RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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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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British Sculptors531 - British Sculptors
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Collection of four items, each signed by a different sculptor. Signers are: Anthony Caro (magazine photo), Henry Moore (signature), Jacob Epstein (sig
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Alexander Calder532 - Alexander Calder
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Unique hand-addressed mailing envelope, 10 x 4.5, artistically addressed in black felt tip in Calder’s hand to “Curt Valentin, 32 East 57 Street, New
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Jules Cheret533 - Jules Cheret
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French painter and lithographer who became a master of Belle Epoque poster art (1836–1932). ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.5, personal l
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Salvador Dali534 - Salvador Dali
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Color 8.75 x 11.75 book photo of Dali’s 1966–67 surrealist work entitled ‘Tuna Fishing,’ signed in person in the right border in blue felt tip. Dampst
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Salvador Dali535 - Salvador Dali
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Two items: an impressive color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of Salvador Dali with his doctor, signed in white grease pencil, “Dali, 1979”; and a menu fo
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Salvador Dali536 - Salvador Dali
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Numbered color photo postcard, 6 x 4, featuring an unusual image entitled, “La Tour D’Argent,” signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, “Dali.” In ver
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Salvador Dali537 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Les Diners de Gala. Later printing. NY: Felicie, Inc., 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 12.25, 322 pages. Signed and inscribed on
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Eugene Delacroix538 - Eugene Delacroix
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Uncommon ALS in French, signed “E. Delacroix,” one page, 5 x 7.5, postmarked 1844 on the reverse of the second integral page. Letter to Monsieur Feuil
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Sonia Delaunay539 - Sonia Delaunay
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Jewish-French artist (1885–1979) who, along with her husband, co-founded the Orphism art movement. Exhibition catalog for a Delaunay retrospective at
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Raoul Dufy540 - Raoul Dufy
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Vintage ballpoint signature, “Raoul Dufy,” on an off-white 5.5 x 8.5 sheet also signed by four others, including Bertha Reysz and Barbara and Dick Lee
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Laura Knight541 - Laura Knight
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British artist (1877–1970) known as a painter in the figurative, realist tradition who embraced English Impressionism. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x
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Konstantin Korovin542 - Konstantin Korovin
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Russian Impressionist painter (1861–1939). Rare ALS in Cyrillic, signed “K. Korovin,” one page both sides, 5 x 8.25, no date. Boldly penned untranslat
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Lucien Moretti543 - Lucien Moretti
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Original painting, entitled “Catherine No. 140,” oil on canvas stretched across a wooden frame, 8.5 x 10.75, depicting a young red-headed woman lookin
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Georgia O’Keeffe544 - Georgia O’Keeffe
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FDC with a metallic cachet honoring artist Charles M. Russell, signed in fountain pen by O’Keefe. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication hol
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Pablo Picasso545 - Pablo Picasso
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Matte-finish 9 x 6.5 photo of Picasso, a cigarette in hand, posing in front of a large bust, taken by the studio of A. Hemery of Paris, signed in the
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir546 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Exquisite miniature white porcelain cup and saucer set painted by Renoir with magnificent blue and green flowers on the front of the cup and center of
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Gerhard Richter547 - Gerhard Richter
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German artist (born 1932) whose works have achieved world-record prices at auction. Two items: ALS in German, signed “G. Richter,” one page, personal
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Norman Rockwell548 - Norman Rockwell
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Color limited edition 19.5 x 25.5 lithograph entitled ‘Golf,’ depicting a father and son on the links, numbered 177/200, signed in pencil. In fine con
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Norman Rockwell549 - Norman Rockwell
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Color 10 x 13.25 magazine print of Rockwell’s famous scene entitled ‘Thanksgiving, 1951,’ signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip,
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Edouard Vuillard550 - Edouard Vuillard
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French painter and printmaker (1868–1940). ALS in French, signed “E Vuillard,” one page, 4.25 x 6, no date, but postmarked 1945. Short untranslated le
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Andy Warhol551 - Andy Warhol
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Color 4 x 5.75 postcard of Warhol’s psychedelic 1967 self-portrait, signed in the lower border in purple felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol552 - Andy Warhol
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Invitation to a reception celebrating the opening of Warhol’s exhibition ‘Ladies and Gentlemen,’ depicting one of his works from the series on the fro
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Andrew Wyeth553 - Andrew Wyeth
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Softcover exhibition catalog from his 1966 show organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, published by Abercrombie & Fitch Co. of ...
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Arthur Beeman555 - Arthur Beeman
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Two items: original unsigned hand-inked two-panel Those Were the Days daily comic strip, trimmed and affixed to a 15.5 x 5 sheet of artist’s cardstock
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Marge Buell556 - Marge Buell
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ANS signed “Marge,” one page, 5.75 x 3.5, no date. Brief note to an admirer. In full: “I am very sorry to be so late in answering your letter, but I j
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Comic Artists557 - Comic Artists
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Collection of six photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in felt tip by a cartoonist. Signers are: Stan Lee (ins), Janet Waldo, Bill Hanna and Joe Bar
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Al Capp558 - Al Capp
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Original hand-inked three panel comic strip, 22.5 x 6.75, showing a chaotic courtroom scene featuring his famous Li'l Abner hillbilly characters...
