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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Andy Warhol417 - Andy Warhol
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Large felt tip signature, "Andy Warhol,” on an off-white 8.25 x 2.5 sheet. Matted with an image of his iconic Marilyn Monroe sikscreen painting...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Disney418 - Walt Disney
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Original hand-painted cel of Donald Duck as a hunter, posing with a shotgun and with a hand on his hip against an idyllic forest backdrop. The cel has
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney419 - Walt Disney
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Highly appealing official Walt Disney Productions lithograph of a scene from the 1940 classic film Pinocchio, 15 x 13, signed in the lower border in b
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney420 - Walt Disney
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Original pencil sketch of Donald Duck on an off-white 6 x 9.25 sheet, boldly signed below in pencil by Disney. Double-matted to an overall size of 13
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William Gaines421 - William Gaines
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Publisher and co-editor of EC Comics (1922–1992), who published the popular satirical magazine Mad for over 40 years. Letter archive consisting one TL
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Max Fleischer422 - Max Fleischer
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Animator (1883-1972) considered a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon, whose Fleischer Studios brought such animated characters as Koko
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera423 - Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
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Limited edition 14 x 10.75 serigraph cel of Yogi Bear and Boo Boo playing tennis, signed in black felt tip by Hanna and Barbera. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee424 - Stan Lee
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Awesome black-bodied Peavey Marvel Rockmaster right-handed electric guitar with incredible super hero graphics, signed on the body in gold ink by Lee.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz425 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Snoopy. NY: Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1958. Softcover, 5.25 x 8. Attractively signed on the half-title page in green ballpoint, "S...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Voice Actors426 - Voice Actors
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Collection of 51 photos, mostly 8 x 10 or 10 x 8, signed by voice actors for famous cartoon characters, including: Pat Carroll, Adriana Caselotti (4),
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Honore de Balzac427 - Honore de Balzac
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Prolific and important French novelist and playwright (1799–1850) best known for his complex ‘cycle’ La Comedie Humaine. ANS in French, signed “de Bal
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens428 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Superlative matte-finish 10 x 12.5 Underwood and Underwood portrait of Clemens clad in his trademark white suit, a book on his lap, signed and inscrib
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 22,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens429 - Charles Dickens
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Coutts Bank check, 7 x 3.25, neatly filled out and signed by Dickens, "Charles Dickens," payable to "House and Miss D" for £...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson430 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Attractive purple ink signature, "Rev. C. L. Dodgson, Ch. Ch. Oxford,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 card. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming431 - Ian Fleming
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Vintage leather-bound 6.75 x 5.5 autograph album signed inside in black ink, "Ian L. Fleming, Eton," who draws a brilliant original full-l...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming432 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, December 21, 1950. Letter to Clarence Winchester at The Dropmor
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nathaniel Hawthorne433 - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Boldly penned ALS signed “Nath'l Hawthorne,” one page, 4.5 x 7, July 24, 1861. Letter to a gentleman in Philadelphia, in full: "I have rece...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence434 - D. H. Lawrence
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ALS, one page, 8.75 x 11, no date [but February 12, 1922], Taormina villa Fontana Vecchia. Letter to British antiques and art dealer Albert Henry Stop
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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T. E. Lawrence435 - T. E. Lawrence
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ALS signed "T. E. Shaw," one page, 5.5 x 8, no date. Interesting letter on one of his works. In full: "'Revolt in the Desert'...
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Harper Lee436 - Harper Lee
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.75, January 6, 1993. Letter to Don Salter, in full: "This season has been so hectic for me that I simply cannot remember...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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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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T. S. Eliot457 - T. S. Eliot
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Signed book: Selected Essays, 1917–1932. Second printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932. Hardcover, 6.25 x 8.75, 415 pages. Signed on the titl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Robert Frost458 - Robert Frost
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Rare bank check, 5.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Lois P. Blundell, payable to Robert Frost for $45, December 2, 1931, endorsed on the reverse by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Zane Grey459 - Zane Grey
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Signed book: The Thundering Herd. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 400 pages. Signed and inscribed on the firs...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe460 - Julia Ward Howe
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Desirable 3.75 x 5.5 portrait of the famed abolitionist and poet by J. E. Purdy and Co. of Boston, affixed to its original studio mount, signed on the
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Langston Hughes461 - Langston Hughes
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Booklet headed ‘Poems: Old and New,’ three pages, 7.5 x 9.75, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For Clifton Lietch—Langston Hughes.” In fi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stephen King462 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Bag of Bones. Advance reader's copy. NY: Scribner, 1998. Softcover, 6 x 9.25, 529 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stephen King463 - Stephen King
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Printed advertisement for King’s Dark Tower series, 4.25 x 6, signed at the bottom of the reverse side in black ink by King. Fine print at the bottom
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Timothy Leary464 - Timothy Leary
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TQS on a white 6 x 4 card, signed in black felt tip by Leary, who adds foreign characters below. The quote: "'Women who seek to be equal wi...
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Harper Lee465 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Nelle,” one lightly lined page, 4 x 6, October 1, 2000. Letter to longtime friend Bruce Higgison, in full: "Raine's a grown-up ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Jack London466 - Jack London
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Central Bank of Oakland check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to C. M. MacGregor for $1138.50, stamp-dated December 22, 1904. En
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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