RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Limited edition hand-painted animation cel showing Daffy Duck dressed as Santa Claus, numbered 173/200, 11 x 9.5, signed in the lower right in black f

Two items: a first edition softcover book entitled The Pogo Stepmother Goose published by Simon and Schuster in 1954, signed and inscribed on the firs

Limited edition Universal Pictures animation cel titled “Rooftop Woody Woodpecker,” numbered 8/200, 16 x 13, signed in black felt tip, “Walter Lantz.”

Collection of seven Walter Lantz Productions checks, dated from 1971 to 1984, each signed by Lantz. In overall fine condition.

Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Marvin the Martian and a terrified Bugs Bunny, signed in the lower left in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite

Original signed color felt tip sketch of Snoopy using a typewriter on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed and inscribed, “Dear Mrs. Payne, Thank you f

American cartoonist (1894–1938) who is best known as the creator of Popeye. Original signed ink sketch of a small cigar stub with a speech bubble abov

Color 14 x 20 poster for the musical Really Rosie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For Reed L. Orenstein—happy Really Rosie! Maurice Sendak.”

Lobby card for a 1943 RKO Radio Pictures presentation of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 14 x 11, signed in blue and black felt tip by

Massive collection of well over 1100 items signed by a variety of predominantly 20th century authors, chiefly consisting of signatures and letters sti

Watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary (1732–1799) best known for his theatrical works, es

Exquisite matte-finish 4.25 x 6 portrait of the great poet-playwright in a distinguished pose, affixed to its original 7.75 x 9.75 mount, signed on th

TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 21, 1948. Letter to his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: “I am in trouble over my income t

Exceptional ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, October 4, 1881. Letter to James R. Osgood, in full: “The P. P

ANS signed “Truly yours, Mark Twain,” on the reverse of an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 German postcard, postmarked November 5, 1897. In full: “I am afraid I c

Desirable AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 3.5 sheet, prominently signed at the conclusion in ink,“Charles Dickens, Twenty ninth May 1846.” Dickens pens a b

Large ink signature, “this may be very soon, I sincerely hope. My dear sir, Believe me, Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.5

Scarce ALS signed “C. L. D.,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, Ch Ch , March 17. Letter to Ursula Mallam. In full: “Please tell your mother I’ll meet

French writer and dramatist (1824–1895) best known for Camille and for being the illegitimate son of famed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Superb 4.25 x 6.5

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, September 1, 1953. Letter to Antony Terry, in part: “Many thanks for the V-2 book, and here is one mo