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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Walt Whitman625 - Walt Whitman
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 4.5, May 21 [no year but likely circa 1880s]. Letter written from Camden, New Jersey, concerning an anonymous publication. In fu
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Saul Bellow626 - Saul Bellow
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Influential Canadian-American writer (1915–2005) who counted the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts among
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Peter Benchley627 - Peter Benchley
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Two items: a wonderful original ink sketch of a 'Jaws' shark face on a white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed and inscribed in blue ink, "For Boo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Peter Benchley628 - Peter Benchley
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Signed book: Jaws. First UK edition. London: Andre Deutsch, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 272 pages. Signed on the title page in black fe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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R. D. Blackmore629 - R. D. Blackmore
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Popular English author (1825–1900) remembered for his 1869 historical romance Lorna Doone. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.5 x 5.25, January
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ray Bradbury630 - Ray Bradbury
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Signed book: Dandelion Wine. First edition, first printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 281 pages. Signe
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Robert Browning631 - Robert Browning
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English poet (1812–1889) who perfected the dramatic monologue in such works as My Last Duchess and Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister. Crisp and bold i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Cullen Bryant632 - William Cullen Bryant
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Chatham Bank check, 7.25 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and made payable to William Cullen Bryant for $25, June 26, 1864, endorsed on the reverse i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William S. Burroughs633 - William S. Burroughs
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in black ballpoint, "William S. Burroughs." Entitled "Dead on Arriv...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau634 - Jean Cocteau
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Signed book: La Difficulte d'Etre. Later printing. Paris: Paul Morihien, 1947. Softcover, 4.25 x 6.75. Signed and inscribed in French on the hal...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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