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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 close to 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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Arthur Conan Doyle573 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, July 17, 1922. Letter to theologian A. J. Edmunds, in response to receiving an article. In full: “
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle574 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, May 15. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In full: “We are in
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Theodore Dreiser575 - Theodore Dreiser
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Signed book: Moods Cadenced and Declaimed. Limited edition of 550 copies (this being No. 463). NY: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, 325
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Theodore Dreiser576 - Theodore Dreiser
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Influential American author (1871–1945) of such classics as Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. Signed book: Epitaph. NY: Heron Press, 1929.
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Alexander Dumas (pere)577 - Alexander Dumas (pere)
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Distinguished French novelist (1802–1870) of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iro
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William Faulkner578 - William Faulkner
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Signed book: Notes on a Horse Thief. Limited edition of 975 copies (this No. 529). Greenville, Mississippi: Levee Press, 1950. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 71
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Robert Frost579 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Selected Poems. First edition, first printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1928. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 213 pages. Signed and inscribed
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Buckminster Fuller580 - Buckminster Fuller
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Visionary American architect, inventor, writer, and philosopher (1895–1983) perhaps best known for inventing the geodesic dome, one of the signa
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Allen Ginsberg581 - Allen Ginsberg
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Two signed books: hardcover copy of Cosmopolitan Greetings, signed on the title page in black ink; and a softcover copy of Snapshot Poetics, signed on
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Allen Ginsberg582 - Allen Ginsberg
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Signed book: The Visions of the Great Rememberer. Later printing. Amherst, Massachusetts: Mulch Press, 1974. Softcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 73 pages. Signed
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe583 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poet
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Maxim Gorki584 - Maxim Gorki
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Important Russian/Soviet author and activist (1868–1936). Though his criticism of the Communist government led to a relationship marked by confl
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Zane Grey585 - Zane Grey
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ALS signed “Zane,” one page, lightly-lined, 8.25 x 11, Florida East Coast Hotel Co. letterhead, March 9. Letter to his wife regarding plan
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George Healy586 - George Healy
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Nineteenth-century American artist who attained international renown for his portraits. ALS in French, signed “Geo. P. Healy,” one page, 4
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Joseph Heller587 - Joseph Heller
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Limited edition 17 x 11 print of a B-25J Mitchell, signed in blue felt tip. Also signed in black felt tip by the artist, Joe Milich. Double matted and
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Ernest Hemingway588 - Ernest Hemingway
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Carbon DS, signed in ink “Ernest Hemingway Trustee for John Hadley Hemingway,” one page, 8.5 x 11, January 4, 1937. Pfeiffer begins &...
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Ernest Hemingway: Gregorio Fuentes589 - Ernest Hemingway: Gregorio Fuentes
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Fisherman and the first mate of the Pilar, the boat belonging to the American writer Ernest Hemingway (1897-2002). Fuentes is credited by some as a mo
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Thomas Hardy590 - Thomas Hardy
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Author (1840–1928) of such classic novels as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d’Urbervilles who takes a place among the towering
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L. Ron Hubbard591 - L. Ron Hubbard
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Signed book: Final Blackout. First edition. Rhode Isalnd: Hadley Publishing Co., 1948. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8, 154 pages. Signed and inscr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henrik Ibsen592 - 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 figu
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser593 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser
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Controversial Austrian artist (1928–2000) best known for his fanciful architectural designs. Glossy 5 x 7 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in bl
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Washington Irving594 - Washington Irving
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Unsigned one page handwritten manuscript from Alhambra, 4.5 x 8, affixed to an opening blank of a leatherbound hardcover author’s autograph edit
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Yousuf Karsh595 - Yousuf Karsh
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Celebrated Canadian photographer (1908–2002) best known for his portraits of the leading cultural, scientific, and political figures of his time
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Stephen King597 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Under the Dome. First edition, first printing. NY: Scribner, 2009. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 1074 pages. Signed on the title
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Paul Klee598 - Paul Klee
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Important Swiss-German artist (1879–1940) whose works incorporate a number of the most influential movements of the day, including Surrealism, E
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling599 - Rudyard Kipling
