RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Claude Monet478 - Claude Monet
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Hand-addressed black-bordered mailing envelope, 5 x 3.5, attractively addressed in purple ink by Monet to influential art critic and author Gustave Ge
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Nast479 - Thomas Nast
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Influential early American political cartoonist and illustrator (1840–1902). Exceptional example of one of Nast’s famous political caricatures, drawn
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Francis Picabia481 - Francis Picabia
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French avant-garde painter, poet, and typographist (1879–1953) who was an early major figure of the Dada movement. ALS in French, 8 x 10.5, no date bu
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir482 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Miniature white porcelain soup plate, measuring 3? in diameter, personally-owned by Renoir as part of a child’s doll dinner service. The plate is beau
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir483 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 6, September 29, 1913. Renoir writes from Paris to a friend, requesting that he keep an eye
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Georges Rouault484 - Georges Rouault
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French Fauvist and Expressionist painter, and printmaker in lithography and etching (1871–1958). Rouault’s personal calling card printed with his name
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin485 - Auguste Rodin
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Rodin’s personal calling card printed with his name and studio address, 3.5 x 2, with a bold ANS in French penned on both sides, signed at the conclus
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin486 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “Votre vieil sculpteur [Your old sculptor], Rodin,” one page, 4.5 x 7, August 17, 1891. Letter offering condolences to journalis
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol487 - Andy Warhol
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Rare TLS signed “Love, Andy,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Interview letterhead, no date. Letter to “Ed.” In full: “Here’s a bottle in case you want to toast y
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Andy Warhol488 - Andy Warhol
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Rare unsigned pencil sketch of a flexible man, drawn by Warhol on an off-white 8.5 x 7.25 sheet of Interview magazine letterhead. Warhol adds several
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Andy Warhol489 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: Exposures. First edition, first printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.5 x 11.5, 249 pages. Signed ver...
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Andy Warhol490 - Andy Warhol
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A magenta button-up women’s shirt by Liz Claiborne, size 8, impressively signed on the front in black felt tip by Warhol, adding a sketch of a heart.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol491 - Andy Warhol
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An immensely desirable black felt tip sketch of his famous Campbell’s Soup can, drawn by Warhol on the front cover of the September 1978 issue of Inte
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall492 - Marc Chagall
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 1, 1947. Letter to Oliver Simon, editor of the journal Signature: A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts. In
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali493 - Salvador Dali
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Color 8.75 x 11.75 book photo of Dali’s vibrant surrealist work entitled ‘The Lugubrious Game,’ signed in person in the lower border in blue felt tip.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Lucio Fontana494 - Lucio Fontana
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Italian painter, sculptor, and theorist (1899–1968) known as the founder of Spatialism and for his ties to Arte Povera. ALS in French, one page, 8 x 1
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Grandma Moses495 - Grandma Moses
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Wonderful greeting card featuring one of Moses’s idyllic scenes entitled ‘Hoosick Falls in Winter,’ 6 x 4.5, boldly signed inside in fountain pen. In
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LeRoy Neiman496 - LeRoy Neiman
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Vibrant color 10.75 x 10.75 cardstock print of Neiman’s painting of Mickey Mantle, nicely signed in black felt tip, “LeRoy Neiman.” Custom double-matt
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Louis Prang497 - Louis Prang
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Boston-based printer, lithographer, and publisher (1824–1909) considered the ‘father of the American Christmas card.’ Uncommon matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25
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Gerhard Richter498 - Gerhard Richter
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German artist (born 1932) whose works have achieved world-record prices at auction. Color 4 x 5.75 postcard image of his work entitled ‘Kerze,’ signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell499 - Norman Rockwell
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Complete Summer 1971 issue of The Saturday Evening Post featuring a cover image of Rockwell talking with a young boy, 10.25 x 13.25, 159 pages, signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell500 - Norman Rockwell
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Two books: a 1960 first edition of My Adventures as an Illustrator, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ba
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gottfried Semper501 - Gottfried Semper
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German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture (1803–1879) who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden. Semper’s personal ca
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Singer Sargent502 - John Singer Sargent
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ALS signed “John S. Sargent,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, no date but postmarked December 20, 1901. Letter to a
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Gino Severini503 - Gino Severini
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Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement (1883–1966). Untranslated ALS in Italian, signed “Severini,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 post
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Kumi Sugai504 - Kumi Sugai
