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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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Al Hirschfeld561 - Al Hirschfeld
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Limited edition 14.75 x 18 lithograph of Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, numbered 163/300, signed in pencil, “Hirschfeld.” In fine
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Al Hirschfeld562 - Al Hirschfeld
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Limited edition 17 x 23 lithograph of Aerosmith done for their Draw the Line album cover, numbered 180/200, signed in pencil, “Hirschfeld.” In fine co
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Al Hirschfeld563 - Al Hirschfeld
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Limited edition 20 x 22 lithograph of Jerry Garcia playing a guitar, numbered 88/300, signed in pencil, “Hirschfeld.” In fine condition.
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Al Hirschfeld564 - Al Hirschfeld
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Limited edition 25.75 x 19.75 lithograph of the Corleone family in The Godfather, numbered 67/175, signed in pencil, “Hirschfeld.” In fine condition.
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Al Hirschfeld565 - Al Hirschfeld
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Color limited edition 22.5 x 16 lithograph of George Harrison seated in the lotus position in front of the Taj Mahal, printed on Japanese rice paper,
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Al Hirschfeld566 - Al Hirschfeld
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Color limited edition 16 x 22.5 lithograph entitled John Lennon and Liberty, printed on Japanese rice paper, numbered 63/300, signed in pencil, “Hirsc
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr567 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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Original 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet photo by an anonymous studio, signed in the lower border in black ink. Some light spotting and foxing to image and bottom
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr568 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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Two items: ALS, one page, 4 x 6, November 28, 1873. Brief letter complying with a signature request. In full: “It gives me pleasure to comply with you
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Yousuf Karsh569 - Yousuf Karsh
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Signed book: Portraits of Greatness. First edition. NY: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.75 x 12.25, 207 pages. Signed and
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Ken Kesey570 - Ken Kesey
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Two items: glossy 7 x 5 promotional photo of Kesey after publishing The Further Inquiry, signed in gold ink, “Ken Kesey, 1991”; and a publicity pamphl
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Stephen King571 - Stephen King
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Signed book: The Eyes of the Dragon. First edition. Bangor, Maine: Philtrum Press, 1984. Hardcover with slipcase, 8.25 x 13, 314 pages. Signed on the
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Stephen King572 - Stephen King
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Signed book: Desperation. Limited edition of 2050 copies (this being No. 668). New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, 1996. Hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25, 523 page
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Selma Lagerlof573 - Selma Lagerlof
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Swedish writer (1858–1940) who in 1909 became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. LS in French, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard de
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Harper Lee574 - Harper Lee
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Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. Later printing. Philadelphia: Harper & Row, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 296 pages. Signed...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gaston Leroux575 - Gaston Leroux
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French journalist and author of detective fiction (1868–1927), best known for writing The Phantom of the Opera. Untranslated ALS in French, one page,
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Doris Lessing576 - Doris Lessing
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British writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. ALS, one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard depicting the Church of St. Lucia, no date but pos
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Roy Lichtenstein577 - Roy Lichtenstein
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Color postcard of Lichtenstein’s 1965 work entitled ‘Explosion No. 1,’ 5.75 x 4, signed in the lower right in blue ballpoint, “R. Lichtenstein.” In fi
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Roy Lichtenstein578 - Roy Lichtenstein
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Color 6 x 4 postcard of Lichtenstein’s work titled ‘Bananas and Grapefruit,’ signed on the front in black ink. In fine condition.
