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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42Kate GreenawayRR Auction
British children's author and illustrator (1846-1901) whose distinctively illustrated books were among the most popular 'juvenile' works...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
43Gasparo GozziRR Auction
Venetian critic and dramatist (1713–1786). ALS in Italian, one page, 8.5 x 12, December 30, 1773. Letter to Antonio Rambaldo, Count di Collalto. In pa
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
44Guo MoruoRR Auction
Highly regarded Chinese intellectual and poet (1892–1978) who once called himself the Chinese answer to the German Goethe. Handwritten quotation in Ch
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
45Hermann HesseRR Auction
Incredible illustrated autograph manuscript in German by Hesse of his fairy tale "Piktor's Verwandlungen," 19 pages, beautifully prese...
Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
46Hermann HesseRR Auction
AMS in German, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, New Year's 1940. On the front page, Hesse writes (translated)...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
47Knut HamsonRR Auction
Norwegian writer (1859–1952), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Best remembered for his works Hunger, Mysteries, Pan, Victoria, a
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
48Bret HarteRR Auction
American author (1836–1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story 'The Outcasts of Pok...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
49Oliver Wendell Holmes, SrRR Auction
ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, June 25, 1866. Letter to a landlord who recently opened a nearby bathhouse, in
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
50Julia Ward HoweRR Auction
Original 3.75 x 5.5 albumen portrait of the noted 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' author by the J. E. Purdy Studio of Boston, affixed to t...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
51Victor HugoRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “Victor H.,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, April 23, [no year]. Letter to his close friend, the French poet Alfred de Vigny, in full (t
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
52Aldous HuxleyRR Auction
Two letters by Huxley to the Italian writer and journalist Ugo Ojetti: a TLS, one page, June 14, 1925, in part: "Briefly, then, this is the rea...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
53Italian Poets and PoliticiansRR Auction
Collection of 24 autographs of mid-19th century Italian poets and politicians, comprised of letters and large album pages. Signers include: Prinz Cami
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
54Shirley JacksonRR Auction
American writer (1916–1965) known primarily for her short stories in the horror and mystery genres, including the oft-anthologized 'The Lottery....
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
55James Joyce and Henri MatisseRR Auction
Signed book: Ulysses. Limited edition, numbered /250. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover, 9.25 x 12, 363 pages. Signed on the colophon in foun
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
56Nikos KazantzakisRR Auction
Greek writer and philosopher (1883–1957) best known for his novel Zorba the Greek. Extremely rare ALS in French, one page both sides, 8 x 10, Organisa
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
57Jack KerouacRR Auction
TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, December 18, 1961. Letter to Lois Sorrells, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “Me’s weary, it'...
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
58Jack KerouacRR Auction
Fantastic triple-signed personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, "Jack Kerouac," payable to "Jack Kerouac"...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
59Jack KerouacRR Auction
Fascinating group of three letters from Kerouac to John Montgomery, one of his close friends who figured as the character 'Henry Morley' in ...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
60Ken KeseyRR Auction
Signed book: Sometimes a Great Notion. First edition, first printing. NY: The Viking Press, 1964. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 6 x 8.75,
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
61Ken KeseyRR Auction
Signed book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. First edition. NY: The Viking Press, 1962. Hardcover with later-issue dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 31...
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00