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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Rudolph Valentino888 - Rudolph Valentino
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Bank check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Rudolph Valentino, "R. Valentino," payable to his attorney Louis H. Moos...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Orson Welles889 - Orson Welles
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DS, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. Original IRS Form 872 concerning "Consent Fixing Period of Limitation Upon Assessment of Income and Profits Ta...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Orson Welles and Cole Porter890 - Orson Welles and Cole Porter
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DS, five pages, 8 x 13, April 25, 1946. Contract between Orson Welles, Cole Porter, and Mercury Enterprises in regard to the "production of the...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wizard of Oz: Charley Grapewin891 - Wizard of Oz: Charley Grapewin
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Two books by Charley Grapewin: The Flowing Bowl, hardcover, privately printed edition of 150 copies, published in 1933, signed and inscribed on the fi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Boxing: Heavyweight Champs892 - Boxing: Heavyweight Champs
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Exceptional vintage color 23 x 34.5 poster featuring a portrait by LeRoy Neiman for 'America Honors the Heavyweight Champions' in Las Vegas ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ty Cobb893 - Ty Cobb
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ALS signed “Tyrus R. Cobb,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 2, 1959. Letter to Frank Kennedy, Jr., in full: "I have very r...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Vince Lombardi894 - Vince Lombardi
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Green Bay Packers check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Lombardi, "Vincent Lombardi," payable to Thomas M. Miller for $31...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John L. Sullivan895 - John L. Sullivan
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Sought-after vintage ink signature, "Compliments of John L. Sullivan, Nov. 18th, 1907,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 slip affixed to a slightly l...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Cy Young896 - Cy Young
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Cy Young,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard, postmarked at Newcomerstown, Ohio, on August 12, 19...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Muhammad Ali897 - Muhammad Ali
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Off-white 8.5 x 6.5 notebook sheet bearing four blue felt tip signatures of Muhammad Ali, who adds an inscription in blue ballpoint above, "For...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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