RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science Fiction

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Loaded with over 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an amazing assortment of historic collectibles. This catalog begins with a featured section of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, exploring these popular genres across Hollywood and literature—from Forrest J. Ackerman’s Frankenstein posters to screen-used Star Trek props to first editions by Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein, and King. Other top highlights in this sale are: a letter sent by George Washington from West Point during the Revolution; an exceedingly rare Martha Washington autograph letter boasting a presidential free frank; a significant letter by Martin Luther King, Jr., on Jackie Robinson; a fully-signed Beatles Parlophone Records promo card; and letters by renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz. 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 2018.
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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John DeLorean342 - John DeLorean
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Executive in the U.S. automobile industry (1925–2005), and founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, best remembered for the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car,
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother343 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Drummond Bank check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by the Queen Mother, "Elizabeth R.," payable to Lady Katharine Seymour for £200, ...
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Hamilton Fish344 - Hamilton Fish
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Politician (1808-1893) who served as governor of New York, US senator, and secretary of state. Personal check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Fish
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Henry Flagler345 - Henry Flagler
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Real estate and railroad entrepreneur and president of the Standard Oil Company (1830–1913) who set out to make Florida the 'Newport of the Sout...
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Felix Frankfurter346 - Felix Frankfurter
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 9, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, February 25, 1941. Letter to Harold Roland Shapiro, in full: "I am very...
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Felix Frankfurter347 - Felix Frankfurter
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TLS, one page, 5.25 x 8, Law School of Harvard University letterhead, October 14, 1938. Letter to Harold Roland Shapiro, in full: "You are kind...
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French Presidents348 - French Presidents
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Archive of material related to four French presidents from the mid-19th and early 20th century, consisting of letters, documents, calling cards, and p
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Mikhail Gorbachev349 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Signed book: Memoirs. First edition. NY: Doubleday, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 769. Signed on the title page in black felt tip by M
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Hannibal Hamlin350 - Hannibal Hamlin
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ALS signed “H. Hamlin,” one page, 4.75 x 8, October 27, 1875. Written from Bangor, Maine, a letter to L. D. Merchant, in full: "Will you please...
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Charles Evans Hughes351 - Charles Evans Hughes
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Letter archive from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, consisting of one ALS and three TLSs, each signed “Charles E. Hughes,” five total pages, dated
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Joseph Hume352 - Joseph Hume
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Twice-signed ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, 1830. Letter to Dr. McVickar, in part: "Mr. Richards will call for you tomorrow morning at 1/4 after 8 ...
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Ebenezer Huntington353 - Ebenezer Huntington
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American politician (1754–1834) who served during the Revolutionary War and was a first responder to the historic Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775. R
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Dorothea Jordan354 - Dorothea Jordan
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Anglo-Irish actress and courtesan (1761–1816) who was the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, with whom she ha
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Helen Keller355 - Helen Keller
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Pencil signature, "Cordially, Helen Keller,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.25 card. Double-matted and framed with a large photo of Keller to an over...
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Joseph P. Kennedy356 - Joseph P. Kennedy
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TLS, signed “Joe,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 4, 1960. Letter to Phil Regan, in full: “I would really like to help this boy out
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Robert F. Kennedy357 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Bold fountain pen signature, "R. F. Kennedy,” on an off-white 2.5 x 2 card. Nicely triple-matted and framed with a photo of Kennedy at a lecter...
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Robert F. Kennedy358 - Robert F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Bob,” one page, 7 x 9, The Attorney General letterhead, February 20, 1964. Letter to Leonard Lyons of the New York Post, in full: "...
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Ted Kennedy359 - Ted Kennedy
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Two first edition books signed by Ted Kennedy, both hardcover with dust jacket, including: Decisions for a Decade, signed and inscribed on the half-ti
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Kennedy Assassination: Clint Hill360 - Kennedy Assassination: Clint Hill
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Three glossy 10 x 8 photos of John and Jackie Kennedy from the day the president was assassinated, each signed in black felt tip by Secret Service age
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King Gustaf V of Sweden361 - King Gustaf V of Sweden
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King of Sweden (born 1858) from 1907 until his death in 1950, who holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden. Vintage matte-finish 4.75 x
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