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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Alfred Lord Tennyson243 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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ALS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.5 x 5.5, May 3, 1856. Letter to "My dear Mann," in part: "Your 'Vindications' have arri...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Makepeace Thackeray244 - William Makepeace Thackeray
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ALS signed “W. M. Thackeray,” one page, 3.5 x 5.25, no date. Letter to a gentleman, in part: "I thank you for your kind note and hope that Dr. ...
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Hunter S. Thompson245 - Hunter S. Thompson
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Signed book: The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover wi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alice B. Toklas246 - Alice B. Toklas
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Companion of writer Gertrude Stein who wrote about their life together in What Is Remembered (1877–1967). ALS signed “Alice,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, A
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Tasha Tudor247 - Tasha Tudor
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Signed book: Mr. Stubbs. First edition. NY: Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8, 48 pages. Signed ...
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Jules Verne248 - Jules Verne
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Handsome 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Jules Verne by Nadar of Paris, showing the pioneering science fiction author in a left-facing near profil
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Kurt Vonnegut249 - Kurt Vonnegut
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Signed book: Mother Night. First edition, first printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 202 pages. Signed on ...
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Eudora Welty250 - Eudora Welty
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Signed book: The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. First edition, limited issue, numbered 123/500. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover wit
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Eudora Welty251 - Eudora Welty
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, September 24, 1990. Letter to an admirer, in part: "I hardly know how to tell you how dismaye...
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Eudora Welty252 - Eudora Welty
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Assemblage of ten color 18 x 24 posters promoting a photographic exhibition held by the Mississippi Historical Museum entitled "Eudora," s...
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Thornton Wilder253 - Thornton Wilder
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ALS signed “T. N.,” one page both sides, 6 x 7, August 18, 1972. Letter to author James Herlihy, in part: "Sorry to have missed you on July 5. ...
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Tennessee Williams254 - Tennessee Williams
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Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Williams, "Tennessee Williams," payable to Washing Well for $30.71, January 24, 1978. E...
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Tennessee Williams255 - Tennessee Williams
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Signed book: Selected Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 565 page
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William Carlos Williams256 - William Carlos Williams
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Signed book: The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cornell Woolrich257 - Cornell Woolrich
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American writer (1903–1968) who is best known for his crime fiction; his story It Had to Be Murder served as the source for Alfred Hitchcock's 1...
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Thomas Jefferson258 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 6.5 x 3.5, April 18, 1826. Letter written from Monticello, in full: "I received yesterday your favor of t...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe259 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 10.75 x 15.25, ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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James Monroe260 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 9.5, October 6, 1817. Desirable military land grant by which President Monroe, "in pursua...
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John Quincy Adams261 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.25 x 8.75, March 30, 1825. President Adams grants Peter Mills, "assig...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson262 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 5.5 x 9.5, June 1, 1831. President Jackson grants John Munroe of Muskingum County, Ohio, a tract of...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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