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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Flying Tigers545 - Flying Tigers
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Three items signed by multiple members of the Flying Tigers, including: two uncommon FDCs, both 7.5 x 3.75, and bearing a color cachet honoring the fi
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Mitsuo Fuchida546 - Mitsuo Fuchida
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Signed book: From Pearl Harbor to Golgotha. First edition. San Jose, CA: Sky Pilots Press, 1953. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5, 94 pages. Signed on the title p
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Leslie R. Groves547 - Leslie R. Groves
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Army officer (1896-1970) who headed the Manhattan Project and oversaw the construction of the Pentagon. Signed book: Now It Can Be Told. First edition
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Wade Hampton548 - Wade Hampton
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Confederate military officer and politician (1818-1902) who replaced J. E. B. Stuart as Lee's Chief of Cavalry following Stuart's death on t...
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Douglas MacArthur549 - Douglas MacArthur
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Signed book: The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur. Second printing. NY: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 533 pages
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Douglas MacArthur550 - Douglas MacArthur
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring General Douglas MacArthur, postmarked in Manila, Philippines, February 3, 1948, with a Third Anniversary En
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Montgomery of Alamein551 - Montgomery of Alamein
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Signed book: The Path to Leadership. First edition. London: Collins, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 256 pages. Signed on the first free
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Ernie Pyle552 - Ernie Pyle
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Signed book: Brave Men. Fourth printing before publication. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 328 pages. Signe
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Revolutionary War553 - Revolutionary War
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Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “Joram Place,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, January 22, 1776. A letter to his wife, in part (grammar and spelling
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Winfield Scott Schley554 - Winfield Scott Schley
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Naval officer (1839–1911) who commanded the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba and who led the expedition to rescue Adolphus Greeley
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Alexander Stephens555 - Alexander Stephens
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ALS signed “Alexander H. Stephens,” one page, 4.75 x 6, March 25, 1875. Letter of introduction and recommendation to the Hon. William Walter Phelps, i
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Ernst Udet556 - Ernst Udet
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German flying ace (1896–1941) whose 62 victories during WWI made him the country's second-highest scoring ace, outdone only by Manfred von Richt...
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World War II557 - World War II
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A framed original color 14 x 20 American World War II propaganda poster from 1942, depicting the hand of Uncle Sam over a man's mouth, reading, ...
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World War II Poster: Battle-Wise Soldier558 - World War II Poster: Battle-Wise Soldier
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Original color 20 x 28 Office of War Information poster published in 1944 by the US Government Printing Office (1944-O-602442), featuring a portrayal
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World War II Posters: Careless Talk559 - World War II Posters: Careless Talk
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Two original color 20 x 28 Office of War Information posters published in 1944 by the US Government Printing Office: one featuring a photograph of a w
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World War II Posters: Don’t Travel560 - World War II Posters: Don’t Travel
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Two original color 18.5 x 26 Office of Defense Transportation posters published in 1945 by the US Government Printing Office: one featuring four carto
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World War II Posters: Nurse Recruitment561 - World War II Posters: Nurse Recruitment
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Two original color nurse recruitment posters published by the Public Health Service, Division of Nurse Education: a 20 x 28 poster printed by the US G
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World War II Poster: Remember Dec. 7th!562 - World War II Poster: Remember Dec. 7th!
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Original color 22 x 28 Office of War Information poster (No. 14) published in 1942 by the US Government Printing Office (1942-O-491977), featuring a p
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Sgt. Alvin C. York563 - Sgt. Alvin C. York
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Signed book: Sergeant York and His People. First edition. NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1922. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 292 pages. Signed on the first free ...
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Balloon Mail564 - Balloon Mail
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ALS in French, signed "Marguerite," three pages on two adjoining onionskin sheets, 5 x 8, November 29, 1870. Untranslated letter providing...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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