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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Omar Bradley Signed Photograph1242 - Omar Bradley Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 5 x 6.5 photo of Bradley in his four-star general uniform by Fabian Bachrach, signed in fountain pen, "Omar N. Bradley.&qu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lazare Carnot and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Document Signed1243 - Lazare Carnot and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Document Signed
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Manuscript DS in French, signed "Carnot" and "Billaud-Varenne," one page, 8.25 x 12.5, December 29, 1793. Official order of the ...
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Henry Seymour Conway (2) Autograph Letters Signed1244 - Henry Seymour Conway (2) Autograph Letters Signed
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British general and statesman (1721–1795) who began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession and eventually rose ...
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Enola Gay Signed Print: 'Atomic Warfare Is Born'1245 - Enola Gay Signed Print: 'Atomic Warfare Is Born'
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Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled ‘Atomic Warfare Is Born,’ which shows the Enola Gay flyi...
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Enola Gay (2) Signed Items1246 - Enola Gay (2) Signed Items
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Two items: a souvenir typescript on the morality of dropping the atomic bomb, 8 x 10, signed at the bottom in felt tip by the Enola Gay's pilot,...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Print - 'Atomic Warfare Is Born'1247 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Print - 'Atomic Warfare Is Born'
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Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled 'Atomic Warfare Is Born,' which shows the Enola Gay flying over Japan, with a large ...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets (2) Signed Items1248 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets (2) Signed Items
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Two items signed by the Enola Gay pilot: a souvenir typescript of a USA Today interview with Tibbets about the atomic bomb drop, one page, 8.5 x 11, s
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Joseph Fouche Document Signed1249 - Joseph Fouche Document Signed
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French statesman (1759‚Äì1820) who famously served as Minister of Police under Napoleon. Manuscript DS in French, signed ‚...
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Douglas MacArthur Signed Envelope1250 - Douglas MacArthur Signed Envelope
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World War II-dated General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area, Office of the Commander-in-Chief mailing envelope, 9 x 4, postmarked on May 28, 1945,
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Manhattan Project: Edward Teller and Paul Tibbets Signatures1251 - Manhattan Project: Edward Teller and Paul Tibbets Signatures
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Two off-white 5 x 3 cards, individually signed in black ink by theoretical physicist Edward Teller, a chief developer of the atomic bomb, and Brigadie
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Anthony C. McAuliffe Signature1252 - Anthony C. McAuliffe Signature
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United States Army general (1898–1975) who commanded the force defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in Worl...
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Montgomery of Alamein Signed Photograph1253 - Montgomery of Alamein Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 6 x 4 photo of Field Marshal Montgomery awarding a medal, signed in fountain pen, "Montgomery of Alamein." Reverse be...
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Fairfax Moresby Autograph Letter Signed1254 - Fairfax Moresby Autograph Letter Signed
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Royal Navy admiral (1786–1877) who took part in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and is best remembered for conc...
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Horatio Nelson: HMS Victory Wooden Artifact1255 - Horatio Nelson: HMS Victory Wooden Artifact
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Desirable barrel-shaped matchstick holder, measuring 1.75Àù tall and 1.75Àù in diameter, crafted from wood removed from the bows...
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Horatio Nelson: William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson Autograph Letter Signed1256 - Horatio Nelson: William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson Autograph Letter Signed
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Anglican clergyman (1757–1835) and older brother of Horatio Nelson, who was created Earl Nelson and Viscount Merton after Admiral ...
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Colin Powell Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed1257 - Colin Powell Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed
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Two items: a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Colin Powell in uniform as a four-star general, signed in the lower border in black felt tip; and a TL
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Colin Powell Signed Book1258 - Colin Powell Signed Book
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Signed book: My American Journey. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 643 pages. Signed in black felt tip o
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Colin Powell Signed Book1259 - Colin Powell Signed Book
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Signed book: It Worked for Me. First edition. NY: Harper, 2012. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 283 pages. Signed in black felt tip on a book
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Philippe Paul, comte de Sv©gur Autograph Letter Signed1260 - Philippe Paul, comte de Sv©gur Autograph Letter Signed
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Distinguished French general, diplomat, and historian (1780–1873) who was attached to the personal staff of Napoleon Bonaparte dur...
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Charles Townshend Signed Photograph1261 - Charles Townshend Signed Photograph
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British soldier (1861-1924) who during the First World War led an overreaching military campaign in Mesopotamia. His troops were besieged and captured
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