RR Auction: January Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Ernest Hemingway745 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, July 27, 1943. Letter of recommendation for his former secretary. In full: “Marion R. Henriquez served a
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr746 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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Eminent American writer (1809–1894) best known for his collection The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, and the much-anthologized poem ‘The Chambered N
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr747 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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Signed book: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Later printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. Hardcover, 3.75 x 5.75, 411 pages. Signed and inscri
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Edward Hopper748 - Edward Hopper
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Acclaimed American artist (1882–1967) whose most famous work, Nighthawks, depicting patrons in a light-bathed diner at night, takes a place among the
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Victor Hugo749 - Victor Hugo
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Untranslated ANS in French, one page, 4.25 x 4.5, no date. Untranslated note in French regarding finances. In very good to fine condition, with inters
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Henrik Ibsen750 - Henrik Ibsen
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Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures in the f
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Weldon Johnson751 - James Weldon Johnson
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American author, lyricist, and civil rights activist (1871–1938), one of the pre-eminent members of the Harlem Renaissance, whose works include the ly
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James Joyce752 - James Joyce
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Signed book: Verbannte. One of just 600 copies. Switzerland: Rascher and Cie, 1919. Softcover, 5 x 7.5, 153 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first f
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Ernst Junger753 - Ernst Junger
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German writer (1895–1998) known for his book Storm of Steel. ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 11, July 12, 1971. Untranslated letter to a friend. In fi
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Steve Kaufman754 - Steve Kaufman
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American pop artist (1960–2010) who began his career in Andy Warhol’s ‘Factory.’ Original limited edition hand-embellished oil and screen print artwor
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Steve Kaufman755 - Steve Kaufman
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American pop artist (1960–2010) who began his career in Andy Warhol’s ‘Factory.’ Original limited edition hand-embellished oil and screen print artwor
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Steve Kaufman756 - Steve Kaufman
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American pop artist (1960–2010) who began his career in Andy Warhol’s ‘Factory.’ Original limited edition hand-embellished oil and screen print artwor
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Jack Kerouac757 - Jack Kerouac
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 8.5, no date, but postmarked January 29, 1958. Letter to Irving Rosenthal at the Chicago Review. In part: “I do have something fo
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Stephen King758 - Stephen King
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Creepy glossy 8 x 10 photo of King holding a candle stick in one hand, with a raven perched on the other, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Stephen King759 - Stephen King
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Program, 5.5 x 8.5, 8 pages, for the world premier of Firestarter, held in Bangor, Maine, on May 9, 1984. Program contains cast and principle crew bio
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Stephen King760 - Stephen King
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Souvenir typescript, two pages, 8.5 x 11, from his short story ‘Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.’ Typescript reads, in part: “I came to Sha
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Stephen King761 - Stephen King
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Lurid souvenir typescript, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, from a portion of his novel, ‘The Stand.’ In part: “He had been born when times changed, and the tim
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Rudyard Kipling762 - Rudyard Kipling
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Ink signature, “Rudyard Kipling,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 slip. Slip is affixed to a 4.5 x 3 custom-made collector’s card. In fine condition, with som
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Mark Kostabi763 - Mark Kostabi
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Signed book: Sadness Because the Video Rental Store Was Closed. NY: Aberville Press, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 8.75, 176 pages. Kostabi ha
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Marie Laurencin764 - Marie Laurencin
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French painter (1883–1956) known as one of the few female Cubists. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8.25, personal letterhead, January 10, 1956. Untransla
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