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 Tennyson103 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Distinguished British poet (1809–1892) who was one of the most highly regarded and influential literary figures of the Victorian era. Exquisite 2.5 x
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dylan Thomas104 - Dylan Thomas
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Two ALSs signed “Dylan,” both to English cricket commentator and journalist John Arlott. The first is one page, 6.5 x 8, no date but likely circa 1945
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight105 - Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
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Signed book: Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Ninth printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8 x 11.25, 65 page...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight106 - Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
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Signed book: Eloise in Paris. Second printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8 x 11.25. Signed on the title page in bl...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien107 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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Remarkable pairing of letters to Baronne A. Baeyens, including an ALS and a TLS: The ALS, two pages both sides, 7 x 9, blindstamped personal letterhe
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien108 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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Extraordinary pairing of letters from Tolkien to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of several scenes from Lord of the Rings: TLS, one p
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien109 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, January 7, 1960. Letter to K. F. Mawson in Wakefield, in full: "Thank you very much in...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien110 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Merton College letterhead, October 22, 1955. Letter to "Mr. Mitchell," about reading Lord of the Rings....
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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J. R. R. Tolkien111 - J. R. R. Tolkien
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, May 9, 1967. Letter of thanks to British Ambassador Oscar Morland at The High Hall. In full: "Thank ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Leo Tolstoy112 - Leo Tolstoy
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Scarce 4.25 x 6.5 Russian cabinet photo of Tolstoy dressed in a traditional belted tunic and seated in a half-length pose with his hands clasped toget
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Turgenev113 - Ivan Turgenev
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Highly influential Russian author (1818–1883) whose 1862 novel Fathers and Sons remains one of the pillars of nineteenth-century literature. ALS in Ge
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Paul Verlaine114 - Paul Verlaine
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Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896) who penned Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles; likewise remembered for his tumult...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Voltaire115 - Voltaire
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “F. M. Arouet de Voltaire,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, January 4, 1752. Untranslated document signed at the conclu
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Edith Wharton116 - Edith Wharton
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ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, October 22. Written from Lenox, Massachusetts, a letter to the American astronomer Edward Singleto
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William Butler Yeats117 - William Butler Yeats
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 sheet of personal letterhead, signed at the conclusion in bold ink, "W. B. Yeats, July 2, 1924." Yea...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman118 - Walt Whitman
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Definitive autographed first edition of Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888, limited to 600 copies printed for the author's ...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Friderike Maria Zweig119 - Friderike Maria Zweig
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Collection of five handwritten letters from Friderike Zweig, the first wife of Austrian novelist and biographer Stefan Zweig, fourteen total pages, ra
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Stefan Zweig120 - Stefan Zweig
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Notable collection of seven TLSs in German, each signed “Stefan Zweig,” ten total pages, ranging in size from 7.75 x 5.5 to 9 x 11.5, dated between 19
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Ella Young121 - Ella Young
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Irish poet and Celtic mythologist (1867–1956) active in the Gaelic and Celtic Revival literary movement. Collection of seven ALSs, totaling 32 pages o
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Stefan Zweig122 - Stefan Zweig
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Very desirable ALS in German, signed “Stefan,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, no date. Penned in bold purple ink, a letter to the older
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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