RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale is highlighted by a featured literature section, offering a remarkable array of autographs from literary legends—from American icons like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, and Henry David Thoreau, to world-renowned authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Boris Pasternak, Victor Hugo, Vladimir Nabokov, and Maxim Gorky, it is a robust selection of exemplary material. Political leaders are also well-represented, with outstanding items including signatures of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, autograph letters by Vladimir Lenin, a letter signed by Sun Yat-sen, and a superb George Washington document associated with the Revolutionary War. Rounding out the catalog are items from the realms of music, Hollywood, sports, art, space, and aviation. 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 March 2019.
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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Ian Fleming424 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, December 21, 1950. Letter to Clarence Winchester at The Dropmor
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming425 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian.,” one page, 8 x 10, 4, Old Mitre Court, Fleet Street letterhead, April 25, 1963. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kahlil Gibran426 - Kahlil Gibran
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Signed book: The Prophet. First edition, eighth printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 107 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe427 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Rare and uncorrected printed obituary notice for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 6 x 4, dated March 23, 1832, issued by his daughter-in-law Ottilie von Go
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Maxim Gorky428 - Maxim Gorky
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Important Russian writer (1868–1936), who was a founder of the socialist realism literary method. Rare engraved portrait of the esteemed Russian write
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Maxim Gorky429 - Maxim Gorky
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AQS in Cyrillic on an off-white 4.5 x 6.75 sheet, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Maxim Gorky, who writes (translated): "The poor m...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway430 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS by Mary Hemingway signed in red pencil, “Mary,” with a lengthy postscript signed in pencil by Ernest, “Papa,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia l
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway431 - Ernest Hemingway
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Desirable unsigned book: The Old Man and the Sea. First edition, first printing (with “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page); in original dust jac
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway432 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, February 5, 1954. Written from the New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, a letter to Roberto Herrera to whom he addresses as &...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Victor Hugo433 - Victor Hugo
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ALS in French, one page, 6 x 7.75, May 5, 1850. Written while in banishment, living on the island of Guernsey, Hugo thanks his correspondent for the e
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Joris-Karl Huysmans434 - Joris-Karl Huysmans
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French novelist and art critic (1848–1907) who is most famous for the novel À rebours (published in English as Against the Grain or Against Nat...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Washington Irving435 - Washington Irving
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Handwritten manuscript by Washington Irving, one page, 5 x 4.75, from Chapter XVIII of his Life of Washington. In part: "This sudden swelling o...
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Henry James436 - Henry James
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Celebrated American-born writer (1843–1916) who spent much of his literary career in England and who remains best known for his novels exploring Victo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Robinson Jeffers437 - Robinson Jeffers
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AQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card, signed and inscribed in fountain pen by Jeffers, "Inscribed for William David Hennessy, Jr., Sincerely, Rob...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Joyce438 - James Joyce
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Prospectus for the publication of James Joyce's iconic novel Ulysses by Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Company in Paris, two pages, 6.5 x ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harper Lee439 - Harper Lee
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.75, January 6, 1993. Letter to Don Salter, in full: "This season has been so hectic for me that I simply cannot remember...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harper Lee440 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “H,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal letterhead, March 15, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in part: "If you liv...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence441 - D. H. Lawrence
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ALS, one page, 8 x 10.75, May 31, 1929. Written from the Hotel Prince Alfonso in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, a letter to Harold Trump Mason, the proprie
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Mitchell442 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, June 22, 1936. Letter to bookseller Alice Davis, written eight days before the major release of Mitchell...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Sinclair Lewis443 - Sinclair Lewis
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 12 half-length photo of Lewis seated and touching his ear, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, "To...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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