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Norman Mailer579 - Norman Mailer
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Signed book: Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots. First edition, limited issue, numbered 218/300. Northridge, CA: Lord Jo
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W. Somerset Maugham580 - W. Somerset Maugham
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Original vintage signed pencil sketch of Maugham on an off-white 6 x 8 sheet, done by Helen Wilson in 1928, and signed by Wilson in the lower left, an
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W. Somerset Maugham581 - W. Somerset Maugham
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ALS signed “W. S. Maugham,” one page, 5 x 8, Villa Mauresque letterhead, January 25. Letter of thanks. In part: “I didn’t thank you half enough today
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Henry Miller582 - Henry Miller
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Big Sur, January 22, 1951. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “In a book I just finished—a book about books—I am listing in the
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Alfred Munnings583 - Alfred Munnings
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British painter of horses and outspoken critic of Modernism (1878–1959). ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, no date. Response to an admirer
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Felix Nadar584 - Felix Nadar
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Pseudonym of Gaspard-Felix Tournachon (1820–1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. ALS in French, signed “N
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LeRoy Neiman585 - LeRoy Neiman
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Two color cardstock photos of Neiman’s works, 4.25 x 8.5 and 5.25 x 6, each signed in felt tip. In overall fine condition, with trimmed edges to the h
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Mario Puzo586 - Mario Puzo
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Signed book: The Godfather. Later printing. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 446 pages. Signed on the half-title page,
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Robert Rauschenberg587 - Robert Rauschenberg
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Color postcard of Rauschenberg’s 1963 work entitled ‘Stop,’ 5.75 x 4, signed vertically along the left edge in blue felt tip, “Rauschenberg.” In fine
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Damon Runyon588 - Damon Runyon
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TLS, two pages, 5.5 x 8.25, Biltmore Hotel letterhead, no date. Letter to Collier. In part: “I keep in touch with you in spirit at least because I gen
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Siegfried Sassoon589 - Siegfried Sassoon
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English poet, author and soldier (1886–1967) who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front and became one of the leading poets of the First World
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Ernest Thompson Seton590 - Ernest Thompson Seton
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Nature writer (1860–1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. Ink signature, “Ernest Thompson
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Dr. Seuss591 - Dr. Seuss
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Original signed and inscribed ink and crayon sketch of a small orange fish on a 6.5 x 3.75 First Day Cover, signed and inscribed, “for Sean brother…Dr
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Richard B. Sheridan592 - Richard B. Sheridan
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Irish playwright and poet (1751–1816), longtime owner of the London Theatre Royal, and a member of Parliament. ALS signed “R. B. Sheridan,” one page,
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Mickey Spillane593 - Mickey Spillane
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Spillane in the 1950s wearing a fedora, signed in blue felt tip, “Mickey Spillane (in the 50’s).” In fine condition.
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William Styron594 - William Styron
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Signed book: Shadrach. First edition, limited issue, numbered 187/330. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1979. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, 33 pages. ...
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John Updike596 - John Updike
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Signed book: Talk from the Fifties. First edition, limited issue, numbered 208/300. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1979. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 63 p
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Victor Vasarely597 - Victor Vasarely
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Two color postcards of Vasarely’s colorful geometric works, 4 x 5.75, each signed in the lower border in black ballpoint. In overall fine condition.
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Edgar Wallace598 - Edgar Wallace
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British novelist, playwright, and journalist (1875–1932) who produced popular detective and suspense stories. Signed book: Edgar Wallace: A Short Auto
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Andy Warhol600 - Andy Warhol
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Color 4 x 6 postcard of Warhol’s portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, originally done in 1963, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine conditio
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol601 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: From A to B & Back Again. First edition. London: Michael Dempsey, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 9, 241 pages. Signed and...
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Andy Warhol602 - Andy Warhol
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Color magazine cover from the July 1986 issue of Warhol’s Interview magazine, 10.5 x 15.5, prominently signed across the subject’s face in his usual t
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Andy Warhol603 - 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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Tom Wesselmann604 - Tom Wesselmann
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Color postcard of Wesselmann’s 1968 work entitled ‘The Great American Nude, n. 53,’ 5.75 x 4, signed vertically along the right edge in black ballpoin
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Thornton Wilder605 - Thornton Wilder
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Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist and dramatist (1897–1975) whose works include such classics as The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town. Gloss
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Writers606 - Writers
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Five ink signatures of different writers on various size slips and cards affixed to album pages. Signers are: Henry W. Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Sto
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Gene Ahern607 - Gene Ahern
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Original vintage signed ink sketch of Major Hoople on an off-white 6 x 3.5 album page dated August 8, 1929. In fine condition, with a couple small spo
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Sergio Aragones608 - Sergio Aragones
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Original vintage signed ink sketch of a man karate chopping a sombrero, with the words “Viva Karate” affixed above him, on an off-white 9.75 x 11.5 ca
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Dick Ayers609 - Dick Ayers
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Two sketches: a printed color sketch of the Fantastic Four on an off-white 8 x 10 cardstock sheet, signed in blue felt tip, “Best Wishes! Dick Ayers”;
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Walter Berndt610 - Walter Berndt
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Original vintage signed ink sketch of Smitty and Herby on an off-white 6 x 3.5 album page dated August 29, 1929, signed in black ink, “Berndt.” In fin
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Mel Blanc611 - Mel Blanc
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Color 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Blanc amongst his characters, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Eh—what’s up Steve? ‘Bugs Bunny & Gang,’ ...
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Merrill Blosser612 - Merrill Blosser
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Original vintage signed ink sketch of Freckles McGoosey and another character from Freckles and His Friends on an off-white 6 x 3.5 album page, signed
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