RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Auction Details

With over 750 outstanding lots, RR Auction’s October Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction opens with a remarkable featured section—‘Innovators of Man and Machine,’ boasting three centuries' worth of the world’s greatest minds: Bernoulli, Watt, Pasteur, Westinghouse, Edison, Einstein, Boeing, and Ferrari are among the autographs offered. The rest of the catalog provides a well-balanced assortment of items from presidents, Declaration of Independence signers, activists, businessmen, world leaders, royalty, military figures, artists, authors, musicians, entertainers, and athletes. A small sampling of top items in the sale: an Albert Einstein handwritten manuscript related to his work on a unified field theory; a 50-letter archive of letters from photographer Alfred Stieglitz to New Yorker critic Lewis Mumford; a Freud letter on the Oedipus complex; a musical quote from Verdi’s ‘La traviata’; a fully signed Beatles promo card; and a game-used baseball from the 1917 Tim Murnane Day benefit game played at Fenway Park. 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 October 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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Andy Warhol407 - Andy Warhol
RR Auction
Interview magazine from September 1982, Vol. XII, No. 9, 11 x 17, 108 pages, with Bette Midler on the front cover, vertically signed over her image in
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Andy Warhol408 - Andy Warhol
RR Auction
Bold ink signature, "Andy Warhol," on an off-white 5 x 3 card bearing an affixed image of the artist. In fine condition.
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat409 - Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat
RR Auction
Unsigned original color 12 x 19 boxing-style poster for the Andy Warhol/Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition of paintings, presented by Tony Shafrazi and B
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Andrew Wyeth410 - Andrew Wyeth
RR Auction
Signed book: The Art of Andrew Wyeth. First edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1973. Leatherbound hardcover, 12 x 9.25, 176 pages. Signed and
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Betty Boop411 - Betty Boop
RR Auction
Original production cel featuring Betty Boop and an evil foe from an unknown production. Character image measures 8.25 x 6.5, with a mat opening of 9
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Matt Groening412 - Matt Groening
RR Auction
Fantastic color 24 x 12 poster for the show Futurama, showing a frightened Fry and Bender watching Leela jump-kicking a robot and shouting, "Al...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Walt Disney413 - Walt Disney
RR Auction
Attractive mid-1930s fountain pen signature, "Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5 x 4.25 album page bearing an affixed image of Disney. Double-clot...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Cartoonists414 - Cartoonists
RR Auction
Wonderful collection of 31 items signed by a notable cartoonist, the vast majority consisting of signed sketches of their most famous characters on of
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Leslie Gilbert Illingworth415 - Leslie Gilbert Illingworth
RR Auction
Welsh political cartoonist (1902–1979) best known for his work for the Daily Mail and for becoming the chief cartoonist at the British satirical perio
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Marvin the Martian416 - Marvin the Martian
RR Auction
(Warner Brothers Studios, 1980s) Desirable original production cel featuring Marvin the Martian from a 1980s Warner Bros. cartoon. The cel is placed o
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Schulz417 - Charles Schulz
RR Auction
Signed book: You Can Do It, Charlie Brown. First edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Softcover, 5.25 x 8. Signed and inscribed on the half-
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Schulz418 - Charles Schulz
RR Auction
Signed book: I Need All the Friends I Can Get. San Francisco, CA: Determined Productions, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 5.75, 58 pages. Sig
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Bernie Wrightson419 - Bernie Wrightson
RR Auction
Extremely appealing limited edition portfolio of Bernie Wrightson's illustrations for Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, published ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Hans Christian Andersen420 - Hans Christian Andersen
RR Auction
Rare ALS in German, signed “H. C. Andersen,” one page, 4 x 7, July 25, 1847. Untranslated letter written from the Sablonier Hotel in Leicester Square.
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Eric Carle421 - Eric Carle
RR Auction
American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books (born 1929) who is best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a picture book tha...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Baldassare Castiglione422 - Baldassare Castiglione
RR Auction
Prominent author (1478–1529) most famous for The Book of the Courtier, considered the definitive account of Renaissance court life. Extremely rare LS
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 17,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
James Fenimore Cooper423 - James Fenimore Cooper
RR Auction
Terrific ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 7.75 x 8.25, October 16, 1840. Written aboard the U.S.S. Macedonia off the Battery of New York, a
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Dickens424 - Charles Dickens
RR Auction
Desirable AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 3.5 sheet, prominently signed at the conclusion in ink,“Charles Dickens, Twenty ninth May 1846.” Dickens pens a b
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Dickens425 - Charles Dickens
RR Auction
ALS, two pages, tastefully adhered together to an overall size of 4.5 x 13.25, August 20, 1852. Letter to "Mr. Coe," concerning the play U...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ralph Waldo Emerson426 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
RR Auction
ALS signed “R. Waldo Emerson,” one page both sides, 4 x 6, September 10, 1873. Letter to Miss Sylvia Watson, in part: "Your three friends in ou...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
F. Scott Fitzgerald427 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
RR Auction
Guaranty Trust Company of New York check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Fitzgerald, "F. Scott Fitzgerald," payable to Collector of ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ian Fleming428 - Ian Fleming
RR Auction
TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 8 x 10, Old Mitre Court letterhead, May 14, 1963. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry in Bonn, Germany.
