RR Auction Quality Autograph Auction 385

Printed color illustration of the Cat in the Hat on an off-white 5.5 x 8.5 sheet, signed and inscribed, “One cat for Ervin Straubhaar with best wishes

Original signed felt tip sketch of The Cat in the Hat on an off-white First Day Cover bearing a cachet of the Guggenheim Museum honoring fine arts in

ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 7 x 4.5, personal letterhead, March 20, 1917. Letter to artist Phelan Gibb. In full: “Thank you for your lette

Color vintage 4 x 7 magazine photo of an artist’s portrait of Shaw by Augustus John, signed in fountain pen. Photo is affixed to an identical size boa

ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” on a 3.5 x 5.5 personal postcard, August 16, 1929. Letter to Isaac Don Levine of The Book League of America in New York.

English artist and book illustrator (1879–1976) known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. Origi

Belgian author (1903–1989) best known for his Inspector Maigret detective novels. Vintage 4 x 5.75 postcard photo, signed and inscribed in black ink “

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, October 22, 1987. Simon writes to George Burns, in part: “I want to thank you so much for your generous ass

Important photographer (1879–1973) who was one of the pioneering figures in the field of ‘art’ photography. Semi-glossy 6.75 x 9 close-up photo, signe

Polish-born American artist (1894–1951) best known for his works on Jewish subjects and his anti-Axis illustrations and caricatures during World War I

Polish-born American artist (1894–1951) best known for his works on Jewish subjects and his anti-Axis illustrations and caricatures during World War I

ALS in pencil, one lightly-lined yellow legal sheet, both sides, 8 x 12.5, May 18, 1962. Letter written from Athens to Ruth Bishop. In full:

British author and scholar (1892–1973) whose Lord of the Rings trilogy became one of the towering classics of fantasy literature and inspired a series

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, November 13, 1961. Letter to an admirer, Mr. Barneston. In full: “Thank you very much for your letter, and especially for your

Celebrated Welsh poet (1914–1953) who, before dying of alcoholism at the age of 39, produced some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth centur

Russian novelist and moral philosopher (1828–1910) best known for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. TLS in Russian, one page, 8 x 3, Ju

Elegant ink signature, “Leo Tolstoy, 7 May 1899,” on an off-white 4 x 3.25 embossed sheet. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 9.25 x 8.25.

Eccentric American novelist (1863–1945). Her most acclaimed novel, The Quick or the Dead?, paved the way for multiple books, poems, and eventually Bro

Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a pl...

French painter (1789–1863) known for his painting of battle scenes. ALS in French, signed “H. Vernet,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Jun