RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

ALS signed “GBS,” one page on the reverse of a 3.25 x 5.25 postcard portrait of himself, postmarked 1907. Letter to "Mrs. Nightingal

ANS signed "G. Bernard Shaw, 10 Adelphi Terrace W.C., 27th Nov. 1912," penned at the bottom of a letter sent to him by Fred J. Melville, e...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 11, 1963. Letter to photographer Editta Sherman, in part: "Thank you so much for your let...

Three items from the estate of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike, including: a personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Updike,

ALS signed “H. G.,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, Lou Pidou letterhead, November 23, 1927. Letter to politician and poet Lucy Ma

Uncommon AMQS on an off-white 6.5 x 4.5 sheet signed in fountain pen, “Kate Douglas Wiggin,  New York Feb. 23, 1914,” who ad

ALS signed “Thornton,” one page both sides, 6 x 3.5, personal letterhead, April 18, 1947. Letter to "Young 'Uns," in full:...

Signed book: Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine. First edition. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5,...

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Wolfe in his trademark white suit, signed in black ballpoint. In fine condition.

Boldly penned ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8, December 12, 1896. In full (loosely translated): "Dear madam if I did not give you sign of lif...

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, Marl Bank letterhead, September 18, 1933. Letter to Mr. Hesselgrave, outlining necessary instrumentation for a performance.

Appealing matte-finish 5.25 x 3.5 postcard photo of Leoncavallo at water's edge in Varazze, signed in ink "R. Leoncavallo," adding a t...

ALS in French, signed “F. Liszt,” one page, 5 x 8, April 28, 1884. Letter to "Monsieur de Beriot," in part (translated): "...

Rare ALS in English, signed "your old friend Malibran," one page, 4.5 x 6.5, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In part: "Would you be s...

Unsigned mailing envelope, 4.25 x 3.25, addressed in the hand of Felix Mendelssohn to his publisher Friedrich Kistner of the firm H. A. Probst. Triple

ALS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, July 17, 1843. Letter to his English publisher Edward Buxton, about 'Die erste Walpurgisnacht,' vocal quartets,...

Partly-printed DS in Italian, one page, 9.5 x 3.5, March 5, 1855. Untranslated pay order issued to Filippe Santocanale and directing him to pay a sum

AMQS on a trimmed off-white 8.75 x 5.25 musically lined sheet, which is signed below in blue ballpoint, "D. Shostakovich, 26 XI 1963, London.&q...

Two ALSs in German, each one page on 5.5 x 3.5 postcards, November 19, 1896 and October 18, 1916. The first, to publisher Schuster & Loeffler, i...

ALS in Cyrillic, signed “P. Tchaikovsky,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, personal monogram letterhead, June 3/15, [1891]. Letter to