RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Color 10 x 8 Fox promotional cardstock photo for The Simpsons, signed in black felt tip, “Matt Groening, 7.7.1996,” adding a nice sketch of Bart Simps

Two program pages from the 1991 Museum of Broadcasting Television Festival, 8.5 x 11, signed by a total of 18 of The Simpsons cast and creative member

Large and original signed felt tip sketch of Bart Simpson on an off-white 14 x 11 artist’s board, drawn and signed in person during the early years of

Two original hand-inked comic strips: a Moon Mullins daily, dated February 21, 1977, 17 x 6, signed in the last panel, “Ferd & Tom Johnson”; and...

Felt tip sketch of Woody Woodpecker on an off-white 5 x 6 sheet, signed and inscribed below, “To Mickey Du Russel, Walter Lantz.” Overall toning and s

Bold ink sketch of Dick Tracy on the right side of a white 8.5 x 11 sheet with an image of Tracy printed at the top, signed and inscribed in the cente

Excellent pencil sketch by Schulz on an off-white 4 x 6 sheet, unsigned, showing Charlie Brown concentrating as he writes a letter, with his words tra

Signed book: Snoopy: Not Your Average Dog. Limited first edition of 2,000 copies (this being copy No. 1106). San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1996.

Color museum-quality limited edition 21.5 x 12.5 lithograph of Snoopy in some golf course rough, with a sign warning of snakes, and Snoopy exclaiming

Original hand-inked four panel Peanuts daily comic strip, dated October 15, 1994, on a 20.25 x 7 sheet of off-white artist’s cardstock. Strip shows Pe

Four original hand-inked Andy Capp daily comic strips, dated from 1985–1988, all approximately 15 x 5.25. Each strip is signed in black ink in the las

Original hand-inked four panel Doonesbury daily comic strip, dated July 29, 1978, on a 16.5 x 7 sheet of off-white artist’s cardstock. Strip shows Zon

Original hand-inked three panel Beetle Bailey daily comic strip, dated March 18, 1999, on an off-white 14.5 x 5.5 piece of artist’s cardstock. Strip s

Educator and poet (1859–1929) best known for the lyrics to the iconic patriotic song ‘America the Beautiful.’ Printed poem, all four stanzas of ‘Ameri

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 5, 1952. Letter to his agent H. N. Swanson. In full: “Thanks for your note in whic

ALS signed “Agatha Christie alias Mary Westmacott,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, October 10, [1973]. Letter to an admir

TLS signed “Agatha Christie Mallowan,” one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, September 28, 1968. Letter to Mr. Nuttall. In part: “I was most interes

ANS signed “SLC,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, September 26. Brief note to Poultney Bigelow reads, in full: “Hurry along with that bike or we shall be gone. W

Bank check, 8 x 3, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to D. S. Brooks & Sons for $3.75, July 2, 1875. In fine conditi...

ALS signed “Saml. L. Clemens,” one page, 5 x 8, January 17, 1876. Letter to the cashier of the First National bank. In full: “Please send to Chas. E.

ALS in French, one page, 7.5 x 8, no date. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): “Before leaving Paris, I ascertained that ‘The Vagabond’ is fr

Hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Professor Owen, Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park, S. W.,” and signed in th

ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 4.5 x 3, no date but circa 1836. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “The Grand Jury have formd a bill aga

Lengthy ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” totaling five pages, with three pages on adjoining 3.5 x 5.25 sheets and two pages on adjoining 5.75 x 8.75 sheets

Former British intelligence officer (1908–1964) whose novels featuring suave spy James Bond have attained unprecedented and seemingly indestructible p

Scarce ALS, one page, 6 x 8, June 18, 1938. Letter to Mr. Johnson at the St. Botolph Club in Boston. In part: “David McCord asks me to let you put on

ALS signed “Dad,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, RMS Makura letterhead, January 1, 1934. Letter to his son Romer. In part: “I wish yo

Important unsigned autograph manuscript draft in pencil, five pages with his personal blindstamp at the top, lightly-lined, 8 x 12.25, no date but cir

Original roll of 8mm Kodak Kodachrome color movie film, approximately 2 minutes and 45 seconds long, containing silent footage of Hemingway on a hunti

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to the bearer for $125, February 22, 1944. Endorsed on the

Alfred Henschke (1890–1928), known as Klabund, was a German writer who adapted and translated a number of far-eastern works. ALS in pencil in German,

Russian writer and political thinker (1812–1870) whose work holds an important place in the great Russian literary canon. Rare ALS in French, signed “

Collection of five letters from writers and critics sent to Albert de Pina and Stewart P. MacLennan regarding their book The Galilean, including TLSs

TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, January 4, 1936. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw. In part: “I hope you will forgive my seeming rudeness an

TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, June 17, 1938. Letter to psychiatrist Dr. C. E. Mayos. In part: “My infor

Collection of four items signed by recipients of the Nobel Prize for Literature, including Gabriel Garcia Marquez (signature), Salvatore Quasimodo (si

Renowned Austrian writer (1880–1942) whose unfinished novel The Man Without Qualities is regarded as one of the most important modernist novels. Rare

British civil servant (1633–1703) best remembered as the author of a nine-year, multi-volume diary, one of the essential documents of 17th century Bri

Impressive collection of 14 letters, almost entirely comprised of ALSs, each by a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, including: Vicente Alei

ALS signed “Jamesie,” two pages, 5.5 x 8.25, The Indianapolis Journal letterhead, February 5, 1891. Letter to Erasmus Wilson. In part: “Herewith I sen

Austrian writer and journalist (1836–1895) from whose name the word masochism is derived. ALS in German, signed “Leopold Ritter von Sacher Masoch,” on

French poet and writer (1900–1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in

Austrian writer (1862–1931) best known for his sexually charged plays and stories. His 1926 novella Traumnovelle served as the basis for Eyes Wide Shu

Signed book: Horton Hatches the Egg. NY: Random House, 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 10.5. Signed and inscribed on a first free end page in

Highly influential French writer and philosopher (1905–1980), most closely associated with existentialism, who refused the Nobel Prize in Literature i

Extraordinary wooden fragment from William Shakespeare’s bedstead, measuring 1.25 x 1.25 x .5, affixed to a slightly larger card to which bears a manu

Handwritten working manuscript signed twice by Silverstein, one page both sides 8.5 x 11, on a TLS sent to him by Harper & Row, dated March 27, ...

ANS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” at the conclusion of a letter sent to him, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Emerson Quarterly letterhead, February 15, 1929. Shaw

Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stu

Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Bold founta