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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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Andy Warhol576 - Andy Warhol
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Color 10 x 8 print entitled ‘Pears,’ from a 1979 art gallery booklet entitled ‘Space Fruit: Still Lifes,’ signed in the lower border in black felt tip
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Walt Whitman577 - Walt Whitman
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Brief ALS, on a 5 x 3 postcard, February 2, 1890. To Melville Phillips at the Philadelphia Press Newspaper Office. In full: “If convenient would you s
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Wolfe578 - Thomas Wolfe
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Signed book: Look Homeward Angel. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 626 pages. Signed and inscribed on t...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams579 - Ansel Adams
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Signed book: Yosemite and the Range of Light. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 15.25 x 12.25. Signed on the half-ti
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Ansel Adams580 - Ansel Adams
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Postcard of Adams’s photograph entitled ‘El Capitan, Winter,’ 4.25 x 6, signed on the reverse in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Artists581 - Artists
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Thirteen postcards of various sizes depicting different works of art, 11 color, each signed in felt tip or ballpoint by the associated artist. Signers
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Artists582 - Artists
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Eighteen postcards and cards of various sizes, 13 color, each signed in ink by the associated artist. Signers are: Henry Moore, George Tooker, Wolf Ka
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Artists583 - Artists
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Collection of 12 items consisting of various size signed postcards, a note, and a poster, each signed in ink or felt tip by a different artist. Signer
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Artists584 - Artists
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Four original signed felt tip or ballpoint sketches on the reverse of color postcards ranging in size from 6 x 4 to 5.25 x 7. Sketches are by Joe Ando
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Artists585 - Artists
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Thirty postcards of various sizes depicting different works of art, each signed in ink or pencil by the associated artist, with a few signed on the re
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Artists586 - Artists
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Twenty-six artist’s catalogs and exhibition flyers of various sizes, each signed on the front cover or inside in ink by the associated artist, most in
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Authors587 - Authors
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Seven souvenir typescripts on sheets of various sizes, each signed in ballpoint or felt tip by its author. Signers are: Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, Ed
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Authors588 - Authors
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Twenty-four ink signatures on individual 5 x 3 cards of various colors, each signed by a different author. Signers include: Allen Ginsberg, Isaac Asim
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Romare Bearden589 - Romare Bearden
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Two color postcards of Bearden’s vibrant works, 4.25 x 6 and 6 x 4, each signed in purple felt tip or blue ballpoint, with one inscribed to “Tom.” In
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Jorge Luis Borges590 - Jorge Luis Borges
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Signed book: The Book of Imaginary Beings. First edition. NY: E. P. Dutton, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9.5, 256 pages. Signed on the half-t
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Pearl S. Buck591 - Pearl S. Buck
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 28, 1953. Letter to editor Whit Burnett. In part: “Your ideas are very interesting ones and I
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James M. Cain592 - James M. Cain
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TLS signed “Jim,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 7, 1950. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I wrote Stanwyck a note about the Double
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Karel and Josef Capek593 - Karel and Josef Capek
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Brothers, Karel was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century who introduced and made popular the word ‘robot’; Josef was a well-k
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Giorgio de Chirico594 - Giorgio de Chirico
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Uncommon 5.25 x 8 book photo of Chirico at his easel, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ballpoint, “A Steve Juscik, cordialmente, Gior
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Christo595 - Christo
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Eight items: one swatch of pink fabric used in his work entitled ‘Surrounded Islands,’ 6.5 x 3, signed in black felt tip; and seven different postcard
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Lee Conklin596 - Lee Conklin
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Two prints: one 11 x 17 print of Conklin’s design for Santana’s 1969 debut album, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by Conklin; and one col
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Noel Coward597 - Noel Coward
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Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 10 portrait of Coward, nicely signed over a light area of his collar in fountain pen. In fine condition, with tack holes a
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Michael Crichton598 - Michael Crichton
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Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, an excerpt from the beginning of The Andromeda Strain. In part: “A man with binoculars. That is how it all be
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Bloodgood Cutter599 - Bloodgood Cutter
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Colorful 19th century poet (1817–1906). Original 2.25 x 4 full-length carte-de-visite photo by M. H. Kimball of New York, signed on the reverse in bla
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Alphonse de Lamartine600 - Alphonse de Lamartine
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French writer (1790–1869) best known for his autobiographical poem ‘The Lake,’ who also worked as a diplomat and politician in the Second Republic. En
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Alfred de Musset601 - Alfred de Musset
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French Romantic poet and playwright (1810–1857). Manuscript ADS, in French, signed “Alfd de Musset,” one page, 9 x 4.5, November 19, 1852. Brief recei
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Paul Delvaux602 - Paul Delvaux
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Three different color postcards of Delvaux’s works, ranging in size from 5.75 x 4 to 7.5 x 4.75, each signed on the reverse in felt tip or ballpoint.
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Theodore Dreiser603 - Theodore Dreiser
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Signed book: What War Means by Harold J. Timperley. First edition, first printing. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 288 pages. S
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Daphne du Maurier604 - Daphne du Maurier
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English author and playwright (1907–1989). Among the best-known film adaptations of her works were Rebecca and The Birds, both directed by Alfred Hitc
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Richard Estes605 - Richard Estes
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Five different color postcards of Estes’s works, ranging in size from 4 x 5.75 to 7 x 5, each signed in felt tip or ink (one inscribed). In overall fi
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Jean-Louis Forain606 - Jean-Louis Forain
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French impressionist and lithographer (1852–1931). ALS in French, one page, lightly-lined, 8.25 x 11, Chez Leon letterhead, June 3, 1931. Letter to a
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Waldo Frank607 - Waldo Frank
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Prolific novelist and critic (1889–1967) known for his studies of Spanish and Latin American literature. ALS, one page, 8.25 x 5.5, personal letterhea
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Red Grooms608 - Red Grooms
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Two items: color 36 x 24 print of Grooms’s ‘Ruckus Taxi,’ signed in black felt tip; and a hardcover edition of his Ruckus Rodeo pop-up book, signed in
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H. Rider Haggard609 - H. Rider Haggard
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Prolific British novelist (1856–1925) best known for such adventure fare as King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain. Ink signature, “Affec yrs, H. R
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Edward Everett Hale610 - Edward Everett Hale
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Signed book: James Russell Lowell and his Friends. Later printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 303 pages. Signed and inscribed o
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Ernest Hemingway: Gregorio Fuentes611 - Ernest Hemingway: Gregorio Fuentes
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Signed book: The Old Man and the Sea. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 127 pages. Signed on the half-title page ...
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David Hockney612 - David Hockney
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Creative gold ink and black felt tip signature, “David Hockney, April 10th, 1990,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card. In fine condition.
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Robert Indiana613 - Robert Indiana
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Color postcard of Indiana’s 1965 work entitled ‘Five,’ 4.5 x 6.5, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “R. Indiana.” In fine condition.
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William Henry Jackson614 - William Henry Jackson
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Painter, photographer, and explorer famous for his images of the American West (1843–1942). Three letters: ALS to to Martin S. Garretson, signed “W. H
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William Henry Jackson615 - William Henry Jackson
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Painter, photographer, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West (1843–1942). Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed in black ink,
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Jasper Johns616 - Jasper Johns
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Color postcard of Johns’s 1957 work entitled ‘Flag on Orange Field,’ 4 x 5.75, signed at the bottom in black ink. In fine condition.
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Jasper Johns617 - Jasper Johns
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Color postcard of Johns’s 1973 work entitled ‘Flags,’ 7 x 5, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Yousuf Karsh618 - Yousuf Karsh
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Signed book: Karsh Portraits. Later printing. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.75 x 12.25, 202 pages. Signed in b
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Rockwell Kent619 - Rockwell Kent
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, February 14, 1931. Brief note to a young collector. In full: “I take pleasure in sending you my best wishe
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Stephen King620 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Borderlands 5. Limited edition of 500 copies (this being No. 94). New Hampshire: Borderlands Press, 2003. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.258
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Stephen King621 - Stephen King
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Signed book: The House Next Door. Limited edition of 450 copies (this being No. 362). Atlanta: Old New York Book Shop Press, 1993. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.
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Stephen King622 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King. First edition. San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x
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Stephen King623 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Desperation. Limited edition of 2050 copies (this being No. 1313). New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, 1996. Hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25, 523 pag
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Stephen King624 - Stephen King
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Signed book: 11/22/63. First edition, first printing. NY: Scribner, 2011. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5. Signed on the title page in blue ink,
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Ring Lardner625 - Ring Lardner
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American sports journalist and humorist (1885–1933). TLS, one page, 6.25 x 10, personal letterhead, October 29, 1923. Letter to a young collector. In
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