RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Harrison Schmitt505 - Harrison Schmitt
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Schmitt in a suit and tie with an astronaut pin on his lapel, boldly signed in black felt tip, “Jack Schmitt.” In fine conditio
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard506 - Alan Shepard
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Glossy 8 x 10 portrait photo of Shepard in a suit and tie with a Saturn rocket model in the background, neatly signed in blue ballpoint, “Alan B. Shep
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Shuttle and Skylab507 - Shuttle and Skylab
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Large collection of over thirty items related to the Skylab and Space Shuttle programs, including: a flown Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System (TP
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab 2508 - 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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Space509 - Space
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Collection of miscellaneous space items, including: a full set of the five variations of Soviet Space Troops wings; a Soviet Order of the Red Star bad
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Badges510 - Space Badges
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Interesting collection of NASA badges and passes, including: Gene Kranz’s laminated Skylab badge for the NASA Johnson Space Center, Mission Control Ce
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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SpaceShipOne511 - SpaceShipOne
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Two unsigned models: a scale model of the Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne spaceplane and its ‘mothership’ the White Knight, measuring 11? long and 17.5
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS-6: Paul Weitz512 - STS-6: Paul Weitz
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Flown embroidered STS-6 mission patch, 4.5? in diameter, affixed at the top of a matted 11 x 14 display with two images of the shuttle, signed at the
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STS–73: Kathy Thornton Thornton513 - STS–73: Kathy Thornton Thornton
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Kathy Thornton’s light blue Land’s End polo long sleeve shirt worn and flown during the STS–73 mission, women’s size small, embroidered on the left ch
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Paul Weitz514 - Paul Weitz
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Two Beta cloth swatches, both approximately 9.25 x 9 and bearing a 3.5? diameter Skylab I (SL–2) mission insignia in the center, both signed in black
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Paul Weitz515 - Paul Weitz
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Flown two-sided checklist page carried on board STS-6, 10 x 8.5, showing numerous panels and identified as pages 3-27 and 3-28, signed at the bottom i
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Al Worden516 - Al Worden
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Collection of three color 8 x 10 photos, each signed in black felt tip by Worden, including: an official NASA lithograph of him in his white space sui
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John Young517 - John Young
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Outstanding color satin-finish 40 x 8.5 panoramic photo of Commander Young tending to the Lunar Rover, signed in silver ink, “Station 10: Aligning Hi-
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John J. Audubon518 - John J. Audubon
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Scarce ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9.25, June 22, 1844. Letter to his sons, Victor and John, in part: “I reached our good friend Capt. Cummings yesterday aft
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Francis Bacon519 - Francis Bacon
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Important British painter (1909–1992) best known for his grotesque, sometimes violent imagery often incorporating flayed human figures. Signed exhibit
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Merritt Chase520 - William Merritt Chase
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Distinguished American painter (1849–1916) best known for his society portraits rendered in his distinctive impressionist style. Uncommon ALS signed “
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Cruikshank521 - George Cruikshank
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Original signed pencil sketch on an off-white 6 x 4 sheet, depicting a shoreline with two men and a harpooned seal against a backdrop of harbored ship
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gustave Eiffel522 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.25, Rue de Prony letterhead, January 20, 1888. Letter to a gentleman, in f
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Montgomery Flagg523 - James Montgomery Flagg
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Fantastic original pencil, ink, and watercolor sketch on an off-white 8.25 x 10.75 sheet, depicting a doctor making a house call during a blizzard, hi
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse524 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. In full (translated): “I am asking the TR. Mother Gille to let the chapel be visit
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir525 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, Les Collettes letterhead, November 9, 1912. Letter to a friend, in full (translated): “I have a
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell526 - Norman Rockwell
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Rockwell, payable to Cash for $3, February 20, 1959. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentic
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Mark Rothko527 - Mark Rothko
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American abstract expressionist (1903–1970) best known for his imposing color field paintings. Booklet entitled Art of the Americas Bulletin: Current
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ernest Shepard528 - Ernest Shepard
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Detailed original signed ink sketch of a group of distinguished 19th–century gentlemen on an off-white 12.25 x 8.75 illustration board, signed in the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Jan Toorop529 - Jan Toorop
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Dutch-Indonesian painter (1858–1928) who worked in various styles, including Symbolism and Art Noveau. Untranslated ALS in Dutch, signed “J. Toorop,”
