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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Maya Angelou123 - Maya Angelou
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Signed book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1969. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 5.75 x
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sholem Asch124 - Sholem Asch
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American-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist (1880–1957). Glossy 5 x 7 bust portrait of Asch in his library, neatly signed in the lower border in
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Berthold Auerbach125 - Berthold Auerbach
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German-Jewish poet and author (1812-1882) known as the founder of the German 'tendency novel,' in which fiction is used as a means of influe...
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Authors126 - Authors
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Group of 16 unsigned carte-de-visite portraits of noted 19th-century writers, including: Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Carlyle,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Authors127 - Authors
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Excellent collection of 145 books from some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction, mostly hardcover, each signed by the author, including: T. C
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Authors128 - Authors
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Group of five items signed by noted American writers: Sinclair Lewis Two items: ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, July 23, 1937. Letter
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Simone Beck129 - Simone Beck
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French cookbook author and cooking teacher (1904–1991) who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in th
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Samuel Beckett130 - Samuel Beckett
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Signed book: Footfalls. First edition. London: Faber and Faber, 1976. Softcover, 4.75 x 7.75, 13 pages. Neatly signed and inscribed on the title page
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John Berryman131 - John Berryman
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Group of three unsigned books by John Berryman: a limited edition softcover printing of His Thought Made Pockets & The Plane Bukt, numbered 380/...
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Elizabeth Bishop132 - Elizabeth Bishop
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Signed book: The Complete Poems. Second printing. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 216 pages. Signed on the title page in b
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