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Nobel Prize–winning British author (1865–1936) best known for such colorful classics as Just So Stories, Captains Courageous, and The Jung
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence600 - D. H. Lawrence
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ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.5, April 6, 1925. Lawrence makes reference to one of his more famous critics in this letter to his British literary
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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C. S. Lewis601 - C. S. Lewis
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Influential Irish author and scholar (1898–1963), a former atheist who became an eloquent convert to Christianity, best known for his works on C
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John le Carré602 - John le Carré
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in blue ink. The opening passage of The Russia House, beginning with “In a broad Moscow street n
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Max Liebermann603 - Max Liebermann
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German painter and printmaker (1847 – 1935) best known for his etching and lithography. ALS in German, one page, lightly-lined, 4.25 x 5.5, Marc
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow604 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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AQS on an off-white 7 x 4.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “Henry W. Longfellow, Jan. 25, 1867.” Longfellow pens the final stanza from h
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow605 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Original vintage 4.25 x 6 Samson cabinet photo, signed in black ink, “Henry W. Longfellow.” Reverse of photo bears a faded but mostly legi
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H. P. Lovecraft606 - H. P. Lovecraft
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ALS signed “H. P.,” on the correspondence side of a 3.5 x 5.5 picture postcard of the Providence County Court House, no date, but postmark
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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James Russell Lowell607 - James Russell Lowell
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American writer and diplomat (1819–1891) who, after a long and successful career as a poet, satirist, and essayist, served as minister to the co
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Franz Marc608 - Franz Marc
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German painter (1880–1916) who was one of the principal figures of the Expressionist movement. Though he was among several notable artists whose
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Peter Max609 - Peter Max
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Color 23.5 x 35 print entitled “An American Reunion,” honoring Bill Clinton’s 1993 Inaugural Gala, signed in black felt tip, “
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Arthur Miller610 - Arthur Miller
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Signed book: Death of a Salesman. 50th anniversary edition. NY: Penguin Books, 1999. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 142 pages. Signed on the t
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Henry Miller611 - Henry Miller
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 5.5, personal letterhead, February 28, 1967. Letter to friend Jim Bishop. In part: “Sorry to turn you down but I haven&am...
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Henry Miller612 - Henry Miller
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Endorsed Magic Lantern Books business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed in another hand, payable to Miller for $125.00, March 6, 1979. Endorsed o
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A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard613 - A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard
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Signed book: Now We Are Six. Limited edition. NY: E. P. Dutton, 1927. Hardcover, 7.25 x 9, 103 pages. Signed in black ink on the limitations page indi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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A. A. Milne614 - A. A. Milne
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Vintage ink signature, “A. A. Milne,” on an off-white 5.75 x 7 sheet of Milne’s Cotchford Farm letterhead. Accompanied by the origin
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Gustave Moreau615 - Gustave Moreau
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French Symbolist painter (1826-1898) whose main focus was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, bla
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Ogden Nash616 - Ogden Nash
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American writer (1902–1971) best known for his humorous verse. AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 5.5 sheet of his personal letterhead, inscribed at the
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Helmut Newton617 - Helmut Newton
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Famed German-Australian photographer (1920–2004) known for the sometimes controversial imagery of his work. Color satin-finish 4 x 5.75 candid p
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Annie Proulx619 - Annie Proulx
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Signed book: Close Range. Specially bound limited edition of 150 copies (this copy No. 76). NY: Scribner, 1999. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 28
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Frederic Remington620 - Frederic Remington
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American artist (1861–1909) best known for his paintings and sculptures of the American West, and for his depictions of cowboy life in particula
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Robert Ripley621 - Robert Ripley
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Three vintage glossy photos, two 8 x 10 and one 6 x 8, each signed and inscribed in fountain pen to boxer Packey O’Gatty. On January 12, 1928, i
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Robert Ripley622 - Robert Ripley
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “All good wishes always, Ripley, ‘Believe It Or Not’,” on a light green 5.75 x 4.25 album page
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Norman Rockwell623 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8, personal letterhead, March 10, 1970. Rockwell responds to a collector’s request. In part: “I am really sorry but
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell624 - Norman Rockwell
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Magazine cover from the December 28, 1970, issue of Newsweek, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “My best to Lachie MacLachlan, sincerely,
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