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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Edvard Benes455Edvard Benes
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Leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement (1884–1948) who was President of Czechoslovakia at the time of Hitler's incursion. Signed book:...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Benazir Bhutto and Klaus Kinkel456Benazir Bhutto and Klaus Kinkel
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Scarce color glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto seated and speaking with then German Minister of Foreign Affairs K
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Max Born457Max Born
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Signed book: The Restless Universe. Second edition, revised. NY: Dover Publications, 1951. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 315 pages. Signed on the first free
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Edouard Branly458Edouard Branly
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French inventor (1844–1940) primarily known for his involvement in wireless telegraphy. ANS in French, signed “E. Branly,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Warren E. Burger459Warren E. Burger
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Signed book from Burger's personal library: The Search for Understanding by Caryl P. Haskins. First edition. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institutio...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Richard E. Byrd460Richard E. Byrd
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Signed book: Discovery. First edition. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.5, 405 pages. Signed on a free end pa...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Andrew Carnegie461Andrew Carnegie
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Signed book: James Watt. First British edition. Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1905. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 164 pages. Signed o...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Noam Chomsky462Noam Chomsky
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Four items: an MIT business card belong to Chomsky, 3.5 x 2, signed in black ballpoint; and three laserprint photos of the noted analytical philosophe
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Thomas Clarkson463Thomas Clarkson
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English abolitionist (1760–1846) who was a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, May
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
DNA: James D. Watson464DNA: James D. Watson
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Signed book: The Double Helix. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2009. Leather-bound hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 226 pages. Signed on ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Allen Dulles465Allen Dulles
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American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian director of the CIA (1893–1969). Signed book: The Secret Surrender. First British edition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Erik Erikson466Erik Erikson
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Psychologist (1902–1994) known for his theories on human development and coining the term 'identity crisis.' Signed book: Toys and Reasons. ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Erik Erikson467Erik Erikson
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Psychologist (1902–1994) known for his theories on human development and coining the term 'identity crisis.' Signed book: Life History and t...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Melville Fuller468Melville Fuller
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ALS as chief justice, signed “Melville W. Fuller,” one page, 5 x 7.75, December 16, 1903. Letter to George M. Brooke, responding to a letter received
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Francis Galton469Francis Galton
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English Victorian statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Gandhi Family470Gandhi Family
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Three items signed by a member of the Gandhi family: an ink signature, "Indira Gandhi," on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 sheet affixed to a large...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
V. V. Giri471V. V. Giri
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Fourth President of India (1894–1980) who was the only person to be elected as an independent candidate. Following his full term, Giri was honoured by
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Mikhail Gorbachev472Mikhail Gorbachev
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Three color glossy 10 x 8 photos of Mikhail Gorbachev alongside Ronald Reagan, each signed in white paint pen or black felt tip by the former presiden
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna473Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna
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Two signed books, both hardcovers with dust jackets: Once a Grand Duke, published by the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation in 1932, signed on the first fr
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Gustaf V of Sweden474Gustaf V of Sweden
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DS in Swedish, one page, 8.75 x 14, September 19, 1945. Untranslated document issuing power of attorney for C. H. M. Falkman to be the commander of th
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Armand Hammer475Armand Hammer
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American business manager and owner (1898–1990) who ran the Occidental Petroleum Corporation from 1957 until his death; he is also remembered for his
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Hell's Angels: Sonny Barger476Hell's Angels: Sonny Barger
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Group of three color laserprint photos of posters for the outlaw biker films Hell's Angels '69, Angels from Hell, and Hells Angels on Wheels...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Edmund Hillary477Edmund Hillary
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Two collector's edition books from the Easton Press: High Adventure and View from the Summit. Both books are leather-bound hardcover and individ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Alger Hiss478Alger Hiss
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Signed book: Recollections of a Life. Later printing. NY: Seaver Books, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 240 pages. Signed and inscribed
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Alger Hiss479Alger Hiss
