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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Greta Garbo666 - Greta Garbo
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in type and signed by Garbo, payable to Beekman Campanile, Inc. for $527.24, September 3, 1963. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gone With the Wind: Laura Hope Crews667 - Gone With the Wind: Laura Hope Crews
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Actress (1879–1942) best known for her role as Aunt Pitty Pat in Gone with the Wind. Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, "To Marc, ...
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Cary Grant668 - Cary Grant
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TLS signed “Cary,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal Fabergé letterhead, January 12, 1971. In full: "Oh, and I neglected to you, Beebe, that...
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D. W. Griffith669 - D. W. Griffith
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10, personal letterhead, May 23, 1918. Letter to Mrs. H. C. De Mille, in full: "Have advised all who can to be on hand th...
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Edmund Gwenn670 - Edmund Gwenn
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British-born character actor (1877-1959) who won the Academy Award for his supporting role as Kris Kringle in the holiday classic, Miracle on 34th Str
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Gabby Hayes671 - Gabby Hayes
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Vintage matte-finish 9 x 12 photo of Hayes in Western attire, looking rather indifferent, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To the Jack Fa...
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Hugh Hefner672 - Hugh Hefner
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Excellent color glossy 10 x 8 half-length photo of the Playboy founder holding a pipe next to a lion statue, signed and inscribed in black felt tip,...
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Audrey Hepburn673 - Audrey Hepburn
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Burt Lancaster as Ben Zachary and Audrey Hepburn as Rachel Zachary in the 1960 Western film The Unforgiven, signed in black fel
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn674 - Katharine Hepburn
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ALS signed “K,” one page, 8 x 12.5, postmarked March 23, 1972. Letter to Oscar-winning director George Cukor, in part: "Hector…wanted me to do ...
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Hedy Lamarr675 - Hedy Lamarr
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 German postcard photo of Lamarr as a young actress, signed in fountain pen with her given name, "Hedy Kiesler.&q...
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Fritz Lang676 - Fritz Lang
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ALS in German, signed “Fritz,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, April 17, [no year]. Letter to his friend, the film historian Lotte H. Eisner, reflectin
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Angela Lansbury677 - Angela Lansbury
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Three color glossy photos of Angela Lansbury, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, two showing her in the 1971 film Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and one of her as a young
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Stan Laurel678 - Stan Laurel
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Laurel, "Stan Laurel," payable to Water Dept. of Beverly Hills for $7.02, December 3, 1...
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Sophia Loren679 - Sophia Loren
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Group of four color photos of the sultry Italian actress, ranging in size from 8 x 10 to 8 x 12, each signed in black felt tip by Sophia Loren. In ove
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Sophia Loren680 - Sophia Loren
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Group of five glossy photos of Sophia Loren, ranging in size from 8 x 10 to 7.75 x 12, each signed in black felt tip by the Italian actress. In fine c
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Jayne Mansfield681 - Jayne Mansfield
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Gorgeous vintage candid matte-finish 3.5 x 5 photo of the beautiful young actress dressed in a white fur-collared coat and holding an evening bag and
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Lee Marvin682 - Lee Marvin
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Glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Marvin as he appeared in the 1962 John Ford Western film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, signed and inscribed in
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Mod Squad683 - Mod Squad
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of the cast of The Mod Squad, signed in blue felt tip by Clarence Williams III, Michael Cole, and Peggy Lipton. In fine
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Marilyn Monroe684 - Marilyn Monroe
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Original vintage glossy 7 x 9.25 silver gelatin photo of Marilyn Monroe in an all-black outfit with a bejeweled belt around her waist, and a suited ge
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Marilyn Monroe685 - Marilyn Monroe
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Original vintage semi-glossy 5.5 x 8.5 silver gelatin photo of Monroe wearing glamorous sunglasses. Reverse bears a Lee Lockwood/Black Star credit sta
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