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Remarkable royalty is featured in RR Auction's February Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale! Boasting 1,000+ lots, the auction is highlighted by royal autographs from the Tudor era to the present day—including King Henry VII, King Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, the Romanov princesses, Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Charles. Other top lots include a handwritten receipt for a performance by Johann Sebastian Bach, an invitation signed by Mao Tse-tung, a massive in-person autograph collection assembled over several decades, significant Albert Einstein autographs, and a wealth of original animation artwork. 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 February 2022.
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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455Mr. Smee production cel from Peter PanRR Auction
(Walt Disney Studios, 1953) Original production cel featuring Mr. Smee from Peter Pan, showing Captain Hook's sidekick in his rowboat. Image mea...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
459Philip K. Dick Typed Letter SignedRR Auction
TLS, “Love, Phil," who adds a heart with arrow, two pages, 8.5 x 11, January 14, 1981. Letter to science fiction author Pa
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
460Charles and Catherine Dickens SignaturesRR Auction
Desirable ink signatures, "Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens, Twenty ninth June 1844†and "Catherine Dickens, June the 2...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
461Robert Frost Autograph Quotation SignedRR Auction
AQS on an off-white 5.75 x 4.5 album page. Frost pens a line from his poem 'Mending Wall,' in full: "Something there is that doesn'...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
462Julia Ward Howe Signed PhotographRR Auction
Sharp 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet card portrait of Howe seated in her modest black dress and white lace cap, signed and inscribed in black ink, "Julia W...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
463J. K. Rowling Signed BookRR Auction
Signed book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. First edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8, 766 pages. Sign
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
464Dr. Seuss Signed BookRR Auction
Signed book: The King's Stilts. Early edition. NY: Random House, 1939. Hardcover with sunshine-yellow boards and dark red-stamped title, 9.25 x ...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
465Jules Verne Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS in French, one page, August 1, [1887]. Addressed from the coastal commune of Le Treport, a handwritten letter to his collaborator and friend Adolp
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
466Voltaire Auograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS in English, signed “Volt,†one page, 5.25 x 7.25, no date but circa early 1740s. Letter to P
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
467William Wordsworth SignatureRR Auction
Ink signature, "Written at the request of thy cousin, Caroline Wordsworth, by Wm Wordsworth, March 15th, 1844,†on an off-w
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
468American Historians (4) Signed ItemsRR Auction
Four items signed by notable 19th century American historians, including: George Bancroft (ALS), John Bigelow (ALS), John Fiske (ALS), and William H.
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
469Isaac Asimov Typed Letter SignedRR Auction
TLS on a 5.5 x 3.5 postal card, November 5, 1981. Brief letter to Matt Becker, in full: "If you want to know about me, I have written a two-vol...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
470Katherine Lee Bates Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.75, April 19, 1927. Letter to Belle, in part: "There is to be a meeting of the friends of Abbi...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
471Georg Brandes Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, March 27, 1906. Handwritten letter discussing the principle of the separation of church and state, am
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
472Robert Browning Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, 19 Warwick Crescent letterhead, July 6, 1885. Handwritten letter to Emma Pender, the second wife of Sir John Pender, a Scottis
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
474Arthur C. Clarke (2) Signed ItemsRR Auction
Two items: a VHS cover for the 1968 science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, signed on the front cover in black felt tip, â€
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
475William Cowper Document SignedRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Cowper,†one page, 8 x 12, December 11, 1760. Annuity document by whi
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
476Michael Crichton Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, one page, 6.25 x 8.75, personal letterhead, March 1984. Handwritten letter to an admirer, in full: "Thanks for your kind letter. My favori...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
481H. Rider Haggard Letter SignedRR Auction
LS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Ditchingham House letterhead, December 7, 1903. Letter responding to an admirer, in full: "In answer to your inquiry, I ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
482Alex Haley Signed PhotographRR Auction
Glossy 3.5 x 4.75 photo of Alex Haley in a half-length pose, signed in black felt tip. Matted to an overall size of 8 x 12. In fine condition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
483Bret Harte Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Fryston Hall letterhead, no date. Letter to "Matthews," in part: "I am afraid I cann...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
485Julia Ward Howe Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, one page, 5 x 8, May 9, 1904. Letter to J. M. Ward, in full: "I see no possible objection to your embroidering my name as proposed in your...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
488John le Carre Typed Letter SignedRR Auction
TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11.5, personal letterhead, April 14, 2011. Letter to Gerard Leman, in part: "I am very happy to hear that Our Kind of Tra...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
491Edwin Markham Autograph Manuscript SignedRR Auction
Autograph manuscript signed "Edwin Markham," one page, 10 x 8, West New Brighton, N.Y., January 1, 1929. Markham pays tribute to the Bronx...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
492John Masefield Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, two pages both sides, 4.25 x 7, Hill Crest letterhead, no date. Handwritten letter to Joseph Andrew Galahad, regarding poems sent to him. In part
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
494Alberto Moravia Typed Letter SignedRR Auction
TLS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, February 7, 1984. Letter on cycling, in part (translated): "Thank you for the proposal but unfortunatel...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
495Hannah More Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 4.75, no date. Handwritten letter to a young friend, in part: "I am so delighted with your kind...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
496John Boyle O'Reilly Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, one page, 5.5 x 9, The Pilot Editorial Rooms letterhead, December 19. Handwritten letter, in part: "Excuse me, I am always neglecting peop...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
497Thomas de Quincey Handwritten ManuscriptRR Auction
Scarce partial handwritten manuscript by Thomas de Qiuncey, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 9, no date. Leaf from the manuscript from an apparently unpubli
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
498Robert Ripley Signed PhotographRR Auction
Vintage glossy 6 x 8 photo of Robert Ripley at his easel and holding a pencil, cleverly signed and inscribed in bold black ink, "Toâ€
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
499Romain Rolland Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8, November 23, 1911. Untranslated handwritten letter by Rolland, responding to an invitation. In fine condition, with
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
500George Sand Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS in French, one page, 5 x 7, personal embossed letterhead, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter from the celebrated novelist. A collector'...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
501Maurice Sendak Signed BookRR Auction
Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. 25th Anniversary Edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed on the hal
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
502Gertrude Stein Autograph Letter SignedRR Auction
ALS, one page on a 5 x 4 personal 27 rue de Fleurus stationery card (with circular "a rose is a rose is a rose" quotation), no date. Handw...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00