RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With an opening section chronicling the history of science and technology, this month’s RR Auction Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 800 extraordinary lots. Among the highlights offered are an Einstein autograph letter, lunar surface–flown items, a historic letter signed by King Henry VIII, and a vast selection of animation artwork. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in December 2016.
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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Samuel L. Clemens513 - Samuel L. Clemens
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First National Bank of Hartford check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to Patrick Mulligan for $84, July 10
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens514 - Charles Dickens
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Bank check, 7.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to The National Provident Institution for £3.1.0, January 3, 1859. Dickens cros...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe515 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway516 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: Green Hills of Africa. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket ($2.75 price), 6 x 8.5, 295 pa...
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Ernest Hemingway517 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS signed “Yours, Ernest,” one onionskin page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, no date but postmarked May 21, 1953. Letter to Charles Po
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway518 - Ernest Hemingway
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Collection of eight color candid Articolor slides of Hemingway at his Idaho hunting home, each 2 x 2, including two images of Hemingway with close fri
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Henry James519 - Henry James
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ALS, six total pages, 4.5 x 7, 34 De Vere Gardens letterhead, no date but circa 1897. Letter to Mrs. Seymour, in part: “How more than kind your note...
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Jack Kerouac520 - Jack Kerouac
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Highly desirable TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 19, 1965. Letter to John J. Geoghegan, in full: “Thanks a million for the beautiful leather–bound e
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling521 - Rudyard Kipling
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Remarkable 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Kipling by Elliott & Fry of London, signed at the bottom of the image in black ink. In fine condition. A ...
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Madeleine L'Engle522 - Madeleine L'Engle
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Signed book: A Wrinkle in Time. First edition, first printing. NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket ($3.25 price), 5.75 x 8
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Harper Lee523 - Harper Lee
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Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. First edition. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Hardcover (brown boards and light gr...
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Henry Miller524 - Henry Miller
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Artist’s watercolor scratch pad used by Miller when testing and creating colors to use in his paintings, one page, 13.5 x 19.5, signed and inscribed a
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell525 - Margaret Mitchell
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Signed book: Southern Treasury of Life and Literature. Authors edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9,...
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H. A. Rey526 - H. A. Rey
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German-born author and illustrator (1898–1977) best known for the popular Curious George series of children’s books. Signed book: Curious George. Fift
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Maurice Sendak527 - Maurice Sendak
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ALS signed “Maurice,” two pages inside a card featuring Where the Wild Things Are artwork, 4.75 x 5.75, no date. In part: “I’ve just come home from so
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Leo Tolstoy528 - Leo Tolstoy
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LS in French, signed “Leon Tolstoy,” five total pages, 8.25 x 10.5, October 23, 1901. Letter to “Mon Prince,” the former Persian ambassador to St. Pet
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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George Bernard Shaw529 - George Bernard Shaw
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Signed book: Man and Superman. First edition. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., 1903. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7, 244 pages. Signed on the ...
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Voltaire530 - Voltaire
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ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, May 4, [1755]. Letter to his friend Francois-Louis Defresney, written from his home Les Delices in Ge
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Oscar Wilde531 - Oscar Wilde
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Exquisite 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Wilde in a seated pose circa 1884, signed and inscribed in ink, “Stuart Merrill, from his friend Oscar Wilde.
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Tennessee Williams532 - Tennessee Williams
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Uncommon ALS signed “Tenn. Williams,” one page, 6.75 x 10, June 8, 1972. Letter to a teacher, written on the reverse of the initial letter to him. In
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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