RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s August Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 900 lots, headlined by a special World War II section that tells the story of a war that defined a generation. In addition to this historic offering, headlining items include an important letter by King Henry VIII related to a treaty negotiation, a 1919 letter from Einstein to his ex-wife and children, a remarkable pair of letters by John Lennon about his breakup with Cynthia, and a flag fragment from Horatio Nelson's HMS Victory. 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 August 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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Samuel L. Clemens539 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Appealing program for the Pleiades Club dinner honoring Mark Twain held at the Hotel Brevoort on December 22, 1907, measuring 17.5 x 7.5 open, signed
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Stephen Crane540 - Stephen Crane
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American author and journalist (1871-1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. Rare ALS, one page, 5
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens541 - Charles Dickens
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Uncommon check, 7.25 x 3.75, filled out and signed by Dickens, "Charles Dickens," payable to Higham Church for £5, April 3, 1866. Pro...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens542 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, July 7, 1842. Letter to his publisher, "William Hall Esquire," in part: "I inclose you the proof, to which...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle543 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Two items: an ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere letterhead, May 10, 1906. Letter to Gotts, in "Congratulations on the cha...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Fenimore Cooper544 - Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Fenimore Cooper
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Two checks: an Atlantic National Bank check, 6.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Emerson, "R. W. Emerson," payable to H. J. Walcott for ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot545 - T. S. Eliot
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TLS, one page, 6.75 x 8, Faber and Faber letterhead, March 24, 1949. Letter to poet Norman Nicholson, in part: "I am delighted to hear of what ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William Faulkner546 - William Faulkner
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Desirable twice-signed DS, one page, 8.5 x 7, January 4, 1937. Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation employee payroll information form filled out in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming547 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed "Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming," one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 13, 1949. Letter to journalist a...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming548 - Ian Fleming
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Signed book: The Diamond Smugglers. Later printing. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8, 160 pages. Signed on the first fr
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Alex Haley549 - Alex Haley
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Unsigned handwritten notes on an unfolded 12.75 x 12.75 pink napkin, recording fragments of an oral family history recounted by an elderly relative (C
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway550 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Volume 4935 of the Collection of British and American Authors series. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway551 - Ernest Hemingway
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Allied Military Currency issued in France in 1944 for 5 francs, 3 x 2.75, signed in the center in fountain pen, "Ernest Hemingway." In fin...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway552 - Ernest Hemingway
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Original vintage circa 1934–35 glossy 4.75 x 3.75 candid photo of his second wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, with a fallen gazelle on the Serengeti Plai
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Julia Ward Howe553 - Julia Ward Howe
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Desirable AQS, one page, 8.5 x 4.75, June 1908. Ward pens the opening four lines from her poem ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ in full: “Mine eyes
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo554 - Victor Hugo
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Early ALS in French, signed “V'r Hugo,” one page, 7.75 x 10, November 4, 1829. Untranslated letter to Mr. Vaillant, director of the literary mag...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Aldous Huxley555 - Aldous Huxley
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 10, 1959. Letter to Robert S. McCleery, in full: "Thank you for your letter which finds me, unfortunately wit...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Henry James556 - Henry James
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Bold ink signature, "Henry James, Boston Feb. 23d 1882,” on an off-white 5.25 x 4.5 sheet, likely trimmed from a guest book or album, which als...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francis Scott Key557 - Francis Scott Key
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Short AMS signed "F. S. Key, Esqr," one page on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 slip, no date but likely circa 1829. Key writes an additional stan...
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Harper Lee558 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Nelle,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogram letterhead, June 26, [2009]. Letter to longtime friend Bruce Higgison, in full: "Yo...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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