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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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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