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Robert Frost429 - Robert Frost
RR Auction
Fascinating ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Response penned at the conclusion of a four page typed poem by Carl E. Hirsch entitled 'To Robert ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ernest Hemingway430 - Ernest Hemingway
RR Auction
Hand-addressed airmail envelope, 6.5 x 3.75, addressed in Hemingway's hand to "Miss Kaye Halle, 3001 Dent Place N.W., Washington, D.C.,&quo...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Aldous Huxley431 - Aldous Huxley
RR Auction
DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, September 11, 1939. Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Pictures contract in which Huxley affirms that he has granted all rights un
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Washington Irving432 - Washington Irving
RR Auction
Third-person ALS, signed within the text, "Mr. Washington Irving," one page, 4.5 x 7.25, January 13, [1830]. Letter as secretary to the Am...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
D. H. Lawrence433 - D. H. Lawrence
RR Auction
Signed book: The Story of Doctor Manente. First edition, limited issue, numbered 181/200. Florence: G. Orioli, 1929. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow434 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
RR Auction
Signed book: The Skeleton in Armor. Later printing. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. Hardcover, 7 x 9.25. Signed on a free end page in ink, "Henr...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow435 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
RR Auction
Uncommon 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite portrait of Longfellow by Warren's Portraits of Boston, signed on the reverse in ink, "Henry W. Longfel...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
A. A. Milne436 - A. A. Milne
RR Auction
ALS signed “A: A: Milne,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 5.75, 11 Mallord Street letterhead, January 12, 1920. Letter to longtime friend Vincent Seligman,
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
A. A. Milne437 - A. A. Milne
RR Auction
World War II-dated ALS signed “Blue,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, December 20, 1942. Letter to longtime friend Vincent Seligman, in part: “This is jus
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Maurice Sendak438 - Maurice Sendak
RR Auction
Original felt tip sketch of Carol from Where the Wild Things Are, saying "Boo!," accomplished by Sendak on an off-white 8 x 5 card, signed...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Voltaire439 - Voltaire
RR Auction
ALS in French, signed “Voltaire,” one page, 5.25 x 7, March 17, 1743. In full (translated): "Would I be impudent if I asked you permission to c...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Walt Whitman440 - Walt Whitman
RR Auction
Exceptional ALS, one page on the reverse of a 5 x 3 French postcard, December 31, 1890. Written from Camden, New Jersey, a letter to the French poet a
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Virginia Woolf441 - Virginia Woolf
RR Auction
Unsigned typed letter, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, 52 Tavistock Sq. letterhead, December 12, no year but circa 1933. Letter to her nephew Quenti
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Addams442 - Charles Addams
RR Auction
Original signed ink sketch of Uncle Fester in a haughty full-length pose an off-white 3 x 4.75 card, signed below in black ink, "Chas Addams, 8...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland443 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
RR Auction
Signed book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Limited edition, one of 50 copies specially bound by Paul Belard in red morocco ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ambrose Bierce444 - Ambrose Bierce
RR Auction
American writer (1842–c.1914) best known for his vivid short stories (including the classic 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge') and his sat...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Jorge Luis Borges445 - Jorge Luis Borges
RR Auction
Two items: a German booklet entitled "Bogen 8," signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint by Borges; and a ballpoint signature of the eld...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ray Bradbury446 - Ray Bradbury
RR Auction
Group of three first edition, first printing books, all hardcover with dust jacket, each signed on the first free end page by Bradbury: Something Wick
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Robert Browning447 - Robert Browning
RR Auction
ALS signed “Robert Brownin ,” one page, 4.25 x 7, November 23, 1889. Letter to Miss Bateman, in part: "I heartily wish I were able to comply wi...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Charles Bukowski448 - Charles Bukowski
RR Auction
ANS signed “C. B.,” one page, 5 x 8, no date. In full: "I've been informed that signing a blank piece of paper is a foolish business."...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
James Fenimore Cooper449 - James Fenimore Cooper
RR Auction
Ostego County Bank check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Cooper, "J. Fenimore Cooper," payable to "my own self" for $10, Marc...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Roald Dahl450 - Roald Dahl
RR Auction
Felt tip signature and inscription, "To Blanche Campbell, The terror of the publishers! with warmest wishes from Roald Dahl, Jan 20, 1966,” on ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Roald Dahl451 - Roald Dahl
RR Auction
TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Gipsy House letterhead, November 22, 1984. Letter to Barry Evans, in part: "Of course I would be willing to write a litt...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Melvil Dewey452 - Melvil Dewey
RR Auction
American librarian and educator (1851–1931) who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. Partly-printed DS, signed “M. Dewey,” one
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Robert Frost453 - Robert Frost
RR Auction
Signed book: Aforesaid. Limited edition issued for the author's 80th birthday, numbered 430/650. NY: Henry Holt and Company. Hardcover with slip...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Edward Everett Hale454 - Edward Everett Hale
RR Auction
Signed book: The Man Without a Country. Later printing. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1904. Hardcover, 4.5 x 7, 59 pages. Signed and inscribed o
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr455 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
RR Auction
ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” 4.5 x 7, February 16, 1860. Letter to a Mr. Murray, in part: "I regret very much that my engagements prevent me from...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Julia Ward Howe456 - Julia Ward Howe
RR Auction
ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, March 1882. Letter to Frank Hamilton Cushing, in part: "I am expecting you and the Chiefs to...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark