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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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Winslow Homer635 - Winslow Homer
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Esteemed American painter (1836–1910) whose supreme skill in depicting the landscape and culture of 19th century America earned him a place among the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry James636 - Henry James
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Handwritten notation on an off-white 7 x 3.5 slip clipped from a larger sheet, apparently a portion of the cover page to a manuscript, reading: &quo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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William Henry Jackson637 - William Henry Jackson
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Painter, photographer, and explorer famous for his images of the American West (1843–1942). Fascinating collection consisting of three letters from Ja
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Harper Lee638 - Harper Lee
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ALS, two pages on a 3.75 x 5 greeting card, September 1, 1997. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I shall be glad to sign your copy of Mockingbird if you
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Literary639 - Literary
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Tremendous collection of approximately 115 signed items, consisting primarily of signed cards, slips, and letters, many affixed to scrapbook pages. Si
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jack London640 - Jack London
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Popular American novelist (1876–1916), best known for such adventure classics as The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, and White Fang, who drew his writ
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow641 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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ALS and an AQS on an off-white 7 x 8.75 sheet. The letter, dated November 3, 1881, reads, “I have been prevented by illness from sooner complying with
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H. L. Mencken642 - H. L. Mencken
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Three TLSs to a farmer with journalistic aspirations, each one page, two on personal letterhead and one on The American Mercury letterhead, all circa
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Thomas Mann643 - Thomas Mann
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Vintage 8 x 9.5 magazine photo of Mann taken for Vanity Fair by Edward Steichen, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with nice contrast to the
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A. A. Milne644 - A. A. Milne
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British author (1882–1956) who, despite a large body of novels, plays, and other ‘adult’ writings, will forever be most closely associated with his mu
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet645 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, in pencil, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Giverny par Vernon letterhead, December 3, 1917. Letter reads, in part (translate
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Eugene O’Neill646 - Eugene O’Neill
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ALS signed “Gene O’Neill,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Peaked Hill Bar letterhead, September 13, 1922. Letter to Jeanie Begg. In full: “This in much haste to
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Photographers647 - Photographers
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Collection of 13 letters from some of the most renowned photographers of the 20th century, dated between 1949 and 1971. Consists of one TLS from Yousu
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Arthur Rackham648 - Arthur Rackham
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British artist and illustrator (1867–1939) best known for his Art Nouveau–influenced illustrations for such classics as Rip Van Winkle, Alice’s Advent
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir649 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Uncommon ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” one lightly gridded page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Letter to “Mr. Deconchy.” In full (translated): “It is unders
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Ayn Rand650 - Ayn Rand
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Objectivist Newsletter letterhead, May 2, 1964. In part: “I am pleased that you liked my books and that you found my phil
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Peter M. Roget651 - Peter M. Roget
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British physician and lexicographer (1779–1869) known for compiling his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. Signed book: Thesaurus of English Word
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens652 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Irish-born American sculptor (1848–1907) of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the ‘American Renaissance.’ Ink signature, “Augustus
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Maurice Sendak653 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. First edition. NY: Harper and Row, 1963. Hardcover, 1 x 9.25. Signed on the half-title page in black ink. Auto
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George Bernard Shaw654 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” on a 3.25 x 5.25 photo postcard of Shaw, September 4, 1927. From Lago Maggiore, Shaw writes to the Reverend Cornelius Gr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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