Auction Details
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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101Frank Herbert: Dune Signed BookRR Auction
Signed book: Dune. Later printing. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 412 pages. Signed on the title pag
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
102Kurt Vonnegut Signed TypescriptRR Auction
Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip by Vonnegut. The opening to his novel Slapstick, beginning: "...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
103Larry Niven: Ringworld Signed BookRR Auction
Signed book: Ringworld. First edition thus, first printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 342 pages. S
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
105Stephen King: Firestarter Signed BookRR Auction
Spectacular signed book: Firestarter. First edition, limited issue, numbered 16/725. West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1980. Hardcover with dust j
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
106Stephen King Signed PhotographRR Auction
Glossy 8 x 10 Famous Films Productions publicity photo of King holding a cat, with a kitten on his shoulder, for the 1985 anthology horror film Cat&...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
111Isaac Asimov: Robots and Empire Signed BookRR Auction
Gorgeous signed book: Robots and Empire. First edition, limited issue of 35 lettered copies (letter "C"). West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia P...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
112Isaac Asimov Signed Photograph and Typed NoteRR Auction
Two items: a glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Asimov with his trademark mutton chops, signed in black felt tip; and a TNS on an off-white 8.5 x 1.25 s
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
113Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man Signed BookRR Auction
Signed book: The Illustrated Man. First edition. NY: Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 251 pages. Signed and inscribed on the f
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
115Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles PrintRR Auction
Ray Bradbury's personally-owned limited edition color 22 x 30 artist proof print of Robert Watson’s stunning cover art for the second 1953 editi...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
116Ray Bradbury Signed PhotographRR Auction
Glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of Bradbury seated on a console at Mission Control at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, signed and inscribed in black felt tip...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
117Ray Bradbury Signed PhotographsRR Auction
Two glossy 10 x 8 Walt Disney publicity photos for the 1983 film Something Wicked This Way Comes. The first photo shows Ray Bradbury posing at the fil
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
118Michael Crichton Signed PhotographRR Auction
Glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the famed science fiction author, signed in black felt tip by Crichton. In fine condition, with some light creasing to
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
119George WashingtonRR Auction
Revolutionary War–dated LS signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 11.75, September 19, 1778. Letter to Col. Matthias Ogden, sent from "West ...
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
120George WashingtonRR Auction
ANS signed “G. W—n,” one page, 3 x 2, no date [but circa 1780s]. Short note concerning his nascent franking privilege, written next to a unique, small
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
121George WashingtonRR Auction
Gorgeous ink signature, "G:o Washington,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1 slip. Handsomely double-cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
122George WashingtonRR Auction
Miniature carved wooden axe, 7.25 x 3.5, made of wood from an elm tree growing in the area where General George Washington encamped his army prior to
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
123George WashingtonRR Auction
Printed pamphlet soliciting funds for the construction of a new funerary monument for Mary Ball Washington, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 1
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
124George WashingtonRR Auction
Wonderful carving of a Durham boat similar to the one used in Washington’s crossing of the Delaware, made of wood from an elm tree growing in the area
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
125Martha Washington and George WashingtonRR Auction
Exceedingly rare ALS by First Lady Martha Washington, retaining its original free-franked address panel by President George Washington: ALS signed “M.
126Thomas JeffersonRR Auction
ALS signed "Th: Jefferson," one page, 8 x 9.5, Monticello, January 16, 1820. Letter to Robert Hanna, Sr. In full: "A letter from you,...
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 15,000.00
127John AdamsRR Auction
Desirable free franked address panel, 5.25 x 3.5, dated and addressed in another hand, "Quincy MA, May 25th, Free, Mathew Carey Esq're, Phi...
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
128James MadisonRR Auction
DS as president, one page, 11.5 x 14.5, December 5, 1809. A patent issued to Atkinson Farra, who “hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful i
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
129James Madison and James MonroeRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 21.25 x 16.75, December 3, ...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
130James Monroe and John Quincy AdamsRR Auction
Manuscript DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 9.75 x 15.25, June 25, 1822. President Monr
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
131James Monroe: John Jacob AstorRR Auction
Manuscript bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by John Jacob Astor, payable to James Monroe for $3,400, April 21, 1815. In fin
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
132John Quincy AdamsRR Auction
Free-franked address panel accomplished in Adams's hand, 8.5 x 5.25, addressed to "E. Rockwood Hoar Esqt, Concord, Mass'tts,” and frank...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
133Andrew JacksonRR Auction
Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.5 x 16, January 19, 1836. Four-language ship's paper issued to "George Gibbs, master or comman...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
134Andrew JacksonRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 9.75, March 3, 1831. President Jackson grants James Anderson of Parke County, Indiana, a trac
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
135Martin Van BurenRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 11.5 x 14.5, November 24, 1837. Scallop-topped ship's paper issued to &q...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
136William Henry HarrisonRR Auction
Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison, Lieut: Comm'dr,” one page, 7.25 x 11.75, April 12, 1797. Quartermaster's receipt headed "Return...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
137Zachary TaylorRR Auction
ALS signed “Z. Taylor, Lt. Col., U. S. Army Comdg,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, August 22, 1832. Letter to Captain Thomas Jesup, in full, “Presuming that th
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
138John TylerRR Auction
ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 10, April 2, 1832. Letter to Governor James Iredell, Jr., of North Carolina. In part: “Your letter co
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
139Franklin PierceRR Auction
ALS signed “Fr. Pierce,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.5, no date. Letter to Benjamin F. Hallett, in full: "I intended to leave the city at 12 o...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
140James BuchananRR Auction
An important signed book from Buchanan's legal library: Reports of Edward Coke, Parts V–VII. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich, and Edw. At...
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
141Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Rare ADS, signed “Stuart & Lincoln, p. q.,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, November 1839. Sangamon County legal document penned entirely in Li...
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
142Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 18.5, July 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Robert Lennox as "First...
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
143Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Quill pen, 5.5? long, made by Abraham Lincoln’s cousin and tutor, Dennis F. Hanks. Pen is tied with green ribbon to a 4.5 x 2 card, with a handwritten
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
144Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Very rare large broadside of a circular letter issued in North Carolina following Lincoln's announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, one p...
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
145Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Desirable 5 x 7 commemorative albumen print memorializing Abraham Lincoln as "The Martyr of Freedom," published in 1865 by Charles Magnus ...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
146Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Original printed proclamation, 5.5 x 8.75, three pages on two adjoining sheets, dated April 12, 1865. Three proclamations made by President Abraham Li
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
147Andrew JohnsonRR Auction
Manuscript DS as president, one page, 7 x 8.5, July 13, 1865. In full: "John B. Messick, a Prisoner of War at Fort McHenry will be released upo...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
148Andrew JohnsonRR Auction
Ink signature as president, "Andrew Johnson, June 25th 1867,” on an off-white 4.5 x 4 sheet. In fine condition.
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
149U. S. GrantRR Auction
Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Brig. Gen. Com.,” one page, 7.5 x 7, September 17, 1861. Letter to Colonel Leonard Fulton Ross at Fort Jeffer
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
150U. S. GrantRR Auction
Uncommon manuscript DS as president, one page, 7.5 x 10, November 4, 1870. President Grant appoints Jonathan F. Hartley as "Acting Secretary of...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00