Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s September Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts an extraordinary selection of over 900 items, with a special focus on Hollywood, classical music, and icons of history. Among the Hollywood rarities represented are horror heroes Edward Van Sloan, Tod Browning, Ed Wood, James Whale, and Rondo Hatton, plus icons like Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, and the Marx Brothers. Perhaps even more remarkable are the exceedingly rare autographs of three great composers—Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Joseph Haydn. The auction is rounded out by unseen photos of Elon Musk, a handwritten letter by 16-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte, and autographs of Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin. 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 September 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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Bride of Frankenstein Original Oversized Photograph763 - Bride of Frankenstein Original Oversized Photograph
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Very appealing original vintage matte-finish 16 x 20 production photo from the classic 1935 horror-science fiction film Bride of Frankenstein, which o
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Bride of Frankenstein: Valerie Hobson Signed Photograph764 - Bride of Frankenstein: Valerie Hobson Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of a poster for the classic 1935 horror film Bride of Frankenstein, signed in blue ink by Valerie Hobson, who starred in the
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Charles Bronson Signed Photograph765 - Charles Bronson Signed Photograph
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Appealing glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the popular silver screen vigilante, signed in blue felt tip, "Charles Bronson." In fine conditi...
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Yul Brynner Signed Photograph766 - Yul Brynner Signed Photograph
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Powerful matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Brynner pointing during a performance, signed in the lower left in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Henry Calvin's Box Office Blue Ribbon Award for Babes in Toyland767 - Henry Calvin's Box Office Blue Ribbon Award for Babes in Toyland
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American comic actor (1918-1975) best known for his role as Sergeant Garcia on the 1950s TV series Zorro. Scarce original Box Office Blue Ribbon Award
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Cantinflas Signed Photograph768 - Cantinflas Signed Photograph
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Color semi-glossy 5 x 7 photo of the great Mexican comedic actor smoking in front of a painting that depicts him in his role as Mario Moreno in the 19
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John Carradine Signed Photograph769 - John Carradine Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 7.25 x 9.25 half-length photo of John Carradine as the bullfighter El Nacional in the 1941 film Blood and Sand, signed in fountain pen,
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John Chambers Signed Photograph770 - John Chambers Signed Photograph
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Academy Award-winning make-up artist (1922-2001) best known for his work on Planet of the Apes, as well as designing the pointy ears of Mr. Spock. Col
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Helen Chandler Signed Photograph771 - Helen Chandler Signed Photograph
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Actress (1906–1965) best remembered as Mina in the film Dracula with Bela Lugosi. Vintage glossy 8 x 10.25 publicity photo of Chandler posing
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Helen Chandler Signature772 - Helen Chandler Signature
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Actress (1906-1965) best remembered for her role as Mina in the film Dracula with Bela Lugosi. Vintage ink signature, "My best wishes, Helen Ch...
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Helen Chandler and Bramwell Fletcher Signed Photograph773 - Helen Chandler and Bramwell Fletcher Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Maurice Seymour photo of the husband-and-wife acting duo dressed for one of their stage productions, signed and inscribed
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Lon Chaney, Jr. Signature774 - Lon Chaney, Jr. Signature
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Vintage ballpoint signature, "Lon Chaney,” on a light blue 4.5 x 2.5 sheet. In fine condition, with toning from prior display, and tape a...
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Lon Chaney, Jr. Signed Photograph775 - Lon Chaney, Jr. Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of the esteemed horror actor in a handsome up-close pose, signed and inscribed vertically in black ballpoint, ...
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Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph776 - Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph
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Matte-finish 4 x 5.75 photo of Charlie Chaplin in later years, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Mae Clarke Original Painting777 - Mae Clarke Original Painting
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Classic actress (1910–1992) remembered for her roles in Frankenstein and The Public Enemy. Scarce original still life painting by actress Mae
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Mae Clarke Original Painting778 - Mae Clarke Original Painting
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Classic actress (1910–1992) remembered for her roles in Frankenstein and The Public Enemy. Exquisite original landscape painting entitled &quo...
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Classic Actresses (6) Signed Photographs779 - Classic Actresses (6) Signed Photographs
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Six vintage photos of classic actresses, ranging in size from 6.5 x 8.5 to 8 x 10, each signed in fountain pen or ballpoint by the subject. Includes:
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Classic Television Stars (5) Signed Photographs780 - Classic Television Stars (5) Signed Photographs
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Five photos of classic television stars, ranging in size from 7 x 9 to 8 x 10, each signed and inscribed in ink by the subject. Includes: Amanda Blake
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Colin Clive Signature781 - Colin Clive Signature
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Crisp vintage ink signature, "Best wishes, Colin Clive,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 card that is also signed by his wife, British actress ...
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Colin Clive Signed Photograph782 - Colin Clive Signed Photograph
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British actor (1900–1937) who earned a place in film history for his performances as Dr. Henry Frankenstein in Frankenstein and Bride of Fran
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Sean Connery Signed Photograph783 - Sean Connery Signed Photograph
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Connery as Edward Pierce in the 1978 Irish heist comedy The Great Train Robbery, signed and inscribed in brown felt tip, &quo...
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Gary Conway Signed Photograph784 - Gary Conway Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 behind-the-scenes photo of Gary Conway wearing his grotesque character makeup for the 1957 horror movie I Was a Teenage Frankenste
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Roger Corman and Forrest J. Ackerman Document Signed785 - Roger Corman and Forrest J. Ackerman Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 15, 1955. Contract between Roger Corman, doing business as Palo Alto Productions, and Forrest J. Ackerman with the Scien
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Laird Cregar Signature786 - Laird Cregar Signature
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Actor (1913-1944) best remembered for the titular role in The Lodger, who died from a heart attack at the age of 31. Vintage fountain pen signature,...
