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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Richard Condon143 - Richard Condon
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Signed book: The Manchurian Candidate. First edition. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 311 pages. Prominently
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Fenimore Cooper144 - James Fenimore Cooper
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Otsego County Bank check, 5.75 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Cooper, "J. Fenimore Cooper," payable to self for $10, August 14, 1840. En...
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Michael Crichton145 - Michael Crichton
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, an excerpt from the beginning of The Andromeda Strain. In part: "A man with binoculars. That is how it...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Roald Dahl146 - Roald Dahl
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Signed book: Going Solo. First edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 208 pages. Signed and inscribed on the ha
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Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake147 - Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
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Signed book: The BFG. First American edition, limited issue, numbered 84/300. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.5
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens148 - Charles Dickens
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Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Dickens in a full-length pose, showing the adored scribe seated at his desk with pen in hand, unsigned and pub
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens149 - Charles Dickens
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Classic 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Dickens writing at his desk, originally taken by Herbert Watkins in 1858; bookshelves have been a
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Theodore Dreiser150 - Theodore Dreiser
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 27, 1933. Letter to Anthony Gudaitis, in part: "Thank you for your solicitude and you...
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Theodore Dreiser151 - Theodore Dreiser
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TLS signed “Regards & best wishes, Thedore Dreiser,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 29, 1934. Letter to William Sulzer in Ne...
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Alexandre Dumas, pere152 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Distinguished French novelist (1802-1870) of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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