RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction’s February Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction will host over 750 lots of historical memorabilia from all genres, ranging from America’s presidents to the starlets of Hollywood. Among the highlights offered for sale are rare autograph letters by Alan Turing and Albert Einstein, a signed photo of Emperor Hirohito, a Roman Olympic torch, and Peter Finch’s Golden Globe for Network. 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 February 2017.
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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Gene Cernan357 - Gene Cernan
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Impressive color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Cernan holding the American flag with a miniscule Earth in the background, signed in silver ink, “Gene Ce
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Michael Collins358 - Michael Collins
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Signed book: Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space. First edition, first printing. NY: Grove Press, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacke...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Michael Collins359 - Michael Collins
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Collins posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, “Mike Collins.” In fine co
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Michael Collins360 - Michael Collins
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Oversized color semi-glossy 18.25 x 14.5 photo of the Apollo 11 lunar module rising above the moon with a crescent Earth in the distance, signed on th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Cunningham361 - Walt Cunningham
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Limited edition embroidered Apollo 7 mission patch, measuring approximately 4.25 x 3.25, numbered 241/300, signed on the reverse in black felt tip by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Glenn362 - John Glenn
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Two TLSs, both signed "J. H. Glenn, Jr.," one page, 8.5 x 11, dated 1966–1967. The first, in part: "Thank you for your letter…asking ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Glenn363 - John Glenn
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Color semi-glossy 7.75 x 10 cardstock photo of Glenn in a close-up pose, with a Saturn rocket model in the background, signed and inscribed in black b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mrs. Robert Goddard364 - Mrs. Robert Goddard
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TLS signed "Esther C. Goddard," one page, 6.25 x 7, One Tallawanda Drive letterhead, August 20, 1969. Letter to White House social secreta...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Paul Haney365 - Paul Haney
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Three items related to Paul Haney, the MSC public affairs officer who famously delivered the live mission control commentary during the Gemini and Apo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin366 - Jim Irwin
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Uncommon glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Irwin posing in his white space suit with a model of a Saturn rocket, signed and inscribed in black ink, &...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin367 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, “Jim Irwin,” with a printed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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ISS368 - ISS
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Flown official color glossy 4 x 6 red-numbered NASA photo of the two-man crew of Expedition 10, signed on the front in black felt tip by Leroy Chiao a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz369 - Gene Kranz
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Gene Kranz's Recovery Operations Team certificate, 11.75 x 8.25, signed in the lower left corner by Chief of Recovery Donald E. Stullken, with a...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronaut LIFE Magazine Pitch Letter370 - Mercury Astronaut LIFE Magazine Pitch Letter
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TLS signed "Sincerely, Edward K. Thompson," two pages, 7.25 x 11, Life letterhead, April 9, 1959. Letter to the prospective astronauts of ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts LIFE Magazine Payment Letter371 - Mercury Astronauts LIFE Magazine Payment Letter
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TLS signed "Leo," one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Law Offices of De Orsey and Thompson letterhead, November 22, 1960. Letter to "the boys" ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jo Schirra372 - Jo Schirra
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Two TLSs from Time Magazine and Life Magazine, both one page, 6.25 x 6.75 and 7.25 x 11, addressed to Jo Schirra, the wife of Sigma 7 astronaut Wally
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Wally Schirra and Walter Cunningham373 - Wally Schirra and Walter Cunningham
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Unusual training-used double-sided map of Earth with a translucent orbital overlay, 19.75 x 9, signed on the map in black felt tip, "Walt Cunni...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Dave Scott374 - Dave Scott
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Signed book: Two Sides of the Moon. First British edition. London: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 415 pages. S...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard375 - Alan Shepard
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Shepard in a close-up pose with a Saturn rocket model in the background, signed and inscribed in blue ball
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sieger Apollo and Mercury Stamp Set376 - Sieger Apollo and Mercury Stamp Set
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Near-complete set of nineteen Sieger stamps representing the Mercury and Apollo missions, each signed by one of the mission's astronauts, includ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Skylab 2377 - Skylab 2
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Choice color semi-glossy 14 x 11 photo of the Skylab crew in their orange flight suits, affixed to its original 20 x 16 mount, signed in black felt ti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS-6: Paul Weitz378 - STS-6: Paul Weitz
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Flown fold-out map of Earth carried on the STS-6 mission, 52 x 10.25, signed and flight-certified in the right margin in blue ballpoint, "Flown...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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X-15 Pilots379 - X-15 Pilots
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Flown limited edition commemorative cover, 9.25 x 4, with a cachet honoring the X-15 pilots, 202/1500, flown over Edwards Air Force Base by Joe Engle,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Young380 - John Young
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Desirable color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Young posing in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “John Young, 9th man on the m
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Young381 - John Young
