RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings almost 900 lots to the auction block, featuring robust art and literature sections with autographs from icons like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Herman Melville, J. R. R. Tolkien, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dali. Other top offerings include an exceedingly rare signed pair of Air Jordan 1 'Player Sample' Sneakers, Albert Einstein's remarkable musings on the meaning of life, a supremely rare set of oversized Wizard of Oz portraits inscribed to the producer's assistant, and a selection of excellent John F. Kennedy material. 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 June 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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Samuel L. Clemens Signed Photograph482Samuel L. Clemens Signed Photograph
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Scarce 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of ‘Mark Twain,’ which shows author Samuel Clemens in a hand
Estimate : 7,500.00 - 10,000.00
Samuel L. Clemens Autograph Letter Signed483Samuel L. Clemens Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed "S. L. Clemens," penned on both sides of his 5 x 3 personal monogrammed stationery, April 8 (no year, circa 1880). Letter to &q...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Samuel L. Clemens Signature484Samuel L. Clemens Signature
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Highly desirable double ink signature, "Sam'l L. Clemens, Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. Handsomely double-mat
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Joseph Conrad Signed Photograph485Joseph Conrad Signed Photograph
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Uncommon early 4.25 x 6 matte-finish photo of Conrad by W. H. Jacob of England, affixed to its original 7.75 x 9.75 mount, boldly signed in ink, &qu...
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed486Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text as "Mr: Charles Dickens," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, March 16, 1846. A handwr...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Charles L. Dodgson Autograph Letter Signed487Charles L. Dodgson Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page, 8 x 5, October 31, 1888. Handwritten letter to Alexander M
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Charles L. Dodgson Autograph Letter Signed488Charles L. Dodgson Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page both sides, 8 x 5, September 24, 1887. Letter to "Edith," w
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Arthur Conan Doyle Signed Photograph489Arthur Conan Doyle Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of Conan Doyle in profile, by Elliot & Fry of New York, affixed to its original 8 x 11 photographer's...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Ralph Waldo Emerson Handwritten Letter490Ralph Waldo Emerson Handwritten Letter
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Handwritten letter by Ralph Waldo Emerson (signature clipped out and absent), four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.5, April 18, 1840. Letter t
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
F. Scott Fitzgerald Typed Letter Signed491F. Scott Fitzgerald Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Scott Fitzgerald,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 22, 1936. Letter to his secretary Isa
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed492F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Sincerely & Gratefully, F. Scott Fitzgerald,” one page, 8.5 x 14, April 6, 1931. Let
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed Book493F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed Book
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Signed book: The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, second printing, first state (Bruccoli A8.1.b). NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hardcov...
Estimate : 35,000.00 - 40,000.00
Allen Ginsberg Signed First Edition of Howl (Annotated and Signed by Carl Solomon)494Allen Ginsberg Signed First Edition of Howl (Annotated and Signed by Carl Solomon)
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Signed book: Howl and Other Poems. First edition, first printing (with Lucien Carr listed on the dedication page and a period after Harlem on the rear
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Maxim Gorky Autograph Quotation Signed495Maxim Gorky Autograph Quotation Signed
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AQS in Cyrillic on an off-white 4.5 x 3 card, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Gorky. In full (roughly translated): "Americans say &...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Maxim Gorky Signature496Maxim Gorky Signature
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Fountain pen signature of Maxim Gorky on an off-white 4.75 x 6.75 sheet. In fine condition.
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Ernest Hemingway Signed Check497Ernest Hemingway Signed Check
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National City Bank of New York check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, "Ernest M. Hemingway," payable to Hotel Ambos Mundos...
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Julia Ward Howe Autograph Poem Signed498Julia Ward Howe Autograph Poem Signed
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Autograph draft of a poem, signed "Julia Ward Howe," two pages (7.75 x 10.25 and 7.75 x 5), no date. The poem, titled "In Cologne Cat...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Langston Hughes Typed Manuscript Signed and (2) Signed Books499Langston Hughes Typed Manuscript Signed and (2) Signed Books
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Remarkable TMS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1962. Extensively hand-edited and corrected draft entitled "Author's Postscript: P...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Henrik Ibsen Autograph Quotation Signed500Henrik Ibsen Autograph Quotation Signed
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AQS in German on an off-white 7.5 x 3.75 sheet, dated at Bolzano, Italy, November 9, 1884. Handwritten quotation by Ibsen, in full (translated): &qu...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
James Joyce Autograph Letter Signed501James Joyce Autograph Letter Signed
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Rare and extraordinary ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6, 2 Square Robiac letterhead, May 18, 1926. Handwritten letter to Lily Bollach, a typist working on the m
Estimate : 16,000.00 - 18,000.00