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Pioneering contemporary Japanese artist (1919–1996) known for employing abstracted simple forms with vivid primary colors. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Suga
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edward Weston505 - Edward Weston
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Tremendously innovative and influential 20th-century American photographer (1886–1958). Colophon page from a limited edition book of his work, numbere
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Milton Caniff506 - Milton Caniff
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Classic ink and watercolor sketch of Steve Canyon drawn by Caniff on an off-white 10 x 13.75 sheet, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink, “Steve C
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Robert Crumb507 - Robert Crumb
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Bijou Publishing Empire, Inc., business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Jay Lynch, payable to Robert Crumb for $118.80, December 20, 1976, en
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Walt Disney508 - Walt Disney
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Vibrant Walt Disney Studio Art-Props setup. Cel depicts Lady and Tramp standing on a street corner. The cel has been trimmed to the outline of both fi
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney509 - Walt Disney
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DS, signed twice, “Walter E. Disney,” two pages, 8.5 x 13, September 2, 1947. A document transferring stock into a trust for his daughter. In part: “I
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney510 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to photographer George Hurrell’s daughter Alexa
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Disney: Roy Williams511 - Disney: Roy Williams
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Fantastic graphite sketch of Mickey Mouse drawn by well known Disney animator (1907–1976) who was also the “Big Mouseketeer” on the 1950s Mickey Mouse
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Matt Groening512 - Matt Groening
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Original signed felt tip sketch of Bart Simpson on an off-white 6.75 x 9 card, signed under the image, “Matt Groening 2013.” Double-matted and framed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stan Lee513 - Stan Lee
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Color 24 x 36 poster of Marvel’s Avengers, signed in black felt tip. Rolled and in fine condition, with a PSA/DNA authentication label affixed to lowe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tom McKimson514 - Tom McKimson
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel entitled ‘Super Bowl XXVIII,’ 14 x 17, numbered AP 16/25, showing Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny in Buffalo and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles McKimson515 - Charles McKimson
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Three limited edition hand-painted, football-related, animation cels, various sizes, each set against a printed color background, and each signed in b
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Tales to Astonish516 - Tales to Astonish
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Fantastic half-page splash original comic art for Tales to Astonish #54, hand-drawn in pencil by Larry Lieber and inked by Sol Brodsky on an off-white
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Bill Watterson517 - Bill Watterson
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Scarce signed book: Yukon Ho!. Later printing. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1989. Softcover, 8.5 x 9, 126 pages. Signed on the title page in blue
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rudolph Wendelin518 - Rudolph Wendelin
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Terrific felt tip and pencil graphite sketch of Smokey Bear drawn by Wendelin on a blue 8.5 x 11 cardstock sheet, signed, “Remember… Be extra careful
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Honore de Balzac520 - Honore de Balzac
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Important French novelist and playwright (1799–1850) best known for his complex ‘cycle’ La Comédie humaine. ALS in French, signed “H. Balzac,” ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Willa Cather521 - Willa Cather
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ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, The Roosevelt Hospital letterhead, no date but circa 1914. Letter to a friend. In part: “What a nice girl you were to send m
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ivan Bunin522 - Ivan Bunin
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Russian writer (1870–1953) best known for his poems and stories, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933. Rare ALS in French, signed “Ivan Bouni
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Gabriele d’Annunzio523 - Gabriele d’Annunzio
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Italian poet, novelist, and dramatist (1863–1938) who distinguished himself as a heroic aviator in WWI. ALS in Italian, three pages on two adjoining s
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens524 - Samuel L. Clemens
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First National Bank of Hartford check, 8.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to his coachman and faithful servant
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens525 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Choice ink signature and inscription, “To my friend Pond, Mark Twain, York Harbor, June 29, ’2,” tipped into James Pond’s copy of The American Claiman
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas de Quincey526 - Thomas de Quincey
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British author (1785–1859) best remembered for his now-classic memoir of his experiments with drugs, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. ALS, four
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson527 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Boldly penned ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page, 5 x 8, November 13, 1856. Letter to James Freeman Clarke, American Unitarian clergyman and the aut
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William Goldman528 - William Goldman
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Signed book: The Princess Bride. First edition, first printing. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanvich, Inc., 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 308
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe529 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Rare ALS in German, signed “J. W. v. Goethe,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 9 x 10.25, November 26, 1827. Lengthy letter to writer, translator,
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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