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George Cukor and Eddie Mannix Document Signed787 - George Cukor and Eddie Mannix Document Signed
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DS, signed “George Cukor” and "E. J. Mannix," one page, 8.5 x 11, June 21, 1935. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer agreement by which Cukor,...
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James Dean (2) Oversized Photographs788 - James Dean (2) Oversized Photographs
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Two different oversized color satin-finish 30 x 21 photographic prints of James Dean with his famed Porsche 550 Spyder, individually mounted on foamco
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John Decker Signed Check789 - John Decker Signed Check
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Painter, set designer, and caricaturist (1895–1947) who worked as a cartoonist for the New York Evening World until 1928,  when he m
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Katherine Dunham Signed Photograph790 - Katherine Dunham Signed Photograph
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Influential African-American dancer, choreographer, and educator (1909–2006) who has been called the 'matriarch and queen mother of black ...
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Johnny Eck Twice-Signed 'Freaks' Book Insert791 - Johnny Eck Twice-Signed 'Freaks' Book Insert
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Insert for the softcover 1968 book Freaks: A Collector's Edition of Nature's Human Oddities by Giovanni Iuliani, 8.5 x 11, signed on the fro...
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Entertainers (16) Signed Cab Driver's Log792 - Entertainers (16) Signed Cab Driver's Log
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Group of 16 New York City cab driver's logs from the 1960s, each signed by a celebrity rider. Includes: Ed Sullivan, Tony Curtis, Max Showalter,...
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W. C. Fields Typed Letter Signed793 - W. C. Fields Typed Letter Signed
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World War II-dated TLS signed in red pencil, “Bill Fields,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead (featuring a white facsimile autog
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Robert Florey Signed Photograph794 - Robert Florey Signed Photograph
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French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist, and actor (1900–1979) who directed more than 50 films, the best known likely being t
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Sean Flynn Signed Photograph795 - Sean Flynn Signed Photograph
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American actor and photojournalist (born 1941), and son of Errol Flynn, who disappeared in Cambodia in 1970 during an assignment covering the Vietnam
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Jack Foley Original Artwork Presented to Jack Pierce796 - Jack Foley Original Artwork Presented to Jack Pierce
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American sound effects artist (1891–1967) who was the developer of many sound effect techniques used in filmmaking. He is credited with devel
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Henry Fonda Signed Photograph797 - Henry Fonda Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Fonda with co-star Leslie Caron in the 1959 drama The Man Who Understood Women, signed in black felt tip, "Henry Fonda.&...
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Garrett Fort Signature798 - Garrett Fort Signature
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Writer (1900–1945) best remembered for his work on the original screen adaptations of such horror / melodrama films as Dracula (1931), Franke
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Frankenstein: Donnie Dunagan Document Signed799 - Frankenstein: Donnie Dunagan Document Signed
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Actor (born 1934) best known for portraying the young son of Baron Frankenstein in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and for providing the voice of young Bam
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Frankenstein: Marilyn Harris Signed Photograph800 - Frankenstein: Marilyn Harris Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 7.5 photo of 'Little Maria' with the monster in the classic 1931 horror film Frankenstein, signed and inscribed in black felt ti...
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Jean Gabin Signed Photograph801 - Jean Gabin Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Gabin as a 20th Century-Fox Player, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Pour Madame Louise Gilbert…Jean...
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Clark Gable Signature802 - Clark Gable Signature
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Bold vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, "To Sandy, Best wishes always, Clark Gable, Nov. 2, 1936,” on an off-white 6 x 4.5 a...
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Ava Gardner Signed Photograph803 - Ava Gardner Signed Photograph
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Attractive matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 close-up photo of the lovely actress, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, "Best Wishes, Ava Gardner....
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The Godfather: James Caan Document Signed804 - The Godfather: James Caan Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Contract between The Dick Smith Company and James Caan, who permits the former "to create one or more small sc...
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The Godfather: Robert De Niro Document Signed805 - The Godfather: Robert De Niro Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Contract between The Dick Smith Company and Robert De Niro, who permits the former "to create one or more smal...
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The Godfather: Talia Shire Document Signed806 - The Godfather: Talia Shire Document Signed
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, no date. Contract between The Dick Smith Company and Talia Shire, who permits the former "to create one or more small ...
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Cary Grant Signature807 - Cary Grant Signature
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Vintage circa 1943 fountain pen signature, "Cary Grant,” on an off-white 7 x 3 Hollywood Autograph Club card, awarded for contributions t...
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Sid Grauman Document Signed808 - Sid Grauman Document Signed
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Theater owner (1879–1950) famed for his collection of hand and foot prints of movie stars. Partly-printed DS, one page, 7 x 5, April 14, 1927
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D. W. Griffith Signature809 - D. W. Griffith Signature
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Trailblazing filmmaker (1875-1948) who directed a number of important early classics, including Intolerance and the iconic Birth of a Nation. Vintage
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Yvette Guilbert Autograph Letter Signed810 - Yvette Guilbert Autograph Letter Signed
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Renowned French actress and cabaret singer (1865-1944) who was immortalized in a number of works by prominent Belle Époque poster artists Henr
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Ray Harryhausen (6) Signed Lobby Cards811 - Ray Harryhausen (6) Signed Lobby Cards
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Group of six original color 14 x 11 lobby cards for the 1981 fantasy adventure film Clash of the Titans, each prominently signed in black felt tip by
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William S. Hart Autograph Letter Signed812 - William S. Hart Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 28, 1931. Handwritten letter to a collector, in full: "Answering your letter regarding sendin...
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