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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Mark Van Doren525 - Mark Van Doren
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Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet, writer, and critic (1894–1972) who, as a professor of English at Columbia University, inspired a generation of w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Kurt Vonnegut526 - Kurt Vonnegut
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Signed book: Slaughterhouse-Five. First edition, first printing. NY: Delacorte Press, 1969. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 186
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Robert Penn Warren527 - Robert Penn Warren
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AQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, signed in ballpoint, "Robert Penn Warren." Warren quotes from his short story "Original Sin," in...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Greenleaf Whittier528 - John Greenleaf Whittier
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ALS signed “John G. Whittier,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, January 18, 1869. Letter to George W. Ballock, president of the Burns Club of Washington,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Greenleaf Whittier529 - John Greenleaf Whittier
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ALS signed “John G. Whittier,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, June 15, 1882. Letter to a friend, in part: "I have just got back ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Greenleaf Whittier530 - John Greenleaf Whittier
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ALS signed “John G. Whittier,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, November 13, 1869. Letter to a friend, in part: "'Snow Bound' to which th...
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Writers531 - Writers
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Group of five items signed by writers, including: an ink signature of Thomas Carlyle on an off-white slip; an invitation for a luncheon honoring Isaac
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maria Callas532 - Maria Callas
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Callas in an attractive close-up pose, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To John Bell, Cordiall...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Georges Enesco533 - Georges Enesco
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Vintage sepia matte-finish 7.5 x 8.75 portrait of the young Romanian composer, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "A Monsieur Hall—en souven...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Enrico Caruso534 - Enrico Caruso
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Attractive original fountain pen self-portrait profile sketch accomplished by Caruso on an off-white 3.25 x 5.25 sheet, signed and inscribed, "...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franz Liszt535 - Franz Liszt
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Extraordinary AMQS on an off-white 11.5 x 8.5 musically-lined sheet, prominently signed below, "F. Liszt," dated June 21, 1844. Liszt neat...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Claude Debussy536 - Claude Debussy
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Autograph musical manuscript titled and signed on the first page, "Le Gladiateur—Claude Debussy," and at the conclusion, "Finit le Sa...
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin537 - George Gershwin
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Signed musical score: "Rhapsody in Blue" (piano solo version). New York: Harms, Inc., 1927. Softcover, 9 x 11.75, 31 pages. Boldly signed ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff538 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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AMQS on a 6.25 x 9.25 album page, three bars from his "2 Concerto pour Piano, op. 18," signed and inscribed, "Mademoiselle Eugenie Sm...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Sergei Prokofiev539 - Sergei Prokofiev
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AMQS in pencil on an off-white 8.75 x 6.25 sheet, signed below, "Serge Prokofieff, 1925," who writes three bars of music from 'Ridicol...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff540 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Vintage pearl-finish 7 x 9 close-up portrait of Rachmaninoff by the Kubey-Rembrandt Studios of Philadelphia, signed and inscribed in black ink by the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Clara Schumann541 - Clara Schumann
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Distinguished pianist and composer (1819-1896) of the Romantic era. Uncommon twice-signed ALS in German, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, October 27,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sam Cooke542 - Sam Cooke
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Ballpoint signature, "Love, Sam Cooke,” on an off-white 7 x 9.5 program page with biographical information, matted with a portrait of Cooke to ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Big Mama Thornton543 - Big Mama Thornton
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Vintage glossy 3.5 x 3.25 candid photo of Big Mama Thornton in profile wearing a shirt with floral designs, signed vertically in black ballpoint, &q...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Beatles544 - Beatles
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Wonderful and quite rare first UK pressing of the band's debut EP, Twist and Shout, signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the back cover of th...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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