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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Winifred Wagner715 - Winifred Wagner
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Daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner (1897–1980) who was a friend of Hitler and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until t...
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Winifred Wagner716 - Winifred Wagner
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Daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner (1897–1980) who was a friend of Hitler and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until t...
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Marian Anderson717 - Marian Anderson
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Exceptional vintage glossy 11 x 13.25 portrait of Anderson by famed photographer Yousuf Karsh, neatly signed and inscribed in white ink, "To Na...
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Louis Armstrong718 - Louis Armstrong
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Armstrong relaxing with his band, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Face, my man Art, Satchmo, Lou...
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Big Sid Catlett719 - Big Sid Catlett
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Versatile American jazz drummer (1910–1955) who made the transition from early swing into bebop. Vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 10.75 photo of Catlett be
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Natalie Cole720 - Natalie Cole
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Official ‘R’ hologram-style RIAA triple platinum sales award presented “to commemorate the sale of more than 3,000,000 copies of the Elektra Entertain
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Ira Gershwin721 - Ira Gershwin
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Semi-glossy 7 x 5 silver gelatin photo of Gershwin smoking a cigar and writing at a table, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, &q...
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B. B. King722 - B. B. King
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Original yellow 13.75 x 22.5 first printing cardboard boxing-style poster for a B. B. King concert at the Blues Club and Grill in New York City on Jun
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B. B. King723 - B. B. King
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Color glossy 8 x 11.75 three-quarter-length photo of King seated and laughing next to his gorgeous Lucille guitar, signed nicely in blue felt tip. In
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Cole Porter724 - Cole Porter
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TLS signed “Cole,” one page, 7.25 x 10.75, September 19, 1953. Letter to New York theatre producer Cy Freuer, in full: "I enclose the list of t...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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