Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's December Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts more than 900 lots, highlighted by a multitude of important historical letters and a robust selection of material from popular culture. Highlights of the sale include a signed Abraham Lincoln carte-de-visite, checks from George Washington and Donald Trump, a Charles Dickens autograph quote from A Christmas Carol, rare artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor, unique mixed-media artwork by Bob Dylan, a Christmas card from Al Capone, and rare oversized 'outtake' prints from the Beatles' famous Abbey Road shoot. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in December 2018.
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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Deke Slayton and Tom Stafford443 - Deke Slayton and Tom Stafford
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Three official glossy 10.25 x 8 NASA photos, each signed in black felt tip by Deke Slayton and in blue felt tip by Tom Stafford, who adds an inscripti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tom Stafford444 - Tom Stafford
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Group of five glossy photos, ranging in size from 3.5 x 5 to 10 x 8, each signed in felt tip by Tom Stafford. In overall fine condition, with a corner
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Constantin Brâncu?i445 - Constantin Brâncu?i
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Pioneering Romanian sculptor (1876–1957) whose art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic a
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall446 - Marc Chagall
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Signed book: Chagall by Raymond Cogniat. Paris: Flammarion. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 11.25, 95 pages. Artistically signed and inscribed on th
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Howard Chandler Christy447 - Howard Chandler Christy
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Original circa 1917 color 19.5 x 29.5 poster from World War I designed by Howard Chandler Christy, showing a woman in white waving the American flag a
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Salvador Dali448 - Salvador Dali
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ALS in Spanish, one page, 5.5 x 7, Hotel Ritz, Barcelona letterhead, stamp-dated May 28, 1956. Letter to a gentleman, in part (translated): "Ou...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali449 - Salvador Dali
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Magnificent original twice-signed ballpoint sketch accomplished inside a folding print of one of his works published in 1965 by Hoechst Iberica S. A.,
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Hubert de Givenchy450 - Hubert de Givenchy
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French fashion designer (born 1927) who founded the House of Givenchy in 1952, famous for designing clothes for the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jacque
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Yousuf Karsh451 - Yousuf Karsh
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Semi-glossy 5 x 8 cardstock photo of the esteemed portrait photographer in a contemplative pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, "Inscribed ...
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David Levine452 - David Levine
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Original ink sketch of a pen with an evil grin on the reverse of a 4.75 x 6.25 gallery opening card, neatly signed and inscribed, "2/4/86, D. L...
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Nickolas Muray453 - Nickolas Muray
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Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic fencer (1892–1965), who was a celebrated portrait photographer, with his work gracing the pages of Ha
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nadar454 - Nadar
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Pseudonym of Gaspard-Felix Tournachon (1820–1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. ALS in French, one page
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Pablo Picasso455 - Pablo Picasso
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Signed book: Picasso: 347 Gravures. First edition. Paris: Draeger, 1968. Softcover, 6.5 x 6.5, 144 pages. Beautifully signed and inscribed on a free e
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell456 - Norman Rockwell
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Rockwell, payable to John Persip for $70, February 5, 1959. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentica
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Norman Rockwell457 - Norman Rockwell
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Color 30.5 x 12.5 print entitled 'Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas,' signed in blue ink, "Sincerely, Norman Rockwell." In very...
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Norman Rockwell458 - Norman Rockwell
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Felt tip signature, "Sincerely, Norman Rockwell,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 bookplate. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fin...
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Auguste Rodin459 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “Aug. Rodin,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 8.25, December 24, 1914. Letter to Joseph Herbert Moore, thanking him fo
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Felicien Rops460 - Felicien Rops
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Belgian artist (1833–1898) known primarily as a printmaker in etching and aquatint, famed for his work that tends to mingle sex and death. ALS in Fren
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Felicien Rops461 - Felicien Rops
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Belgian artist (1833–1898) known primarily as a printmaker in etching and aquatint, famed for his work that tends to mingle sex and death. ALS in Fren
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Yves Saint Laurent462 - Yves Saint Laurent
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French fashion designer (1936–2008) recognized as one of the most celebrated and influential designers of the 20th century. Original unsigned pencil d
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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