RR Auction Quality Autograph Auction 375

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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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Edgar Rice Burroughs514 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Personal check, 7.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Burroughs, “E. R. Burroughs,” payable to Ruth Baird for $3.75, January 14, 1938. In
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Charles Bukowski515 - Charles Bukowski
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German American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1920–1994). Typed Bukowski poem entitled ‘Bent,’ finally published in 2009, on an off-white 8.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs516 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. letterhead, December 17, 1924. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I too like to think of Tarzan as som
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Lord Byron517 - Lord Byron
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Ink signature, “Byron,” on an off-white 1.75 x 1 slip, clipped from a letter and affixed to a 7.25 x 9 off-white album page, together with Lafayette a
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Alexander Calder518 - Alexander Calder
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Ballpoint signature on the reverse of an 5.75 x 4 postcard featuring Calder’s piece, ‘Cow.’ In fine condition, with light corner creasing, heavier to
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Erskine Caldwell519 - Erskine Caldwell
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Pensive glossy 8 x 10 photo of Caldwell in a suit and tie, signed vertically in black felt tip, “Erskine Caldwell.” In fine condition, with light cont
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Truman Capote520 - Truman Capote
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Signed book: Music for Chameleons. First edition. NY: Random House, 1979. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 262 pages. Signed and inscribed in bl
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Raymond Chandler521 - Raymond Chandler
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Detective novelist (1888–1959) best known for The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. His seven novels center around tough but honest private investigator
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Frederick Church522 - Frederick Church
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Artist (1842–1924) known for his often allegorical depiction of animals. ALS signed “F. S. Church,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.5, Novemb
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Arthur C. Clarke523 - Arthur C. Clarke
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Two items: Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, of a passage from The Road to Extinction, dated 2001. In part: “The drought has lasted now for ten
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Samuel L. Clemens524 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7 mourning stationery, February 11, 1905. Clemens writes Boston attorney Charles
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Samuel L. Clemens525 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Absolutely superb 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of a young Twain in his white suit by Mora of New York (and so printed in the lower border), signed and ins
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Samuel L. Clemens526 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” two pages, 5.5 x 9, no date. The author writes Mr. Gilder. In full: “I have tried to put the explanation of the situation
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Noel Coward528 - Noel Coward
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Vintage sepia matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Coward sitting in a chair, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with a few light corner creases.
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Salvador Dali529 - Salvador Dali
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Color 6 x 4 postcard photo of Dali’s painting, ‘The Sacrament of the Last Supper,” signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with light corner crea
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Giorgio de Chirico530 - Giorgio de Chirico
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Italian painter (1888-1978). Program page, 8 x 8, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “A Lou Marion, cordialmente, Giorgio de Chirico, Roma, 18 Ap
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Andre Derain531 - Andre Derain
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French artist and sculptor (1880–1954) and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.5, Februa
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Edouard Detaille532 - Edouard Detaille
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French painter and military artist (1848–1912). ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 5.5, March 2, 1893. Letter to Madame Bataille. In part (translated): “I
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Charles Dickens533 - Charles Dickens
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Hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope, 5 x 3, addressed to “Henry Austin, Esquire, Guydyz House, Whitehall,” and signed in the lower left corner,
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Charles Dickens534 - Charles Dickens
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Splendid ink signature, “Charles Dickens, Sherborne House, Tuesday Nineteenth December 1854,” on an off-white 8.5 x 4.5 sheet, with an original unsign
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Isak Dinesen535 - Isak Dinesen
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Pseudonym of prominent Danish author Karen Blixen (1885–1962), best known for her account of life in Kenya, Out of Africa, later adapted into an Acade
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Charles L. Dodgson537 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Four-page leaflet, 3.5 x 5.25, entitled “An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves Alice,” circa 1876. Signed and inscribed on the front cover in pu
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Alexander Dumas, fils538 - Alexander Dumas, fils
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French writer (1824–1895), the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. The younger Dumas novel La Dame aux Camelias became the basis of Ve
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Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac539 - Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac
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French artist (1884–1974). ALS in French, signed “A. D. de Segonzac,” on a self-contained 4.5 x 5.5 air mail envelope, no date. Short letter to the or
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T. S. Eliot540 - T. S. Eliot
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8, Faber and Faber Limited letterhead, October 27, 1953. Letter to the reverend W. R. Lewis. In part: “I thank you for your letter…
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T. S. Eliot541 - T. S. Eliot
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Vintage glossy 5 x 7.25 photo of the author that appeared on the cover of the New York Herald Tribune Book Review, signed in black ink. In fine condit
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Charles Fazzino542 - Charles Fazzino
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Striking color limited edition 20 x 16.5 three dimensional lithograph entitled ‘New York Jets,’ numbered #61/200, depicting a raucous crowd and tailga
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F. Scott Fitzgerald543 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Signed book: This Side of Paradise. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 305 pages. Signed in fountain pen ...
