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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Beatrix Potter82 - Beatrix Potter
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An exceptional pair of items related to the publication of a collection of sheet music entitled The Peter Rabbit Music Books, comprised of Potter’s au
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke83 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. ALS in German, on
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Rainer Maria Rilke84 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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ALS in German, signed "Rilke," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8, January 22, 1919. Letter to Grete Gulbransson, Austrian write...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gabriele Rossetti85 - Gabriele Rossetti
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Italian poet and scholar (1783–1854) who was the father of Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, no date
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery86 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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French poet, writer, and pioneering aviator (1900–1944) known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in No
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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J. D. Salinger87 - J. D. Salinger
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Uncommon TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1971. Letter to Maria DeSalvo, in full: "I'm an unsatisfactory and, at best, a one-shot lette...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George Sand88 - George Sand
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ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, no date but noted as March 18, 1872 in Sand's published correspondence. Letter to ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Sand89 - George Sand
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Signed book: Le Marquis de Villemer. First edition of the play as first performed at the Odeon on February 29, 1864. Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1864.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre90 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Substantial handwritten manuscript fragment in French, unsigned, nineteen gridded pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. An untranslated and unpublished portion
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre91 - Jean-Paul Sartre
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Three autograph documents in French, consisting of two poems and a dialogue, untranslated, penned in ballpoint or ink by Sartre, deriving from the col
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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