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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Anthony Burgess585 - Anthony Burgess
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Exceptional collection of 18 letters from Burgess to different recipients, consisting of two ALSs and 16 TLSs on sheets and postcards of various sizes
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Guillaume Apollinaire586 - Guillaume Apollinaire
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Influential French poet and playwright (1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andre Breton587 - Andre Breton
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French writer and poet (1896–1966) best known as the founder of Surrealism. ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 7, March 16, 1921. Letter to French histor
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Louis-Ferdinand Celine588 - Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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Pen name of French writer and medical doctor Louis-Ferdinand-Auguste Destouches (1894–1961). ALS in French, signed “Destouches,” one page both sides,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand589 - Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
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Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768–1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. ALS in French, signed “Chateaubria
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie590 - Agatha Christie
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Vintage pearl-finish 5.75 x 7.75 portrait of a young Agatha Christie wearing an elegant fur shawl, signed in fountain pen. Attractively double-matted
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens591 - Samuel L. Clemens
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First National Bank of Hartford check, 8 x 3, filled out and signed by Clemens, "Sam'l L. Clemens," payable to Hatch & Tyler for $...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau592 - Jean Cocteau
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Versatile French writer and artist (1889–1963) whose spectrum of work included novels, poems, plays, illustrations, films, and set designs. ALS in Fr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Rene Crevel593 - Rene Crevel
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Important early French surrealist author (1900–1935) who committed suicide at age 35. Wonderful ballpoint sketch on a 8.25 x 10.5 sheet showing a crou
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle594 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Handsome matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Doyle by Elliott & Fry, boldly signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Arthur Conan ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere595 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Prolific French writer (1802–1870) known for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” on
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald596 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Remarkable pairing of an ALS and an unsigned handwritten poem: ALS signed “Ever your devoted friend, Scott,” three pages, 6 x 9.25, Hotel Rennert lett
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Paul Eluard597 - Paul Eluard
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French poet (1895–1952) who was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 5.5, postmarked October 1, 1937. Beauti
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Theophile Gautier598 - Theophile Gautier
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French writer (1811–1872) of drama, poetry, fiction, and criticism who was widely influential in the development of modernism. Rare ALS in French, thr
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Theodor Fontane599 - Theodor Fontane
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German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer (1819–1898). ALS in German, signed “Th: F
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Christian Furchtegott Gellert600 - Christian Furchtegott Gellert
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German poet (1715–1769) who was one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature. Scarce AQS in Latin on an off-white 7 x 4.25 sheet, sig
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dashiell Hammett601 - Dashiell Hammett
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World War II-dated ALS signed “Sam,” three pages on two sheets, 6 x 9, Service Center, 1452nd A. A. F Base Unit, A. T. C. letterhead, August 26, 1945.
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway602 - Ernest Hemingway
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Exceptional group of four letters from Hemingway to his close friend Guy Hickok, comprising one ALS, two partial autograph letters, and a one-page TLS
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Nathaniel Hawthorne603 - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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ALS signed “Nath'l Hawthorne,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.5 x 5, January 9, 1857. Letter written to R. J. Spiers from the US Consula...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Holty604 - Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Holty
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German poet (1748–1776) known especially for his ballads, considered the most gifted lyric poet of the Gottinger Hain. ALS in German, signed “Holy,” f
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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