RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Pop Culture

Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of numerous heroes and villains from the Marvel universe, signed in blue felt tip by Stan Lee. In fine condition, wit

Color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of the iconic cover to issue No. 4 of The Avengers comic book, signed in blue felt tip by Stan Lee. In fine condition

Signed book: Origins of Marvel Comics. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Softcover, 7 x 10, 254 pages. Signed and inscribed on the titl...

Superb original artwork for the inner cover of MAD magazine No. 161 from September 1973, accomplished in ink and gouache on 21 x 26 artist board by no

Original hand-inked two panel MAD magazine comic strip by Don Martin, 17.25 x 22.75, signed in the lower right corner with his artist signature, “D. M

Group of 10 original hand-inked panels for the MAD magazine comic strip “The Mad Orthodontia Primer,” with panels ranging in size from 7.5 x 9 to 15.5

Original hand-inked seven panel MAD magazine comic strip by Don Martin, 17.25 x 22.25, signed in the lower right corner with his artist signature, “D.

Original hand-inked six panel MAD magazine comic strip by Don Martin, 17.75 x 22, signed in the lower right corner with his artist signature, “D. Mart

Original hand-inked three panel Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz, 20.75 x 7, signed vertically with his artist signature, “Schulz,” to lower left

Amusing trio of original ink and felt tip sketches by Chris Renaud on individual white 5 x 8 sheets, each signed by Renaud and depicting a character f

Original felt tip sketch of Woodstock smiling and dressed as a soldier, accomplished by Charles Schulz on an off-white 8.75 x 11 sheet, signed and ins

Large original signed orange felt tip sketch of Charlie Brown on the pitcher's mound wearing a baseball cap and glove on an off-white 14 x 17 sh...

Desirable signed book: Charles M. Schulz: 40 Years Life and Art. NY: Pharos Books, 1990. Hardcover with slipcase, 9.75 x 13, 173 pages. Signed and ins

Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Snoopy, Lucy van Pelt, Charlie Brown, and Linus van Pelt, signed in black felt tip, "Charles M. Schulz." In f...

ALS in French, signed “Honore,” 5.25 x 8.5, January 4, 1837. Letter to his mother seeking assistance, in part (translated): "Sign this lease by...

Signed book: The Clue of the Broken Locket. First edition, first printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, ...

Notable pairing of late Victorian grand tour albums from the personal collection of socialite Madeleine Smith Austin Lee, the wife of British diplomat

Rare unsigned book: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton. First edition (correct publication year of 1939 on front and back of ti

TLS signed “Love, Phil,” one page, 8.5 x 11, February 23, 1981. Letter to science fiction author Patricia Warrick, in full: "I lay awake all ni...

Desirable Coutts & Company bank check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to the Bank of Ireland at Belfast for £32.5, Januar...

ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page, 8 x 5, October 31, 1888. Written from Christ Church, Oxford, a letter to renowned publisher Alexander MacMillan,

Beloved British author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll (1832–1898). ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one p

Pseudonym of Marian Evans Lewes (1819–1880) who, as the author of Silas Marner and Middlemarch, is remembered as one of the great figures of English l

Broadsheet of his poem 'Am Acht und zwanzigsten August, 1826 [On the eight and twentieth of August, 1826],' one page, 5.5 x 8.25, boldly sig...

ALS, one page both sides, 6 x 8, January 21, 1938. Letter to "Mr. Smith," in part: "It's good to hear from you again. Yes, there ...

ALS in French, signed “V. H.,” one page, 4 x 5.5, black-bordered mourning stationery, September 12, [1868]. Letter written from Brussels, in full (tra

ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, 28 Campden Grove letterhead, June 17, 1931. Letter to British painter, publisher, and poet Desmond Harmsworth, in full: &qu...

ALS signed “Margaret,” one page, 4 x 5.25, December 4, 1936. Letter to author and journalist Henry Herschel Brickell of the New York Post, in full: ...

ALS in French, signed “Victor H,” one page, 4 x 5, no date. In full (translated): "Do you like the [?]….madam and charming friend? Do you allow...

