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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Harry Blackstone808 - Harry Blackstone
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E. Hill & Sons State Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harry Blackstone, payable to Hotel Haddam for $4.10, November 19, 1933. In f...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edwin Booth809 - Edwin Booth
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Interesting ANS in pencil, one page, 3.25 x 2.25, no date. Note apparently passed during a performance of Richelieu, in which Booth played the title r
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James Caan810 - James Caan
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Caan as a young actor, signed in blue ink, "Sincerely James Caan." In fine condition.
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Frank Capra811 - Frank Capra
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Terrific World War II-dated TLS signed “Frank,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Frank Capra Productions, Inc. letterhead, May 6, 1941. Letter to "Coop,&quo...
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Johnny Carson812 - Johnny Carson
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, April 29, 1985. Official letter from NBC Entertainment to Johnny Carson, referencing an agreement from April 18, 1972, which
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Lon Chaney, Jr813 - Lon Chaney, Jr
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Choice fountain pen signature, "Lon Chaney,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 card bearing a small affixed portrait. Nicely matted and framed with a ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charlie Chaplin814 - Charlie Chaplin
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Matte-finish 3.75 x 5.5 head-and-shoulders photo of an older Charlie Chaplin, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompa
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Charlie Chaplin815 - Charlie Chaplin
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, April 17, 1969. Brief letter to Edward Laker, in full: "Thank you very much for your kind thou...
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Gary Cooper816 - Gary Cooper
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ALS signed “G. Cooper,” one page, 8.5 x 11, El Mirador Hotel letterhead, no date. Letter to Miss Smith, in full: "Will you get in touch with th...
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Gary Cooper817 - Gary Cooper
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DS, 27 pages, 8.5 x 13, October 12, 1949. Contract between Warner Bros. Pictures and Gary Cooper, in which the ladder agrees to "render his exc...
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