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 Profumo Typed Letter Signed1202 - John Profumo Typed Letter Signed
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British politician (1915-2006) whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961. The scandal
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Prohibition: 1930 Liquor Prescription1203 - Prohibition: 1930 Liquor Prescription
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Partly-printed form headed "Original Prescription Form for Medicinal Liquor," one page, 5.5 x 4.5, November 5, 1930. Issued under the auth...
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Joseph Pulitzer Document Signed1204 - Joseph Pulitzer Document Signed
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Jewish-American journalist and newspaper publisher (1847–1911) who established the Pulitzer Prize 'for the encouragement of pu...
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George Pullman Document Signed1205 - George Pullman Document Signed
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American inventor and industrialist (1831-1897) best known for developing the first successful railroad sleeping car. Partly-printed DS, signed
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Queen Victoria Autograph Letter Signed1206 - Queen Victoria Autograph Letter Signed
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Third-person ALS signed within the text, “The Queen,” three pages on two sheets, 4.5 x 7, illustrated Balmoral C...
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Yitzhak Rabin Typed Letter Signed1207 - Yitzhak Rabin Typed Letter Signed
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Exceptional TLS signed "Y. Rabin," one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Prime Minister letterhead, December 9, 1993. Letter to Ron Daley, editor of the...
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Yitzhak Rabin Signed Book1208 - Yitzhak Rabin Signed Book
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Signed book: The Rabin Memoirs by Yitzhak Rabin. First English language edition. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. Hardcover with dust jack
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Thomas Brackett Reed Autograph Letter Signed1209 - Thomas Brackett Reed Autograph Letter Signed
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American politician (1839-1902) who earned the moniker 'Czar Reed' for his shrewd, aggressive tactics as Speaker of the House in the 1890s. ...
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Rhode Island Governors (5) Documents Signed1210 - Rhode Island Governors (5) Documents Signed
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Group of five documents signed by governors of Rhode Island to commission Henry Martin as a "Public Notary for the County of Providence", ...
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Dean Rusk Typed Quote Signed1211 - Dean Rusk Typed Quote Signed
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TQS signed "Dean Rusk," one page, 8.5 x 10.75, featuring Secretary of State Rusk's "Memorial to President Kennedy at Runnymede,&q...
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Vincent Saint John Typed Letter Signed1212 - Vincent Saint John Typed Letter Signed
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Influential radical labor leader (1876–1929) as a prominent Wobbly organizer, targeted by the Pinkertons, mining federations, and ...
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Pierre Salinger Signed Photograph1213 - Pierre Salinger Signed Photograph
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American journalist, author, and politician (1925-2004) who served as the ninth press secretary for United States Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndo
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Jonas Salk Signed Photograph1214 - Jonas Salk Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Jonas Salk in his lab, signed in black felt tip by the pioneering polio vaccine researcher. In very fine condition. Accompanied
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Scientists (4) Signed Books1215 - Scientists (4) Signed Books
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Four scientific hardcover books signed by the authors, including: Edward Teller (Easton Press limited edition of Memoirs, numbered 163/1225); J. Craig
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Leland Stanford Signature1216 - Leland Stanford Signature
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American industrialist and politician (1824–1893) who cofounded the Central Pacific Railroad and later established Stanford Univer...
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson Typed Letter Signed1217 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson Typed Letter Signed
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LS signed “V. Stefansson,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, September 15, 1923. Letter to Harold Baker, in...
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Charles Sumner Signed Check1218 - Charles Sumner Signed Check
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American politician (1811-1874) and Massachusetts senator best known as a radical Republican and a staunch opponent of slavery. In 1856, Sumner was se
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Billy Sunday Signed Photograph1219 - Billy Sunday Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 9 x 11.75 half-length portrait of Sunday by G. Arthur Fairbanks, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, &quo...
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Henrietta Szold Typed Letter Signed1220 - Henrietta Szold Typed Letter Signed
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Zionist leader (1860–1945) who worked for the Jewish Publishing Society of America before she founded Hadassah in 1912. TLS in Heb...
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Margaret Thatcher Signed Photograph1221 - Margaret Thatcher Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 5 x 7 half-length photo of Margaret Thatcher, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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