First National Bank of Ithaca check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Nabokov, "Vladimir Nabokov," payable to Ward...

French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world litera

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 4.25, July 1863. In full (translated): "In the morning, he wakes up artist. He is a man before the hour. If we ...

German poet, philosopher, and playwright (1759–1805) who had a productive relationship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Significant unsigned handwritt

Original Dr. Seuss sketch of a large snowball careening down a mountainside toward a snow-covered cabin and its visibly distressed occupant, accomplis

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, November 12, 1962. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne, sending thanks for congratulations on his receipt

Exemplary 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Robert Louis Stevenson in a three-quarter-length pose by W. J. Hawker of Bournemouth, neatly signed on the mount

Sought-after handwritten manuscript contained within the first volume of the 1906 'manuscript edition' of Thoreau's works, one page both...

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, May 24, 1968. Letter to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of several scenes from Lord of the

Handsome etching of the revered Russian author in a front-facing pose, 6 x 7.25, boldly signed in the lower border in black ink, "Leo Tolstoy, ...

Vintage glossy 10 x 8 close-up photo of the playwright, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "For Mr. & Mrs. Ken Browne, with every good...

Signed book: The Secret in the Old Attic. First edition, first printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 21...

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 16, 1952. Letter to Ken Browne, in part: "I have never sent my photographs out but I w...

Signed book: The Alchemist. First English edition. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.5, 177 pages. Signed

Two signed books: a first trade edition of Jurassic Park, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1990, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on a loosely laid-i

Matte-finish 4 x 5 photo of the Jurassic Park author posing below the shadow of a dinosaur, signed in silver ink, "Michael Crichton." In f...

DS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 9 x 18.5, August 16, 1947. Lease agreement between Hugh Keenan and E. E. Cummings, in which the former as lan

Signed book: Ragtime. First edition. NY: Random House, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 270 pages. Signed on the first free end page in b

Two first edition books (one signed by the author): a first English edition of The Name of the Rose, hardcover with dust jacket, published in 1983 by

Two TLSs, each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, dated 1955 and 1957. The first, dated January 28, 1955, in part: "It makes me happy ...

Color 5 x 6 portrait of Frost removed from a Time Magazine cover, signed and inscribed along the top in blue ink, "For the Ken Brownes, that th...

Satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity photo of Ginsberg posing against an amusing backdrop of hanging key, chalk, camera, and lyrics, signed in the lower bord

Desirable unsigned books: American Autographs, Volumes 1 and 2. First edition. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. Clothbound hardcover, 9

French writer (1790–1869) best known for his autobiographical poem 'The Lake,' who also worked as a diplomat and politician in the Second Re...

AQS on an off-white 4.75 x 2.5 slip applied to an ornately-bordered album page, crisply signed at the conclusion, "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bosto...

Three items signed by the great British author: a matte-finish 3.75 x 4.75 portrait of him seated and holding a cigarette, signed at the top in founta

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 1, 1956. Letter to Ken Browne, in part: "I have a phobia about photographs of myself. I ...

ALS, one page, 6.5 x 3.5, March 6, 1946. Letter to Sigurd Berg, in full: "I was tempted to add to your envelope after 'novelist,' '...

Sought-after ballpoint signature, "J. K. Rowling,” on a white 5 x 3.5 card. In very fine condition.

Desirable first edition book: Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket (

Signed book: In the Night Kitchen. NY: Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25, 40 pages. Signed on the first free end page...

Signed book: Brundibar. First edition. NY: Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11 x 8.75. Signed on the attractive half-tit

Appealing color 5.25 x 8 print of the Cat in the Hat, nicely signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Herewith: One cat, with Hat, and with gre...

ALS, one page, 6 x 9, no date. Annoyed response to an autograph collector, in full: "Please don't do this again. I get scores whenever a ne...

Signed book: Essays. Limited edition, numbered 239/250. NY: Macmillan, 1924. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 538 pages. Signed on both the colophon and title page

Two items: a bold ink signature, "Bien cordialement a vous, Emile Zola," on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a letter; and a 3.75 ...

ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5, postmarked November 7, 1896. Letter to Doctor Toulouse, in full (translated): "Thank you for sending your bo...

