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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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Charles Dickens834 - Charles Dickens
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Partial self-contained ANS signed “Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” one page, 4 x 2, no date. Last paragraph of a longer letter which reads, in par
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens835 - Charles Dickens
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Bank check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to Self for £5.0.0, January 24, 1859. In very good condition, with three vertical ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Paul Laurence Dunbar836 - Paul Laurence Dunbar
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African-American poet (1872–1906), known for his colorful use of language and dialect, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 33. Scarce vintage ink s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edna Ferber839 - Edna Ferber
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Well-done 8 x 10 print of an illustrated portrait of Ferber affixed to an 11 x 14 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen. Some edge tears and chip
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Frost840 - Robert Frost
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Tri-fold program for a dinner in Frost’s honor at the Lotos Club on May 24, 1962, 9 x 12, signed and inscribed in the upper right in black ink, “Rober
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Frost841 - Robert Frost
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Vintage matte-finish 4 x 6.5 photo, boldly signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with some light mounting remnants to reverse an
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Elizabeth Gaskell842 - Elizabeth Gaskell
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Partial ALS signed “E. C. Gaskell,” one page, 4.5 x 3.25, no date. Conclusion of a letter to the wife of British statesman John Bright. In full: “Few
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German Authors, Composers and Painters843 - German Authors, Composers and Painters
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Menu for a banquet at the Prussian Academy of Arts in honor of poet Rudolf Binding’s 70th birthday on August 13, 1937. Numerous prominent German write
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nathaniel Hawthorne844 - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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DS, signed “Nath’l Hawthorne,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 13, October 22, 1856. Customs document in which John Holmes declares that his ship is carry
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Langston Hughes845 - Langston Hughes
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Vintage glossy 7 x 5 photo of Hughes posing outdoors, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Wesley Hartley, Sincerely, Langston Hughes 1957.” In f
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Ernest Hemingway846 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 597 pages....
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway847 - Ernest Hemingway
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Superb vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 9.25 photo of Hemingway posing with a lion he brought down on safari in January of 1934, signed and inscribed in bl
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Langston Hughes848 - Langston Hughes
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Tri-fold program for his opera entitled The Barrier, 5.5 x 8.5, January 1950, signed and inscribed on the cover in fountain pen, “For Sol—Sincerely, L
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Washington Irving849 - Washington Irving
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Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, June 28, 1859. In fine condition, with a few partial separations along folds and some light toning.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rockwell Kent850 - Rockwell Kent
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Signed book: This Is My Own. First edition. NY: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1940. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.25, 393 pages. Signed on the half-title page in bla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rockwell Kent851 - Rockwell Kent
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Signed book: Greenland Journal. Limited first edition of 1000 copies (this being No. 790). NY: Ivan Obelensky, Inc., 1962. Hardcover with slipcase, 6
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Jack Kerouac852 - Jack Kerouac
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TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 24, 1966. Letter to Richard Seaver. In full: “I adjure you, enjoin thee, and entreat youse to send back thi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rudyard Kipling853 - Rudyard Kipling
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 3.25, personal letterhead, May 5, 1911. Letter to Lord Blyth. In part: “Thank you very much indeed for that splendid
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carl Larsson854 - Carl Larsson
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Popular Swedish painter and illustrator (1853–1919). ALS in French, three pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, Sundborn, Falen,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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D. H. Lawrence855 - D. H. Lawrence
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, December 18, 1913. Lawrence writes to “Davies,” from Lerici per Frascherino, Golfo della Spezia, Ita
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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