RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an impressive selection of pop culture material, including a fully signed Led Zeppelin debut album, a Hofner 'Beatle' bass autographed by Paul McCartney, John F. Kennedy's rocking chair from the Carlyle Hotel, a "gold coin" interest note signed by legendary gangster Al Capone, an Apple award signed by Steve Jobs, a Charles Schulz comic strip, and the white suit of KFC founder Colonel Sanders. Other top items include a letter by Queen Elizabeth I, a Henry David Thoreau handwritten manuscript page, an important letter by Thomas Jefferson about the Bonaparte family, a rare check by Charles Darwin, and a handful of vintage Topps baseball card sets. 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 April 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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Stan Lee302 - Stan Lee
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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
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Stan Lee303 - Stan Lee
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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
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Stan Lee304 - Stan Lee
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Signed book: Origins of Marvel Comics. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Softcover, 7 x 10, 254 pages. Signed and inscribed on the titl...
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MAD: Bob Clarke305 - MAD: Bob Clarke
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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
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MAD: Don Martin306 - MAD: Don Martin
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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
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MAD: Paul Coker307 - MAD: Paul Coker
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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
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MAD: Don Martin308 - MAD: Don Martin
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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.
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MAD: Don Martin309 - MAD: Don Martin
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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
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Charles Schulz310 - Charles Schulz
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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
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Chris Renaud311 - Chris Renaud
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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
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Charles Schulz312 - Charles Schulz
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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
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Charles Schulz313 - Charles Schulz
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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...
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Charles Schulz314 - Charles Schulz
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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
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Charles Schulz315 - Charles Schulz
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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...
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Honore de Balzac316 - Honore de Balzac
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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...
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Mildred Benson317 - Mildred Benson
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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, ...
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Samuel L. Clemens, Winston Churchill, and More318 - Samuel L. Clemens, Winston Churchill, and More
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Notable pairing of late Victorian grand tour albums from the personal collection of socialite Madeleine Smith Austin Lee, the wife of British diplomat
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Virginia Lee Burton319 - Virginia Lee Burton
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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
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Philip K. Dick320 - Philip K. Dick
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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...
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Charles Dickens321 - Charles Dickens
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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...
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Charles L. Dodgson322 - Charles L. Dodgson
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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,
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Charles L. Dodgson323 - Charles L. Dodgson
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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
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George Eliot324 - George Eliot
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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
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe325 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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...
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Robert Frost326 - Robert Frost
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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 ...
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Victor Hugo327 - Victor Hugo
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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
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James Joyce328 - James Joyce
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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...
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Margaret Mitchell329 - Margaret Mitchell
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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: ...
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Victor Hugo330 - Victor Hugo
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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...
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Vladimir Nabokov331 - Vladimir Nabokov
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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...
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Marcel Proust332 - Marcel Proust
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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
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George Sand333 - George Sand
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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 ...
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Friedrich Schiller334 - Friedrich Schiller
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German poet, philosopher, and playwright (1759–1805) who had a productive relationship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Significant unsigned handwritt
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Dr. Seuss335 - Dr. Seuss
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Original Dr. Seuss sketch of a large snowball careening down a mountainside toward a snow-covered cabin and its visibly distressed occupant, accomplis
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John Steinbeck336 - John Steinbeck
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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
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Robert Louis Stevenson337 - Robert Louis Stevenson
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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
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Henry David Thoreau338 - Henry David Thoreau
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Sought-after handwritten manuscript contained within the first volume of the 1906 'manuscript edition' of Thoreau's works, one page both...
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J. R. R. Tolkien339 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
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Leo Tolstoy340 - Leo Tolstoy
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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, ...
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Edward Albee341 - Edward Albee
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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...
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Mildred Benson342 - Mildred Benson
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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...
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Pearl S. Buck343 - Pearl S. Buck
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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...
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Paulo Coelho344 - Paulo Coelho
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Signed book: The Alchemist. First English edition. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.5, 177 pages. Signed
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Michael Crichton345 - Michael Crichton
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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
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Michael Crichton346 - Michael Crichton
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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...
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E. E. Cummings347 - E. E. Cummings
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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
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E. L. Doctorow348 - E. L. Doctorow
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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
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Umberto Eco349 - Umberto Eco
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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
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Edna Ferber350 - Edna Ferber
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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 ...
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Robert Frost351 - Robert Frost
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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...
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