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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Dizzy Gillespie585 - Dizzy Gillespie
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At Newport album signed on the front cover in silver ink, "Dizzy Gillespie, '90." In very good condition, with splits to the edges, sc...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Benny Goodman586 - Benny Goodman
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Glossy 8 x 9.75 photo of Goodman posing with his clarinet in his lap, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Jerome Kern587 - Jerome Kern
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, MGM letterhead, February 6, 1935. Letter to Katherine Marriott, in full: "It is tremendously kind of you to write to m...
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Glenn Miller588 - Glenn Miller
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Vintage 5 x 7 half-length photo of of Miller posing with his trombone by the Apeda Studio of New York, signed in fountain pen, "Sincerely, Glen...
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Oscar Peterson589 - Oscar Peterson
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Canadian jazz pianist and composer (1925-2007) who is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists in music history; he released over 200 recordings a
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Cole Porter590 - Cole Porter
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Vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of the composer and songwriter in a handsome close-up pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, "For Mr. & ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Otis Redding591 - Otis Redding
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Desirable 4 x 5.5 paperstock photo of Otis Redding during a performance, signed in blue ballpoint. Matted with another image to an overall size of 9.2
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Sonny Rollins592 - Sonny Rollins
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Felt tip signature, "Sonny Rollins,” on a white 4 x 6 sheet, with Rollins incorporating a wonderful sketch of a saxophone and a musical note. I...
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Otis Rush593 - Otis Rush
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Original black-and-beige 11 x 17 poster for Otis Rush and other blues artists at the USM Gymnasium in Portland, Maine, on September 22, 1990, signed i
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Kate Smith594 - Kate Smith
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Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait by Maurice Seymour, signed in fountain pen, "Sincerely, Kate Smith." In fine condition, with tri...
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Stephen Sondheim595 - Stephen Sondheim
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, October 26, 1992. Letter to an admirer, in part: "In answer to your question, I have no partic...
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Sonny Stitt596 - Sonny Stitt
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Prolific American saxophonist (1924-1982) best known for his work in the bebop and hard bop styles. Glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of Sonny Stitt playing his s
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Maria von Trapp597 - Maria von Trapp
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, October 18, 1972. Letter to "Mr. Becker," in full: "I am sending you a copy of my new book...
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Beatles598 - Beatles
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Ticket stub for the Beatles at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29, 1966, for the "Upper Stand Reserved, Gate C, Sec. 10, Row 15, Se...
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Beatles599 - Beatles
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Color 17 x 22 poster designed by Rod Dyer and issued in 1970 as a holiday promo by Apple Records, headed "Joy" in white script, featuring ...
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Beatles: Peter Blake600 - Beatles: Peter Blake
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Three color photos, glossy and satin-finish, ranging in size from 8 x 8 to 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip by English pop artist Peter Blake, wi
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Beatles: Pattie Boyd601 - Beatles: Pattie Boyd
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Very appealing set of five satin-finish photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip by Pattie Boyd, who adds handwritten captions below e
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Beatles: Klaus Voormann602 - Beatles: Klaus Voormann
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Revolver CD signed on the front of the booklet in black felt tip by its designer, Klaus Voormann. In fine condition. The CD is included.
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Beatles: Klaus Voormann603 - Beatles: Klaus Voormann
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Three photos, glossy and satin-finish, ranging in size from 8 x 8 to 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip by German artist Klaus Voormann, with image
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Blue Oyster Cult604 - Blue Oyster Cult
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Three Blue Oyster Cult albums—Extraterrestrial Live, Godzilla Live, and Spectres—each signed on the front cover in ink or felt tip by Eric Bloom, Dona
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