RR Auction: 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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Carl Sandburg824 - Carl Sandburg
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Crisp and precise ink signature, “Carl Sandburg,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by an original pencil sketch of a caricat
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Victorien Sardou825 - Victorien Sardou
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French dramatist (1831–1908) who wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca. Untranslated ALS in French, sig
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Napoleon Sarony826 - Napoleon Sarony
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Highly popular photographer (1821–1896), renowned for his portraits of the stars of late-19th-century American theater. Bold ink signature, “Yours tru
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Dr. Seuss827 - Dr. Seuss
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Printed sketch of Cat in the Hat on an off-white 5.5 x 8.5 sheet, inscribed in black felt tip, “With best wishes to LaVerne Decker,” and signed in red
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Mickey Spillane828 - Mickey Spillane
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TLS, one page, 6.25 x 10, Mickey Spillane Productions letterhead, March 3, 1556. Letter to Ken Browne. In part: “Please excuse the time lapse since yo
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Harriet Beecher Stowe829 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Ink signature, “Very truly yours, H. B. Stowe, June 26, 1877,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition, with some mild toning to card.
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
 
 
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Alfred Lord Tennyson830 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Bank check, 7.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Tennyson, “A. Tennyson,” payable to Hallam Tennyson for £27.6.2, April 25, 18...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Alice B. Toklas831 - Alice B. Toklas
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ALS signed “Alice,” two onionskin pages, 5.25 x 8, October 18, 1959. Letter to Saul Mauraker. In part: “It is you—not I—who are sweet and wonderful—yo
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Alberto Vargas832 - Alberto Vargas
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Stunning color print of a topless Vargas Girl on a 15 x 11 book page, with the caption reading, “That’s what I call starting off the New Year with a b
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Alberto Vargas833 - Alberto Vargas
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Ballpoint signature and inscription, “Best wishes to ‘John’ Alberto Vargas,” on a light brown 4 x 2.5 slip. In fine condition, with a horizontal creas
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Kurt Vonnegut834 - Kurt Vonnegut
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Signed book: Player Piano. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 295 pages. Signed vertica...
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Andy Warhol835 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of Warhol’s 1963 portrait of Elizabeth Taylor entitled ‘Liz,’ 3.75 x 5, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip. Attractivel
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol836 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: Popism: The Warhol ’60s. First edition, later printing. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 310 pages. Signed on
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Andy Warhol837 - Andy Warhol
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Glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Warhol’s work of Richard Nixon, signed vertically in black felt tip. Scattered light creases and surface marks, and s
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John Greenleaf Whittier838 - John Greenleaf Whittier
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American Quaker poet and abolitionist (1807–1892). Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Whittier, signed at the bottom of the image in bl
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Tennessee Williams839 - Tennessee Williams
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Williams, payable to New Orleans Athletic Club for $251.14, September 25, 1978. In fine conditio
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Alfred Andriola840 - Alfred Andriola
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Cartoonist (1912–1983) best known as the creator of the Kerry Drake comic. TLS signed “A,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 8, personal letterhead, April 8
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Carl Barks841 - Carl Barks
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Color 10.5 x 8 paperstock photo of Scrooge McDuck walking past a forlorn-looking Santa, signed in blue felt tip. Barks’s signature fairly light, but s
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Carl Barks842 - Carl Barks
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Color limited edition 14 x 11.5 print entitled ‘Help! Help! Our Unca Donald is Number Two in a Food Chain,’ numbered 9/300, signed in the lower right
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Mel Blanc843 - Mel Blanc
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Color 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Blanc surrounded by his characters, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Eh—what’s up James? ‘Bugs Bunny & G...
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