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Comic Artists559 - Comic Artists
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Collection of seven items: ink and ballpoint signatures of six different cartoonists on individual white double-weight 5.75 x 3.5 custom-made collecto
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George Crenshaw560 - George Crenshaw
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Two items: original hand-inked one-panel cartoon on an 8.5 x 9.5 sheet of artist’s cardstock, signed in the lower right, “Geo. Crenshaw”; and an origi
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Walt Disney561 - Walt Disney
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DS, signed “Walter E. Disney,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, February 15, 1960. Minutes of the 1960 annual meeting of the shareholders of WED Enterprises, Inc.
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Walt Disney562 - Walt Disney
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Outstanding vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Disney posing casually, boldly signed in fountain pen. In fine condition. An absolutely fantastic ima
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Walt Disney563 - Walt Disney
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Large and bold fountain pen signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with a bit of trivial edge toning. Accompanied by
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Walt Disney564 - Walt Disney
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Fabulously large ballpoint signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Beautifully double-matted and framed with a color portrait of Disney
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Disney: Mother Goose Goes to Hollywood565 - Disney: Mother Goose Goes to Hollywood
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A pair of original production drawings featuring three of the Marx Brothers from the 1983 cartoon Mother Goose Goes to Hollywood. Accomplished in grap
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Disney: Fantasia566 - Disney: Fantasia
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A fantastic concept painting by James Bodrero for the 1940 Disney classic Fantasia, graphite and watercolor on 12 field animation paper. Design for th
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Disney: Jiminy Cricket567 - Disney: Jiminy Cricket
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Original production drawing of Jiminy Cricket from the original Mickey Mouse Club, circa 1960s. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on 16 fiel
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Disney: Fantasia568 - Disney: Fantasia
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Original concept drawing of a Minotaur lassoing two unicorns from the 1940 film Fantasia. Accomplished in pastel on 12 field animation paper. Minotaur
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Disney: Mickey’s Gala Premier569 - Disney: Mickey’s Gala Premier
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Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Charlie Chaplin from the 1933 short Mickey’s Gala Premiere. Accomplished in graphite on 12 fiel
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Disney: Peter Pan570 - Disney: Peter Pan
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Wonderful original production drawing of Peter Pan from the 1953 film Peter Pan. Accomplished in graphite on 16 field animation paper. Full-length ima
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Disney: Sleeping Beauty572 - Disney: Sleeping Beauty
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Original production drawing of Maleficent as the fire-breathing dragon in 1959’s Sleeping Beauty. Accomplished in graphite on 16 field animation paper
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Henry Formhals573 - Henry Formhals
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Two original hand-inked three-panel Freckles and His Friends daily comic strips, both approximately 16 x 5, each signed in black ink in one of the pan
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Chuck Jones574 - Chuck Jones
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Original signed and inscribed pencil sketch of Daffy Duck in an elaborate costume and helmet on an off-white 8.25 x 10.5 sheet of Jones’s personal sta
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Friz Freleng575 - Friz Freleng
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Box set entitled The Art of Friz Freleng. Includes one book examining the life and creative genius of Freleng, hardcover, 240 pages, limited edition (
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Larry Lewis576 - Larry Lewis
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Two original hand-inked daily comic strips on individual sheets of artist’s cardstock, both 16 x 5, from 1969 and 1970, each signed in black ink, “Lew
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John Liney577 - John Liney
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Three items: ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Henry-illustrated letterhead. In part: “The greatest satisfaction in my career was a letter from the Wilson…Scho
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Lone Ranger578 - Lone Ranger
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Original production cel featuring the Lone Ranger from the 1980s Lone Ranger animated series. The cel is placed on a hand-painted production backgroun
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Otto Messmer579 - Otto Messmer
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Original signed and inscribed pencil and felt tip sketch of Felix the Cat on an off-white 3.75 x 6 card, signed and inscribed, “To Roger Harris—Otto M
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John M. Morris580 - John M. Morris
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Three items: an original hand-inked political cartoon, 12.25 x 14.5, of a painter doing an abstract portrait, signed in black ink, “Morris”; a two-pag
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Bob Naylor581 - Bob Naylor
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Collection of six items: five original hand-inked Big Sister daily comic strips, all approximately 17.5 x 5.5, each signed in the final panel in black
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Sarge O’Neill and Bill Wright582 - Sarge O’Neill and Bill Wright
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Collection of four items: original hand-inked four-panel Lippy the Yippie daily comic strip, 17.75 x 5, signed in black ink in the last panel, “Wright
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