Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Animation

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RR Auction's December Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings over 1,000 items to the auction block. A special animation section features production cels from a number of Disney classics, plus concept paintings by legendary artists Mary Blair and Eyvind Earle. Other important entertainment artifacts are Madonna's 1987 MTV VMA Award for 'Papa Don't Preach' and an Emmy Award for the Ernie Kovacs specials of the 1960s. Sports treasures include multiple Babe Ruth lots, a milestone game-used Pete Rose bat, and other high-grade vintage baseball cards. Not to be overlooked are significant autographs from Vincent van Gogh, King Henry VIII, Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and a variety of other iconic figures. 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 2022.
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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John Adams Autograph Document Signed1001 - John Adams Autograph Document Signed
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Boldly penned pair of legal documents written in the hand of John Adams, who signs the earlier example within the text, “John Adam...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President and Secretary of State1002 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President and Secretary of State
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed ‚ÄúJames Monroe‚Äù as president and ‚ÄúJohn Quincy Adams‚...
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John Quincy Adams Press Copy Letter1003 - John Quincy Adams Press Copy Letter
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Rare original press copy of an ALS by John Quincy Adams, one page, 7.5 x 9, February 15, 1815, addressed from Paris and sent to Under Secretary of Sta
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Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President1004 - Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President
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Vellum manuscript DS as president, one page, 19 x 15.5, August 20, 1829. Military land grant awarded by President Jackson for service in the Revolutio
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James K. Polk and James Buchanan Document Signed1005 - James K. Polk and James Buchanan Document Signed
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 18 x 14.5, July 28, 1848. President Polk appoints John Black as "Consul of the United States o...
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Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President1006 - Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President
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Historic autograph endorsement signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” originally penned on the reverse of a letter w...
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Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed1007 - Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed
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Autograph endorsement signed with his initials as president, "Please see Mr. Goggin, A. L.," on a 9 x 3.5 envelope imprinted "The Sec...
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James A. Garfield Document Signed as President1008 - James A. Garfield Document Signed as President
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Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, June 16, 1881. President Garfield appoints Daniel P. Foley as "Third Lieutenant in the ...
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Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President1009 - Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 13.5, May 16, 1882. President Arthur appoints Loren B. Hurd as "Postmaster at Springfield, in th...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's Sterling Silver Pendant Watch Given to Her By FDR1010 - Eleanor Roosevelt's Sterling Silver Pendant Watch Given to Her By FDR
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Eleanor Roosevelt's beautiful personally-owned and -used Swiss lady's .900 silver hunting cased pendant watch, sold through A. Frankfield &a...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President1011 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9, February 10, 1938. Letter to Colonel Arthur Murray, in full: “I begin ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Photograph1012 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Photograph
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Fantastic vintage matte-finish 8.75 x 10.25 photo of President Roosevelt tipping his cap during a July 1934 visit to Hawaii, affixed to its original 9
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Sketch1013 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Sketch
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Pencil drawing of FDR accomplished by an amateur artist on a tan 7.5 x 10.25 sheet, signed in fountain pen in the lower margin, "Franklin D. Ro...
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Harry S. Truman Autograph Letter Signed1014 - Harry S. Truman Autograph Letter Signed
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Rare ALS signed "Harry," three pages, 5 x 7.5, United States Senate letterhead, April 1, 1935. Handwritten letter to John Snyder, later hi...
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed1015 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 7.75 x 10, United States Senate letterhead, April 22, 1940. Letter to friend and l...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Oversized Photograph1016 - Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Oversized Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 photo of Ike seated and holding his glasses, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "For th...
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Bill Clinton Autograph Letter Signed1017 - Bill Clinton Autograph Letter Signed
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Interesting ALS as the Governor of Arkansas, signed “Best, Bill,” three pages on two sheets, 7.25 x 10.5, Govern...
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Joe Biden Signed Oversized Photograph1018 - Joe Biden Signed Oversized Photograph
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Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with other
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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George W. Bush Signed Book1019 - George W. Bush Signed Book
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Signed book: 41: A Portrait of My Father. First deluxe edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2014. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 9, 294 pages. Signed on the f
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George W. Bush Signed Book1020 - George W. Bush Signed Book
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Signed book: Out of Many, One. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2021. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 10.25, 208 pages. Signed on the half-title
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