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Nadine Gordimer545 - Nadine Gordimer
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Signed book: Town and Country Lovers. Limited edition of 330 copies (this copy No. 74). Los Angeles: Sylvester and Orphanos, 1980. Hardcover, 6.75 x 1
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Stephen Jay Gould546 - Stephen Jay Gould
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Signed book: Full House. First edition, first printing. NY: Harmony Books, 1996. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 244 pages. Signed in black in
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Zane Grey547 - Zane Grey
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TLS, one page, 6 x 7, personal letterhead, August 16, 1927. In part: “You ask rather a difficult question, but in a general way, I think I can safely
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Zane Grey548 - Zane Grey
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Bank check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Grey, payable to Mrs. L. D. Mitchell for $300.00, January 10, 1928. Cancellation holes to body, small
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Alex Haley549 - Alex Haley
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Signed book: Roots. First edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 688 pages. Signed in black felt tip
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Alex Haley550 - Alex Haley
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To Alan Stein, Brotherly love, Alex Haley.” In fine condition.
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Keith Haring551 - Keith Haring
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Color 4 x 6 postcard with a reproduction of an untitled work, signed in black felt tip in the bottom border, “K. Haring.” In fine condition, with mild
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Moss Hart552 - Moss Hart
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (1904-1961), he was most notably known for You Can’t Take It With You and The Man Who Came to Dinner, and also as a
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Bret Harte553 - Bret Harte
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American author (1836–1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story ‘The Outcasts of Poker Fla
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Erich Heckel554 - Erich Heckel
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German painter and printmaker (1883–1970). TLS in German, one page, 8 x 5.75, August 17, 1948. Untranslated letter to Dr. Schmidt. In fine condition,
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Rowland Hill555 - Rowland Hill
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Advocate of postal reforms (1795–1879) including uniform low rates and prepayment by means of postage stamps. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, April
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Al Hirschfeld556 - Al Hirschfeld
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Printed Hirschfeld image of Elvis on an 8 x 10 card bearing an Elvis postage stamp and first-day cancellation, signed in pencil “Hirschfeld.” In fine
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr557 - 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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Victor Hugo558 - Victor Hugo
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Important French writer, artist, and statesman (1802–1885) best known for such canonical novels as Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (aka ...
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Victor Hugo559 - Victor Hugo
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Important French writer, artist, and statesman (1802–1885) best known for such canonical novels as Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (aka ...
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George Hurrell560 - George Hurrell
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Striking oversized limited edition 24 x 20 silver gelatin close-up photo of James Cagney, #40/190, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Hurrell.”
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Robert Indiana561 - Robert Indiana
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 18, 1972. Customs declaration for free entry of works of art, with Indiana claiming ownership of drawings produced by
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George Inness562 - George Inness
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American landscape painter (1825–1894). ALS signed “Geo Inness,” one page, 4.5 x 7, June 1, 1888. Letter to noted art collector Thomas B. Clarke. In f
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Robinson Jeffers563 - Robinson Jeffers
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Poet (1887–1962) whose powerful verse glorifies nature while dismissing man as a mere doomed animal. TLS, on a 5 x 3.25 Tor House postcard, November 5
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Carolyn Keene564 - Carolyn Keene
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Signed book: The Bungalow Mystery. Later printing. NY: Grossett & Dunlap, 1930. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 204 pages. Signed and inscribed in black ...
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Jack Kerouac565 - Jack Kerouac
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, payable to Nunzie’s Wines & Liquors for $16.10, September 24, 1958. A central ver...
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Stephen King566 - 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. signed in blue felt tip on the t
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