RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With more than 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an impressive assortment of historic collectibles. This month includes a special Literature section, with rare and significant items such as an illustrated, autographed manuscript of Hermann Hesse’s "Piktor's Verwandlungen"; Anton Chekhov's “Stories and Tales,” inscribed; a handwritten quotation from Guo Moruo; and many more top authors like Joyce, Tolkien, Orwell, Sartre, Sendak and Whitman. The Music section features incredible original artwork by Frederic Chopin; a 350-page “Who’s Who in Rock & Roll,” signed by hundreds of the genre’s greatest musicians; and a fully signed Beatles autograph with additional, rare signature from Ray Charles. This catalog also includes items from US History, Space, Art, Entertainment and more. 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 May 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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Matt Groening707 - Matt Groening
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Incredible limited edition hand-painted animation cel commemorating the first six 'Treehouse of Horror' episodes of The Simpsons, numbered 5...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Herge708 - Herge
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Signed book: Tintins Oplevelser: Det Knuste Ore. Belgium: Illustrationsforlaget, 1971. Softcover, 8.5 x 11.5, 62 pages. Signed and inscribed on the co
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Chuck Jones709 - Chuck Jones
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Exceptional original pencil sketch of Bugs Bunny bowing accomplished by Jones on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of his personal letterhead, August 11, 1977, bearin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Walter Lantz710 - Walter Lantz
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ALS, one page, 6 x 8, colorful Woody Woodpecker letterhead, June 8, 1987. In full: "Thank you for your lovely letter. It's nice people like...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz711 - Charles Schulz
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Fantastic original felt tip sketch of Snoopy seated accomplished by Schulz on an off-white 9 x 10.5 double-weight sheet of illustration paper, promine
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz712 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Charlie Brown's Third Super Book of Questions and Answers. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1978. Hardcover, 8.5 x ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz713 - Charles Schulz
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FDC honoring Yellowstone National Park, prominently signed in black felt tip, "Charles M. Schulz." In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz714 - Charles Schulz
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Original felt tip sketch of Woodstock smiling and dressed as a soldier on an off-white 8.25 x 10.75 sheet, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, &...
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Magnus Carlsson715 - Magnus Carlsson
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Two items: an original felt tip sketch of the titular character from the cartoon Robin, showing the unemployed Swedish bachelor smoking under the word
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Cartoon Classics Concept Artwork716 - Disney Cartoon Classics Concept Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios) Original color concept artwork for the box cover of the Super 8 home movie "Disney Cartoon Classics, Volume 1," acco...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Studios: Christmas Artwork717 - Disney Studios: Christmas Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1950s) Original hand-painted Christmas artwork done for the back cover of a comic book, showing Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Plut
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Studios: Goofy and Pluto Artwork718 - Disney Studios: Goofy and Pluto Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios/Whitman Publishing, 1950s) Original hand-painted artwork done for Whitman Publishing in the late 1950s, showing Pluto interruptin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Studios: Mickey and Donald Artwork719 - Disney Studios: Mickey and Donald Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios/Whitman Publishing, 1960s) Original hand-painted artwork done for Whitman Publishing in the early 1960s, showing Mickey Mouse, Mi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Studios: Mickey and Minnie Artwork720 - Disney Studios: Mickey and Minnie Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios/Whitman Publishing, 1950s) Original hand-painted artwork done for Whitman Publishing in the late 1950s, showing Mickey Mouse and
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Disney Studios: Mickey, Goofy, and Donald Artwork721 - Disney Studios: Mickey, Goofy, and Donald Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios/Whitman Publishing, 1960s) Original hand-painted artwork done for Whitman Publishing in the early 1960s, showing Mickey, Goofy, D
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Studios: Mickey's Birthday Artwork722 - Disney Studios: Mickey's Birthday Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios/Whitman Publishing, 1958) Original hand-painted artwork done for Whitman Publishing in honor of Mickey Mouse's 30th birthda...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Studios: Sleeping Beauty Artwork723 - Disney Studios: Sleeping Beauty Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios/Whitman Publishing, 1960s) Original hand-painted Sleeping Beauty artwork by Al Andersen for Whitman Publishing, showing Briar Ros
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Studios: Sleeping Beauty Artwork724 - Disney Studios: Sleeping Beauty Artwork
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(Walt Disney Studios/Whitman Publishing, 1960s) Original hand-painted Sleeping Beauty artwork by Al Anderson for Whitman Publishing, showing Prince Ph
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Production Drawing from The Dognapper725 - Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Production Drawing from The Dognapper
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1934) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from Donald's third cartoon, The Dognapper, showi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Elliott Production Cel from Pete's Dragon726 - Elliott Production Cel from Pete's Dragon
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1977) Original production cel featuring Elliott, the dragon from the live action/animated fantasy comedy Pete's Dragon, wi...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Elliott Production Cel from Pete's Dragon727 - Elliott Production Cel from Pete's Dragon
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1977) Original production cel featuring Elliott, the dragon from the live action/animated fantasy comedy Pete's Dragon, wi...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show728 - The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
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Fantastic animation cel group lot of the end credits for the first season of The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, with characters including Plastic
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mickey Mouse Production Drawing from Puppy Love729 - Mickey Mouse Production Drawing from Puppy Love
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Cute original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Puppy Love, showing the iconic Disney character carrying a bo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mickey Mouse and Pegleg Pete Production Drawing from Shanghaied730 - Mickey Mouse and Pegleg Pete Production Drawing from Shanghaied