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec530 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “Henri,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to “My Dear Georges,” in full (translated): "Come to see me at 5 PM Tuesd...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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J. M. W. Turner531 - J. M. W. Turner
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Highly regarded English Romanticist landscape painter (1775–1851). Third-person ALS signed within the text, “Mr. Turner,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, no dat
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright532 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Uncommon TMS, nine onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, dated February 1953, signed and inscribed at the top of the first page in blue ballpoint, “To Lewis—F. L
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright533 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Wright, payable to John H. Howe for $30, March 1, 1954. In fine
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright534 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Signed book: The Natural House. First edition. NY: Horizon Press, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.25 x 10.25, 223 pages. Signed and inscribed on a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Wyeth535 - Andrew Wyeth
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10, The Mill letterhead, no date. Letter to Mr. Goodbreck, in full: “Many thanks for your fine letter and I am pleased that you
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Artists536 - Artists
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Diverse collection of just over 100 signatures of artists from around the world, primarily on cards or covers bearing affixed postage stamps of the ar
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Artists537 - Artists
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Signed book: The Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters: First Fifty years, 1928—1978. Limited first edition, numbered 667/1000. Seattle, WA: Puget S
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Otto Dix and George Grosz538 - Otto Dix and George Grosz
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Two items: an ALS in German by Otto Dix, one page, 8.25 x 11.5, October 31, 1962, in part (translated): “Enclosed is a photo. For 2,000 DM you can acq
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Erte539 - Erte
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Art Deco–style color 19.75 x 29 poster for Erte’s exhibition at the Sears Vincent Price Gallery in Chicago from December 11–January 6, 1968, signed an
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Al Hirschfeld540 - Al Hirschfeld
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Limited edition 14.5 x 19.75 print of Marlene Dietrich, numbered 31/200, signed in the lower right in pencil, “Hirschfeld.” Framed and in fine conditi
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David Hockney541 - David Hockney
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Desirable color 24 x 38 poster for Parade by the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1981, signed at the bottom in red watercolor paint by Hockney. Printed
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Felix Nadar542 - 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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maxfield Parrish543 - Maxfield Parrish
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Vellum tribute page, 8.75 x 7, removed from a book assembled to honor Carl Laemmle’s 50th anniversary in the motion picture business. In gorgeous penm
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell544 - Norman Rockwell
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Three items: an attractive ballpoint ‘stencil’ signature, “Norman Rockwell,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card with an affixed postage stamp; a ballpoin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol545 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of a semi-abstract portrait of Warhol, 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip, “Andy.” In fine condition, with sligh
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol546 - Andy Warhol
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Ballpoint signature, “Andy Warhol, 71,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.
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Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and Philip Johnson547 - Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and Philip Johnson
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Signed exhibition catalogue: Johns, Stella, Warhol: Works in Series. Corpus Christi: Art Museum of South Texas, 1972. Softcover, 10 x 10, 47 pages. Si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andrew Wyeth548 - Andrew Wyeth
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Signed book: The Art of Andrew Wyeth. First edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1973. Leatherbound hardcover, 12 x 9.25, 176 pages. Signed and
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Joe Barbera549 - Joe Barbera
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Signed book: My Life in Toons. First edition, first printing. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 250 pages. Si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bob Clampett550 - Bob Clampett
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(Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1955–1963) Scarce original drawing by Bob Clampett featuring Tweety accomplished in felt tip and colored pencil on an
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Estimate : 700.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert Crumb551 - Robert Crumb
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Signed books: The first four volumes of The Complete Crumb Comics. First editions. Westlake Village, CA: Fantagraphics Books, 1987–1989. Hardcovers, 8
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Roy O. Disney552 - Roy O. Disney
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DS, two pages both sides, 8.5 x 11.5, May 17, 1954. Pledge and assignment of mortgage and chattels between the Walt Disney Company and the Bank of Ame
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Disney553 - Walt Disney
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One-of-a-kind painting featuring Mickey Mouse made to honor the retirement of Disney camera department employee Peter Sofinsky, circa late 1950s, pres
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney554 - Walt Disney
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Wonderful vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Disney, prominently and attractively signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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