Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Presidents

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RR Auction's February Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts over 850 rare and remarkable items, and celebrates Presidents' Day with a special section featuring incredible presidential autographs, artifacts, and memorabilia. Among these are a letter signed by Gen. George Washington four days prior to the Treaty of Paris, a handwritten letter by Mary Todd Lincoln implicating Andrew Johnson in her husband's assassination, and important letters and documents signed by John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson. Other highlights in the sale include a scarce Franz Kafka autograph letter, an ultra-rare 1765 Stamp Act blue-gray stamp, and several early and important Disney production drawings by by acclaimed character animator Preston Blair. 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 February 2023.
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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Toothpicks NASA Food Lab424 - Toothpicks NASA Food Lab
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Group of 11 boxes of Prime Square Center Hotel toothpicks, with each box containing 800 white birch toothpicks, which amounts to a total of 8800. The
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Young Signature425 - John Young Signature
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Pencil signature, "John Young,” on a white 5 x 3 card imprinted with his name and an artist's portrait of the moonwalker ...
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Salvador Dali Signed Sketch in Book426 - Salvador Dali Signed Sketch in Book
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Signed book: The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. First edition, limited issue, numbered 76/119. NY: Dial Press, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket and par
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali Signed Book427 - Salvador Dali Signed Book
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Signed book: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Illustrated by Salvador Dali. First edition, limited issue, numbered 542/1000. Garden City, NY: D
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Gustave Eiffel Signed Oversized Photograph428 - Gustave Eiffel Signed Oversized Photograph
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Extraordinary vintage sepia matte-finish 10 x 5.25 photo of the Eiffel Tower during construction in late 1887, depicting the tower's four massiv...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Hubert de Givenchy Original Sketch429 - Hubert de Givenchy Original Sketch
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Original felt tip sketch of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, showing her in her iconic sleeveless black dress with matching wide-brimme...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Rene Magritte Autograph Letter Signed430 - Rene Magritte Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Rene (et Georgette),” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, November 23, ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso and Paul Eluard Signed Postcard to Man Ray431 - Pablo Picasso and Paul Eluard Signed Postcard to Man Ray
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Rare 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of the famed Le Palais Idéal in Hauterives, built by French postman Ferdinand Cheval over the course of thirty-p...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso Signed Book432 - Pablo Picasso Signed Book
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Signed book: Picasso: The Recent Years 1939–1946. Limited edition, numbered 147/350. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947. Hardcover, ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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9/11: Thomas E. Franklin Signed Photograph433 - 9/11: Thomas E. Franklin Signed Photograph
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Limited edition color glossy 10.5 x 13 photo of Thomas E. Franklin's iconic image entitled 'Raising the Flag at Ground Zero,' numbered 4...
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Marc Chagall Typed Letter Signed434 - Marc Chagall Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, October 6, 1966. Letter concerning a color drawing for the Fables of La Fontaine, in part (translated): "...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Jean Dubuffet Autograph Letter Signed435 - Jean Dubuffet Autograph Letter Signed
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French painter and sculptor (1901–1985) known for founding the 'Art Brut' movement. Third-person ALS in French, one page, ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Far East Photography436 - Far East Photography
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Four 19th-century photographs of exotic scenes and people, ranging in size from 2.5 x 4 to 4.25 x 6.5, including: two carte-de-visite photos of men in
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Jean-Leon Gerome (2) Autograph Letters Signed437 - Jean-Leon Gerome (2) Autograph Letters Signed
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French painter and sculptor (1824-1904) remembered for bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. Two ALSs in French, both signed
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Francoise Gilot Signed Photograph438 - Francoise Gilot Signed Photograph
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Glossy 7 x 10.5 photo of Gilot on the beach with Pablo Picasso—one of the most iconic images of the 20th century—...
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Philip Johnson Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed439 - Philip Johnson Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed
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Two items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of the architect in his trademark thick-rimmed glasses, signed in black felt tip; and a TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, John
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Oskar Kokoschka Signed Postcard440 - Oskar Kokoschka Signed Postcard
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Semi-glossy color 5.75 x 4 postcard featuring Oskar Kokoschka's 1918 painting 'The Heathens,' signed on the front in the lower border in...
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Andre Masson Signed Magazine441 - Andre Masson Signed Magazine
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French artist (1896–1987) associated with the movements of Cubism and Surrealism. Complete issue of L'Oeil: Revue d'Art fr...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Steve McCurry Signed Print442 - Steve McCurry Signed Print
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Iconic color 20 x 24 print of photojournalist Steve McCurry’s famed image of Sharbat Gula, better known as 'Afghan Girl,' ...
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Grandma Moses Signed Greeting Card443 - Grandma Moses Signed Greeting Card
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Attractive color 5.25 x 4 greeting card depicting Moses's 1950 'The Wind in the Winter' scene, signed in the upper right corner in fount...
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