1997. Softcover, 8.5 x 11,

Signed book: Eight Cousins. Later printing. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. Hardcover, 5 x 7, 291 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page, &q...

ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, Leinster Corner letterhead, December 13. Letter mentioning his famous play: "There will be nothing doing o...

Signed book: In Cold Blood. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket (with $5.95 price intact and 1/66 date o

DS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, October 23, 1943. Official letter from H. N. Swanson, Inc., addressed to Raymond Chandler, in full: "In connection w...

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 25, 1959. Letter to "Swanie," his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: &qu...

Exceptional matte-finish 4.5 x 6.25 H. Walter Barnett portrait of Twain, affixed to its original 9.5 x 12 photographer's mount, signed and inscr...

Unsigned first edition book: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. First American edition, first printing (containing the traditional points of issue includ

ALS signed “Mark,” two pages, 5.5 x 9, August 7, 1886. Letter to longtime friend and fellow author William Dean Howells, in part: "'G. Gris...

ALS signed “Mark,” one page, 4.25 x 7, no date but annotated on the reverse as June 19, 1887. Letter to New York Times critic and columnist Edward H.

Ambrose Swasey's program for the inaugural banquet of The Engineers Club on December 9, 1907, bound in Scottish tartan silk with gilt-stamped ti...

ALS signed “S. T. Coleridge,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, April 17, 1810. Letter to essayist Thomas De Quincy, remembered for his Confessions of an English

ALS signed “J. Conrad,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, South Eastern Hotel letterhead, September 9, 1920. Letter to "My very dear Edward," in...

ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, December 15, 1847. Letter declining an invitation, in part: "I regret to say that I cannot possibly have the pleasure ...

Scarce first edition book from the personal library of publisher Henry Holt: The Single Hound: Poems of a Lifetime by Emily Dickinson, with an introdu

ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page, 4.75 x 6.25, May 4, 1892. Letter to drama critic Clement Scott, in part: "To judge by the 'Standard&#...

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, Gloucester Hotel letterhead, August 13. Letter to Frances Williams, in part: "Your rep...

Rare and desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Alexandre Dumas in a distinguished head-and-shoulders pose, signed boldly below the image in bl

ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, June 5, 1855. Letter to "Mrs. Wagner," in part: "I am sorry that today ...

ALS in French, signed “G. Flaubert,” one page, 5.25 x 8, October 1, [no year]. Letter to Claudius Popelin, painter, writer, and sometime lover of Prin

TLS signed “yours ever, Ian F.,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, May 9, 1955. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry of the British Pre

Untranslated autograph manuscript draft in French, headed "Courrier de Paris," 34 pages contained in a 7 x 8.25 three-quarter leather bind...

Signed book: Steeple Bush. First edition, limited issue, numbered 565/751. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hardcover with glassine jacket and slipca

Unsigned handwritten verse in German from Goethe's Book of Proverbs, neatly penned on a 6 x 2.25 slip. In full: "'Wie ungeschickt habt ...

ALS signed “Nath'l Hawthorne,” two pages, 4.75 x 7, February 4, 1864. Letter to Henry W. Donett, in part: "I have copied the passage from t...

ALS signed “Nath'l Hawthorne,” one page, 3.5 x 4.5, May 10, 1860. Letter to "My dear Motley," written from Bath, in full: "Will i...

ALS in Spanish and English, signed “Papa,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.25, Paris Hotel Ritz letterhead, December 27, 1957. Letter to his friend Robe

Outstanding vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Hemingway and his Cuban friend Roberto Herrera shirtless on the terrace at Finca Vigia, signed a

ALS signed “Papa,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, November 25, 1954. Letter to "Bum," his son John (nicknamed 'Bumby'...

Signed book: For Whom the Bell Tolls. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 471 pages. Signed a...

TLS signed “Papa,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, February 9, 1954. Letter to novelist and screenwriter Peter Viertel, in part: "H...

ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 7, April 4, 1869. Letter written from Hauteville House, where Hugo lived during his time in exile, in full (translated

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. In part (translated): "Here is a copy that I hasten to send you. I will go to press four to six ...

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 6.75, December 22, 1904. Letter to a Dr. Goodale of Boston, in full: "It has all been very disap...

ANS signed "J. J.," one page, 7.5 x 7, no date. Note to an unidentified recipient reads, in part: "Pp 16-20 in this first chapter of ...

ALS in German, signed “Franz,” written in pencil on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard from the Cafe Kaiserhaus in Halberstadt, Germany, postmarked J

Unsigned first edition book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. First edition. NY: The Viking Press, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket...