RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. 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 March 2017
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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Marguerite of Angouleme437 - Marguerite of Angouleme
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Sister of King Francis I of France (1492–1549), also known as Marguerite of Navarre, who was a major author and patron of the French Renaissance; Samu
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne438 - A. A. Milne
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Two ALSs, signed "Blue" and "A. A Milne," three pages in total, dated July 2, 1920, and November 27, 1942. Both letters are addr...
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne439 - A. A. Milne
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 7.5, 11 Mallord Street letterhead, May 11, 1923. Letter to longtime friend Vincent Seligman, in full: "We have ...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Yukio Mishima440 - Yukio Mishima
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ALS, three pages, 10 x 7, Biwako Hotel letterhead, September 5, 1963. Letter to novelist John Goodwin, in part: “I finally got a chance to read your ‘
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Vladimir Nabokov441 - Vladimir Nabokov
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Russian-born American writer (1899-1977) who is best known for the controversial 1955 classic Lolita, widely hailed as one of the greatest novels of t
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Vladimir Nabokov442 - Vladimir Nabokov
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, November 28, 1968. Written from the Montreux Palace Hotel, a letter to Heather Mansell of Penguin Books, Ltd., responding
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Flannery O'Connor443 - Flannery O'Connor
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Rare TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 3, 1956. Letter to Miss Abbott, in full: "Thanks so much for your letter. I see now what you were getting at ...
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John Steinbeck444 - John Steinbeck
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Signed book: The Long Valley. Sixth printing. NY: Viking Press, 1964. Softcover, 5 x 7.75, 303 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the half-title pa
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Stendhal445 - Stendhal
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French writer born Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842) considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism. Extremely rare ALS in French, s
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Leo Tolstoy446 - Leo Tolstoy
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Desirable ink signature, "Leo Tolstoy, 20 March 1903,” on an off-white 3.75 x 5.25 sheet. In fine condition. A ideally crisp example.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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P. L. Travers447 - P. L. Travers
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, 29 Shawfield Street letterhead, January 19, 1965. Letter to Mrs. Campbell, in full: "How kind to send me Christmas c...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Wolfe448 - Thomas Wolfe
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Rare TLS signed “Tom Wolfe,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, December 27, 1937. Letter to Anne W. Armstrong, in part: "I am so glad you spoke as you di...
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Jules Verne449 - Jules Verne
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo, signed and inscribed in black ink, "A Monsieur Raymond Bacquart, Jules Verne,” who fills out the...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf450 - Virginia Woolf
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TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.75, Tavistock Square letterhead, May 14, 1926. Letter to "Miss Mcafee," in part: "It was a great pleasure to ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Wordsworth451 - William Wordsworth
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ALS signed “Wm. Wordsworth,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, no date. Letter to "Mr. Hornby," in part: "As you requested I have writte...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Addams452 - Charles Addams
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Signed book: Addams and Evil. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1947. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8 x 11.25, 108 pages. Signed and inscribed...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Edward Albee453 - Edward Albee
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AQS penned inside a 4.25 x 5.5 card from Young Harris College, titled and signed at the bottom, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Act I. Edw...
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Charles Bukowski454 - Charles Bukowski
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Scarce group of three items: a limited edition oversized book entitled Bukowski: 24 Photographs, 1977-1987, hardcover with slipcase, published by Buks
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper455 - James Fenimore Cooper
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Otsego County Bank check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Cooper, "J. Fenimore Cooper," payable to McCabe for $5, November 10, 1845. ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Roald Dahl456 - Roald Dahl
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ANS, one page, 8.5 x 11, circa 1961. Brief note to Blanche Campbell, in full: "Still the best-seller in the United States. Roald Dahl, Nov. 196...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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