Austrian novelist and playwright (1881–1942). Purple ink signature, "Stefan Zweig,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 card. In fine condition.

Composer (1910–1981) whose Adagio for Strings is widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music. ALS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Am

Very rare partly-printed DS in French, signed "Read and approved, Claude Debussy," one page both sides, 7 x 10, April 25, 1905. Contract w...

Canadian pianist, composer, and commentator (1932-1982) revered as one of the foremost classical pianists of the 20th century, and renowned for his in

French composer (1819–1880) best known for his popular stage works, most notably Orpheus in the Underworld (including the famous 'Can-Can') ...

Boldly penned AMQS on a light pink 5.5 x 3.25 album page, boldly signed and dated below in ink, "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Schwerin, 11 Juli...

ALS in French, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, August 11, 1837. Letter to Mr. Bramalli, director of the Société du Casino in Paris, sending...

Beautiful autograph musical manuscript, one page, 6.5 x 8, titled and signed at the conclusion, "L'Enfant et les Sortileges (Act I), Mauric...

Highly important German composer and pianist (1810–1856) whose distinctively lyrical musical language, especially evident in his keyboard works and ar

Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Matt

Rare and magnificent 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Tchaikovsky by A. Pasetti of St. Petersburg, boldly signed in black ink and dated June 19, 1890. In v

German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school (1786–1826). Untranslated AL

TLS signed “R. Vaughan Williams,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, December 27, 1951. Letter to the Rev. W. Turner Levy, in part: "I am so glad you are in...

Vintage UK program booklet for the American Folk Blues Festival of 1964, seven pages, 8 x 7, signed inside in black ballpoint by five musicians: Willi

Versatile American guitarist (1941–1984) who blended jazz, country, classical, and flamenco in his work; his body was found in a swimming pool at his

Sought-after felt tip signature, "Miles!,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by a small glossy photo of Davis playing ...

American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991) who was known as 'The Sound'; he performed in bebop and cool jazz groups, and was influenced by Lester...

DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 24, 1941. Union claim sheet signed "Charles Mingus," who fills out the entire upper portion in black ink: Ag...

Jazz pianist (1924-1966) influential in the development of bebop. Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, "To Kim, from, Bud Powell,” ...

American jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1973) known as 'The Brute' or 'Frog,' who is considered one of the three most important 's...

Patriotic red, white, and blue-bodied Indiana six-string acoustic guitar, signed on the body in blue felt tip by Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (who

Impressive collection of five vintage autograph books, each approximately 6 x 4, containing over 250 signatures from some of the biggest rock acts fro

Ideal set of bold felt tip signatures, "John Lennon," "Paul McCartney," "George Harrison," and "Ringo Starr,"...

Vintage glossy 6 x 7.75 Starpics promotional photo of the Beatles wearing matching suits and posing with their instruments, signed on the reverse in b

Circa 1963 ballpoint signatures of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr on an off-white 5.25 x 8.25 sheet of Eden Arms Hotel

Rare red 2.5 x 3 backstage pass for the Great Pop Prom show at London's Royal Albert Hall on September 15, 1963, signed and inscribed on the rev...

Delightful circa 1963 Parlophone Records promo card depicting the Beatles wearing matching dark suits, 5.75 x 3.5, signed and inscribed on the reverse

Ideal late-1963 uninscribed bold ballpoint signatures of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr on two separate 4 x 3 album pag

Choice complete unused 5.75 x 2.5 ticket for the Beatles at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29, 1966, for the "Upper Stand" se...

Self-titled studio album by George Harrison, who signs on the top of the front cover in black ink, with Harrison also having attempted a first autogra

Marvelous vintage 7.5 x 10 paperstock full-length photo of John and Yoko posed together on a rooftop, removed from a publication, beautifully signed a

Signed book: In His Own Write. Seventh edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7, 79 pages. Signed on the first free end page in blue b

Color vintage satin-finish 4.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Lennon wearing his famous dark round sunglasses and posing with throngs of admirers, signed in bl

Highly desirable bold green felt tip signature, "John Lennon,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition. Originally obtained in perso...