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Ideal color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Young jumping off the lunar surface and saluting the American flag, signed in silver ink, “John Young, 9th ma
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum382 - Gutzon Borglum
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Remarkable ALS bearing an original ink sketch of Mount Rushmore and the bust of George Washington, three pages on two sheets, 8 x 10.5, Metropolitan C
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Mathew Brady383 - Mathew Brady
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ANS signed “B,” at the top of a letter to Brady from Elijah Cook, nephew of pioneer photographer Charles D. Fredricks, four pages on two adjoining she
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Estimate : 2,400.00 - 2,600.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali384 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali de Gala. Edita: Lausanne, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 9.75, 227 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in bl
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali385 - Salvador Dali
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Rare signed book: Salvador Dali: Le Mythe Tragique de L'Angelus de Millet. Limited edition. France: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1963. Clothbound hardc...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Keith Haring386 - Keith Haring
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Uncommon ANS, one page, 5.5 x 8, personal stationery featuring his famous 'Radiant Baby' image, no date. In full: "Keith Haring, 676 Br...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jean Auguste Ingres387 - Jean Auguste Ingres
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Esteemed French Neoclassical painter (1780–1867). Untranslated third-person ALS in French, signed within the text, “Mr. Ingres,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Joan Miro388 - Joan Miro
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ANS in French, signed “Miro,” one page, 8.25 x 11.5, personal letterhead, December 5, 1979. Response to an admirer offering good wishes for the new ye
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso389 - Pablo Picasso
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Desirable pairing of circa 1962 postcards: a 4 x 6 photo of one of Picasso's artworks depicting the face of a bull, signed in the upper border i...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jackson Pollock390 - Jackson Pollock
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Virtually unobtainable Osborne Trust Company check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Pollock, "Jackson Pollock," paya...
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin391 - Auguste Rodin
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Rodin,” one page, 5.25 x 7, Exposition A. Rodin letterhead, no date. Archivally mounted, matted, and framed betwee
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol392 - Andy Warhol
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Desirable original felt tip sketch of the classic Campbell's Soup can on a light brown 7 x 9.25 sheet of cardboard, neatly signed below in black...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright393 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Uncommon TMS, eleven onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, dated February 1953, signed and inscribed at the top of the first page in blue ballpoint to Lewis Mumf
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Richard Avedon395 - Richard Avedon
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Color 36 x 24.5 poster entitled ‘Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent,’ featuring Avedon’s classic image of the actress wrapped in a python, signed in thi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leonard Baskin396 - Leonard Baskin
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ALS signed “Leonard,” two pages both sides, 7.25 x 11, The Gehenna Press letterhead, December 15, 1963. Letter concerning his exhibition schedule at t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Cruikshank397 - George Cruikshank
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Two items: an ink signature, "Geo. Cruikshank," adding a wonderful sketch of an ostrich on an off-white 7.75 x 4.27 sheet, dated October 1...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alfred Grevin398 - Alfred Grevin
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Caricaturist (1827–1892) best known during his lifetime for his caricature silhouettes of contemporary Parisian women. Two items: an untranslated ALS
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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LeRoy Neiman399 - LeRoy Neiman
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Color postcard showing a 1996 LeRoy Neiman painting entitled 'The Three Tenors,' 8 x 5.5, signed in blue felt tip by Placido Domingo and Jos...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leroy Neiman400 - Leroy Neiman
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Vibrantly colored 38.25 x 22 lithograph of LeRoy Neiman's 1979 painting of the F. X. McRory Whiskey Bar in Seattle, Washington, signed in the lo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leroy Neiman401 - Leroy Neiman
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Color 22.5 x 31 lithograph of a LeRoy Neiman painting from 2002 entitled 'The Voice,' showing Frank Sinatra in a purple suit and sitting in ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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LeRoy Neiman402 - LeRoy Neiman
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Star-studded color 39.5 x 17.75 lithograph of a LeRoy Neiman painting entitled 'Polo Lounge,' showing an assortment celebrities at the famed...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Arthur Rackham403 - Arthur Rackham
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ALS, one page on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 government postcard, stamp-dated April 15, 1915. Letter to Mary Tylden Patterson, in full: "Very ma...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell404 - Norman Rockwell
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Wonderful color 29 x 35 collotype print of a 1929 Norman Rockwell painting entitled 'Doctor and Doll,' signed below in black felt tip by the...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Tenniel405 - John Tenniel
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British illustrator (1820–1914) best known for his collaborations with Lewis Carroll on the Alice in Wonderland books. Scarce ink signature, "Y...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol406 - Andy Warhol
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Invitation card for Warhol's 'Ladies and Gentlemen' exhibition at the Galerie Bischofberger from February 13–March 6, 1976, 5.75 x 8.25,...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol407 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard depicting Warhol's 1964 work 'Flowers,' 4 x 5.75, signed in the lower border in his preferred thick black felt tip. In fi...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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