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Signed book: Alger Hiss: The True Story. First edition, first printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Johns Hopkins480Johns Hopkins
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American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist (1795–1873) whose legacy lives on in numerous foundations and institutions, such as Johns Hopki
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Internet Pioneers481Internet Pioneers
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Group of four business cards, each 3.5 x 2, signed in ink of felt tip by the respective Internet pioneer, including: Vint Cerf, one of 'the fath...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Kaiser Wilhelm II482Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Untranslated manuscript DS in German, signed “Wilhelm R,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, November 24, 1897. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King Edward VIII483King Edward VIII
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Blue fountain pen signature, "1934, Edward P. 9–iii–34,” on an off-white 10.75 x 8.25 guest book sheet, marked above in another hand, "Adm...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
King Gustaf V of Sweden484King Gustaf V of Sweden
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King of Sweden (born 1858) from 1907 until his death in 1950, who holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden. DS in Swedish, five pages, 8
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Alfred Kinsey485Alfred Kinsey
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Biologist (1894–1956) who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, and whose research on human sexuality created the mode
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Phil Knight486Phil Knight
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Set of 12 business cards belonging to Nike cofounder Phil Knight, 3.5 x 1.75, each signed in ink or ballpoint by Knight. Also is included is a TLS, on
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Austen Henry Layard487Austen Henry Layard
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British historian and archaeologist (1817–1894) best known as the excavator of Nimrud. ALS signed “A. H. Layard,” three pages on two adjoining sheets,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Leopold Saxe-Coburg488Leopold Saxe-Coburg
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Duke of Albany (1853–1884) and son of Queen Victoria who died of hemophilia following a fall. ALS signed “Leopold, Hon. Sec. to the Committee,” one pa
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Joseph Lister489Joseph Lister
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British surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day. ALS signed “Lister,”
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Manhattan Project490Manhattan Project
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Signed book: An American Genius by Herbert Childs. First edition. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 576 pages...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Aimee Semple McPherson491Aimee Semple McPherson
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Signed book: Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism. Los Angeles: Aimee Semple McPherson Publishing Co., 1938. Hardcover, 6 x 8.25, unpagin
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Angela Merkel and Peter Maffay492Angela Merkel and Peter Maffay
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Color glossy 11.5 x 8 photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her office with rock musician Peter Maffay, signed in black felt tip by both. In fin
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Gamal Abdel Nasser493Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Signed German booklet: Die Philosophie der Revolution. Cairo: Mondiale Press. Paperback, 5.25 x 7.75, 78 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Jawaharlal Nehru494Jawaharlal Nehru
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Signed book: The Discovery of India. First edition. NY: The John Day Company, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 595 pages. Signed on the firs
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Reinhold Niebuhr495Reinhold Niebuhr
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Protestant theologian and philosopher (1892-1971) who reshaped much of American thought concerning society, politics, and the meaning of history. Sign
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Martin Niemoller496Martin Niemoller
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Signed book: Dachau Sermons. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 97 pages. Signed on the first...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
The Palm Coast Symposium497The Palm Coast Symposium
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Program for The Palm Coast Symposium, held on November 15–16, 1974, 12 pages, 5.75 x 8.5, signed inside by the event's speakers: Saul Bellow, Gu...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Queen Victoria498Queen Victoria
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Memorial booklet honoring Queen Victoria, entitled "Our Mother-Queen, Black & White Budget, Memorial Number," 7.5 x 11, 32 pages. In f...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Yitzhak Rabin499Yitzhak Rabin
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Signed book: The Rabin Memoirs. First English edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 344 pages. Sign
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
William Ramsay500William Ramsay
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Scottish chemist (1852-1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Signed book: The Gases of the Atmosphere: The H
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Samuel Remington501Samuel Remington
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American firearms manufacturer (1819–1892). Cashier of Ilion Bank check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Remington, "S. Remington," pa...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Bertrand Russell502Bertrand Russell
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Signed book: The Impact of Science on Society. First edition. NY: Columbia University Press, 1951. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 64 pages. Signed on the firs
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Bertrand Russell503Bertrand Russell
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Glossy 4 x 6 photo of Russell holding a pipe, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. Reverse bears a Keystone Press Agency stamp. In fine condi
Anwar Sadat504Anwar Sadat
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Signed book: In Search of Identity. First English edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 360 pages. Signed and...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00