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1934) Exciting original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Pegleg Pete from Shanghaied, showing them engaged in their
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frederic Chopin731 - Frederic Chopin
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A masterly sepia wash brush painting of a southern European landscape accomplished by Frederic Chopin on an off-white 9.5 x 7 sheet, signed below in i
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Estimate : 80,000.00 - 100,000.00
 
 
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Johannes Brahms732 - Johannes Brahms
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Impressive vintage 5.5 x 8.5 cabinet portrait of Brahms in a distinguished profile pose, signed below in black ink by Brahms, who adds a lengthy inscr
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Enrico Caruso733 - Enrico Caruso
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Fabulous original ink sketch accomplished by Caruso on an off-white 6 x 7.5 card, signed in the lower right, "Enrico Caruso, London, 1907."...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pietro Metastasio734 - Pietro Metastasio
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Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782), considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. ADS, in Italian, one page, 9 x 7, 1775. Metasta
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff735 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Attractive Ibbs & Tillett analytical program entitled "Recital by Rachmaninoff," eight pages, 5.75 x 9, signed on the front cover in f...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nino Rota736 - Nino Rota
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Italian composer and pianist (1911–1979) known for his film scores, which include several of Federico Fellini's films and the first two movies i...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dmitri Shostakovich737 - Dmitri Shostakovich
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Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Hand
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Big Bill Broonzy738 - Big Bill Broonzy
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Vintage program for a recital by 'Big' Bill Broonzy at the London Jazz Club on September 22, 1951, 5 x 8, signed on the front in black ink. ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Coltrane739 - John Coltrane
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Sought-after Giant Steps album signed on the back cover in black ballpoint by Coltrane. In fine condition, with a collector's date notation abov...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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John Coltrane740 - John Coltrane
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Sought-after vintage ballpoint signature of the revolutionary jazz saxophonist, "John Coltrane,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.75 slip, affixed to a...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Miles Davis741 - Miles Davis
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 30, 1967. Official letter from Dick Asher of CBS Records to Miles Davis, in part: "I understand from Clive Davis...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Gershwin742 - George Gershwin
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, April 12, 1934. Letter to Mrs. M. J. Golden, in part: "I very much appreciate your invitation...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Eric Dolphy743 - Eric Dolphy
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Innovative jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (1928–1965) who died suddenly at the age of 36 from a diabetic coma. Uncommon vintage
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday744 - Billie Holiday
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Marvelous vintage glossy 8.25 x 10 publicity photo of Holiday in a radiant bare-shouldered pose, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "For N...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Parker745 - Charlie Parker
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Attractive vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, "To Kayo, Sincerely, Charlie Parker,” on a pink 4.5 x 2.25 slip. In fine condition. ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Django Reinhardt746 - Django Reinhardt
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Jazz guitarist and composer (1910-1953) who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique, sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar. Vin...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie747 - Woody Guthrie
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Fantastic autograph lyrics for an apparently unpublished song, titled and signed at the top, "Prison Cell Dream,” one page, 7.75 x 10.75, signe...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Beatles and Ray Charles748 - Beatles and Ray Charles
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Amazing vintage autograph book, 5.5 x 6.75, signed inside on the same page in blue ballpoint, "Beatles, John Lennon," "George Harriso...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison749 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Harrisongs Ltd. business check, 7.75 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by George Harrison, payable to Bell Street Motors Limited for ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison750 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Signed book: Fifty Years Adrift. Limited first edition, numbered 206/2000. England: Genesis Publications, 1984. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 9.75, 541
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Beatles: Lennon and Harrison751 - Beatles: Lennon and Harrison
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Vintage membership card for The Cook's Ferry Club at the Cooks Ferry Inn in Edmonton, England, measures 8 x 3 open, signed inside in black ballp...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: McCartney and Starr752 - Beatles: McCartney and Starr
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Parlophone Records 45 RPM single record for 'Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane,' signed on the back of the sleeve in blue felt tip by P...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney753 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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Desirable circa 1963 Parlophone Records promo card of the Beatles during a recording session in the Abbey Road Studios, 5.75 x 3.5, signed and inscrib
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney754 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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Color 27.25 x 19.25 print of a Bill Bernstein photo showing Paul McCartney singing and playing a piano inside Rome's Colosseum, signed in the lo...
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Beatles: Ringo Starr755 - Beatles: Ringo Starr
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RCA Records 45 RPM single record for 'Wrack My Brain / Drumming Is My Madness,' signed on the front of the sleeve in blue ballpoint by Starr...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: Ringo Starr756 - Beatles: Ringo Starr
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Gray zip front jacket by Nigel Curtiss, personally-owned and –worn by Ringo Starr, size medium, composed of a blend of stainless and Tencel fabric, wi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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