RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Our first auction of 2021 is led by leaders: icons of the Civil Rights movement, political powerhouses, and social activists that brought about positive change. Highlights include remarkable letters by Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X; multiple Abraham Lincoln documents; a significant signature from Barack Obama; and several Nelson Mandela autographs. Other top lots include an important F. Scott Fitzgerald letter about This Side of Paradise, a first edition of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, a rare Al Capone Document, a fully signed example of Nirvana's breakthrough 'Nevermind' album, and an exceedingly rare check signed twice by Nikola Tesla. 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 January 2021.
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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James Fenimore Cooper Autograph Document Signed526 - James Fenimore Cooper Autograph Document Signed
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ADS, signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 7.75 x 1.75, November 6, 1841. Pay order issued to the "Cashier of the Banks of Otsego C
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James Fenimore Cooper Signed Check527 - James Fenimore Cooper Signed Check
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Otsego County Bank check, 6 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Cooper, "J. Fenimore Cooper," payable to Self for $40, May 7, 1851. In fine c...
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Alexandre Dumas, pere Autograph Letter Signed528 - Alexandre Dumas, pere Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Al. Dumas,” one page, 10 x 4.75, November 19, 1847. Letter to French opera manager and publisher Louis-D
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Alexandre Dumas, pere Autograph Letter Signed529 - Alexandre Dumas, pere Autograph Letter Signed
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Al. Dumas,” one page, 5.5 x 7.25, Comedie Francaise letterhead, no date. In fine condition, with
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Autograph Letter Signed530 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, November 20, 1855. Letter to "Mr. Cross," written from Concord, in full: &q...
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Eugene Field (2) Autograph Letters Signed531 - Eugene Field (2) Autograph Letters Signed
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Two ALSs, each one page, 5 x 7.75, 1890 and 1894. Both to his friend "Warren" in London. The first, in full: "I thank you for your ki...
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Elizabeth Gaskell Autograph Letter Signed532 - Elizabeth Gaskell Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed "E. C. Gaskell," four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, August 28, 1855. Written from Lindeth Tower in Silverdale, near L...
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Gone With the Wind: Stephens Mitchell533 - Gone With the Wind: Stephens Mitchell
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Interesting TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Margaret Mitchell Marsh Estate letterhead, June 6, 1963. Letter to Lee C. Deighton, the president of the Macmi
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Thomas Hardy Letter Signed534 - Thomas Hardy Letter Signed
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LS signed “T. Hardy,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Max Gate, Dorchester letterhead, November 29, 1900. The letter reads, in full: "In answer t
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Langston Hughes Signed Book535 - Langston Hughes Signed Book
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Signed book: Simple Speaks His Mind. Second printing. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Softcover, 5.5 x 8, 231 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first f
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