RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With more than 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an impressive assortment of historic collectibles. This month includes a special Literature section, with rare and significant items such as an illustrated, autographed manuscript of Hermann Hesse’s "Piktor's Verwandlungen"; Anton Chekhov's “Stories and Tales,” inscribed; a handwritten quotation from Guo Moruo; and many more top authors like Joyce, Tolkien, Orwell, Sartre, Sendak and Whitman. The Music section features incredible original artwork by Frederic Chopin; a 350-page “Who’s Who in Rock & Roll,” signed by hundreds of the genre’s greatest musicians; and a fully signed Beatles autograph with additional, rare signature from Ray Charles. This catalog also includes items from US History, Space, Art, Entertainment and more. 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 May 2018.

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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Hans Christian Andersen1 - Hans Christian Andersen
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Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Fabulous
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Hans Christian Andersen2 - Hans Christian Andersen
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Scarce 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite portrait of Andersen in a distinguished profile pose, signed and inscribed in German on the reverse in ink (translat
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Hans Christian Andersen3 - Hans Christian Andersen
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Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Hand-add
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Hans Christian Andersen4 - Hans Christian Andersen
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Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Fantasti
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Honore de Balzac6 - Honore de Balzac
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Prolific and important French novelist and playwright (1799–1850) best known for his complex 'cycle' La Comédie humaine. ALS in French,...
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James M. Barrie7 - James M. Barrie
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Two ALSs signed "J. M. Barrie," each one page, dated 1901–1902, both to John Henderson, secretary of the National Liberal Club. The first,...
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James M. Barrie8 - James M. Barrie
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Scottish novelist and playwright (1860–1937) best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. ALS signed “J. M. Barrie,” one page, 5.5 x 7, Adelphi Terrac
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Charles Baudelaire9 - Charles Baudelaire
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Influential nineteenth-century French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 coll
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Ray Bradbury10 - Ray Bradbury
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Rare and sought-after signed first edition book: Fahrenheit 451. First edition, first printing. NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. Hardcover with first issue
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Patrick Bronte11 - Patrick Bronte
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Anglo-Irish priest and author (1777–1861) who was the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte. Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Bronte,”
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Edgar Rice Burroughs12 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal 'Tarzana' letterhead, March 7, 1938. Letter to Tarzan's Jane, the actress Maureen O'Sullivan, in f...
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Pearl S. Buck13 - Pearl S. Buck
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AMS, signed twice with her initials, "P. S. B.," nine pages, 8.5 x 11, circa March 1941. A series of drafts for book reviews by Buck to be...
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Lady Charlotte Bury14 - Lady Charlotte Bury
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English novelist (1775–1861) best remembered for her anonymous 1838 work, Diary Illustrative of the Times of George IV. Partial handwritten letter, un
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Albert Camus15 - Albert Camus
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Program for the Festival d'Art Dramatique in Angers, June 21–30, 1957, 8.25 x 10.5, signed and inscribed on a biographical page in French in blu...
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Truman Capote16 - Truman Capote
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ALS signed “Truman,” one page, 6.25 x 8.25, October 22, 1952. Letter to "Leonard," in part: "I have meant so long to write you, but h...
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Truman Capote: Peter Arno17 - Truman Capote: Peter Arno
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Fantastic original ink sketches of Truman Capote and his English bulldog Maggie accomplished by great New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno on an off-white
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Cesar de Nostredame18 - Cesar de Nostredame
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Early French historian, poet, and painter (1553–1629) who was the son of the famed astrologer and reputed seer Nostradamus. LS in French, signed “Nost
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Raymond Chandler19 - Raymond Chandler
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1954. Letter to Mr. Lovell, in full: "I'm now not sure I was right about the short story collections A...
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Raymond Chandler20 - Raymond Chandler
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TLS signed “Ray,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, September 10, 1947. Letter to "Swanie," his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: &quo...
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Anton Chekhov21 - Anton Chekhov
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Signed book: Povesti i Razskazy [Stories and Tales]. Moscow: I. D. Sytin, 1894. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5, 285 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first fre
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