Auction Details
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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153Easton PressRR Auction
Splendid collection of 17 special edition books published by the Easton Press of Norwalk, Connecticut, all leather-bound hardcover copies, with each s
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
154Umberto EcoRR Auction
Italian novelist and literary critic (1932–2016) who is best known for his novels The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the D...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
155Ralph EllisonRR Auction
American novelist, literary critic, scholar, and writer (1914-1994) best known for his novel Invisible Man. Souvenir typescript, one page, 7.25 x 10.5
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
156Philip Jose FarmerRR Auction
Signed book: The Lovers. First edition thus, first printing. NY: Del Rey, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 219 pages. Signed on the title pa
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
157Franklin LibraryRR Auction
Group of five limited first edition books from The Franklin Library, each leather-bound hardcover and signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip by
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
158Robert FrostRR Auction
Signed book: The Book of Knowledge, Vol. XVII. Later printing. NY: The Grolier Society, 1947. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.75, 802 pages [page numbers 6037-683
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
159Robert FrostRR Auction
Signed book: North of Boston. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1926. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 137 pages. Signed on the title page in fountain p
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
160Gao XingjianRR Auction
Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1940) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. Glossy 8.25 x 11.5 close-up photo of Gao
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
161Jean GenetRR Auction
Prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist (1910–1986). ALS in French, signed “Genet,” one page,
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
162Allen GinsbergRR Auction
Souvenir typescript of the opening from Howl, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in black ink, "Allen Ginsberg, 1/31/95." In part: "I saw the...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00