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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Frank Herbert: Dune Signed Book101 - Frank Herbert: Dune Signed Book
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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
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kurt Vonnegut Signed Typescript102 - Kurt Vonnegut Signed Typescript
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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: "...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Larry Niven: Ringworld Signed Book103 - Larry Niven: Ringworld Signed Book
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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
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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E. Hoffmann Price: The Devil Wives of Li Fong Galley Proof104 - E. Hoffmann Price: The Devil Wives of Li Fong Galley Proof
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Popular American pulp fiction writer (1898–1988) who collaborated with H. P. Lovecraft in the 1930s and had a literary resurgence in the 1970s. Galley
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stephen King: Firestarter Signed Book105 - Stephen King: Firestarter Signed Book
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Spectacular signed book: Firestarter. First edition, limited issue, numbered 16/725. West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1980. Hardcover with dust j
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Stephen King Signed Photograph106 - Stephen King Signed Photograph
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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&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fredric Brown: And the Gods Laughed Signed Book107 - Fredric Brown: And the Gods Laughed Signed Book
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Signed book: And the Gods Laughed. First edition, limited issue of 26 lettered copies (letter "F"). West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, ...
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Orson Scott Card: The Folk of the Fringe Signed Book108 - Orson Scott Card: The Folk of the Fringe Signed Book
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Signed book: The Folk of the Fringe. First edition, limited issue of 26 lettered copies (letter "A"). West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press...
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Isaac Asimov: Pebble in the Sky First Edition Book109 - Isaac Asimov: Pebble in the Sky First Edition Book
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Unsigned first edition book: Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov. First edition, first printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950. Hardcover with facsim
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Isaac Asimov: The End of Eternity First Edition Book110 - Isaac Asimov: The End of Eternity First Edition Book
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Unsigned first edition book: The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov. First edition, first printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover with dust
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Isaac Asimov: Robots and Empire Signed Book111 - Isaac Asimov: Robots and Empire Signed Book
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Gorgeous signed book: Robots and Empire. First edition, limited issue of 35 lettered copies (letter "C"). West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia P...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Isaac Asimov Signed Photograph and Typed Note112 - Isaac Asimov Signed Photograph and Typed Note
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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
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Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man Signed Book113 - Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man Signed Book
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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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ray Bradbury: A Medicine for Melancholy Signed Book114 - Ray Bradbury: A Medicine for Melancholy Signed Book
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Signed book: A Medicine for Melancholy. First edition, first printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 240 p
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Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Print115 - Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Print
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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...
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Ray Bradbury Signed Photograph116 - Ray Bradbury Signed Photograph
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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...
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Ray Bradbury Signed Photographs117 - Ray Bradbury Signed Photographs
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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
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Michael Crichton Signed Photograph118 - Michael Crichton Signed Photograph
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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
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George Washington119 - George Washington
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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 ...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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George Washington120 - George Washington
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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
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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