RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a document signed by Columbus sponsors Ferdinand and Isabella, an autograph letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, an original Force print of the Declaration of Independence, and a signed handwritten letter by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Artifacts offered include Ernest Hemingway’s baseball cap and a Beretta Carcano M1891 Cavalry Carbine commissioned by Prince Amadeo of Savoy. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in August 2016.
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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Lost in Space719 - Lost in Space
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 20th Century-Fox Television publicity photo of the cast of Lost in Space, signed in black felt tip by Guy Williams, Mark Goddard
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe720 - Marilyn Monroe
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 7, 1957. Document submitted to Warner Bros. in which Monroe authorizes the use of her name “in connection with the motion
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe721 - Marilyn Monroe
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Handwritten note at the bottom of a typed memo by her secretary, one page, 8 x 5, no date but circa 1962. In response to a message about various phone
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Waterman Autograph Album722 - Waterman Autograph Album
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Fantastic Waterman’s autograph album, 5 x 7.25, signed inside on affixed slips by over one hundred notable figures from a variety of fields, including
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Wayne723 - John Wayne
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True magazine cover from July 1971, 8.25 x 11, depicting a close-up image of Wayne on the front cover dressed in Western attire, signed and inscribed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bud Abbott724 - Bud Abbott
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Pair of unsigned original radio scripts issued to Bud Abbott for the Abbott and Costello show, both 8.5 x 11, approximately 40 pages. The first, show
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Actors725 - Actors
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Four photos: a color 8 x 10.5 book photo taken from Ivy Crane Wilson’s Hollywood Album, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Peter, Burt Lancas
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard Attenborough726 - Richard Attenborough
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Two items: a TLS, two pages, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, June 9, 1948, in part: “I am so glad you enjoyed the film ‘The Smugglers’…For yourself I a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Actors727 - Actors
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Five items: a color glossy 14 x 11 lobby card showing Hoffman as Carl Bernstein from the 1976 film All the President’s Men, signed in blue felt tip, “
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz728 - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
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DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, August 13, 1965. Minutes of a special meeting of the directors of Desilu Productions, Inc., in which the company declares t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Theda Bara and Vilma Banky729 - Theda Bara and Vilma Banky
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Two items: an ink signature, “Theda Bara,” on the reverse of an off-white 3 x 1.75 calling card; and an ALS from Vilma Banky, signed “B. Vilma,” one p
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joan Bennett730 - Joan Bennett
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Two vintage photos of the silent film actress: a matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Bennett pulling a flowered branch, signed and inscribed in fountain pen,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ingrid Bergman731 - Ingrid Bergman
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Attractive glossy 8 x 10 photo of Bergman in the 1956 film Anastasia, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “Pour Pierre—Ingrid Bergman.” In fine conditio
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Busby Berkeley732 - Busby Berkeley
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Samuel Goldwyn Inc. business check, 9 x 3.5, filled out in type and made payable to Busby Berkeley for $150, stamp-dated August 15, 1931, endorsed on
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Broadcasters733 - Broadcasters
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Collection of eighteen checks signed by notable broadcasters, including two signed by news anchor Chet Huntley and sixteen signed by gossip commentato
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gary Cooper734 - Gary Cooper
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DS, two onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, March 23, 1955. Agreement between George Scullin, The Curtis Publishing Company, and Cooper, in which the latter em
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire735 - Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of siblings Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire posing together, signed in black felt tip by both, with Coppola adding “199
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francis Ford Coppola736 - Francis Ford Coppola
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 4.5, August 8, 1969. Collateral note from Francis and Eleanor Coppola in which they “promise to pay to the order of City National
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lou Costello737 - Lou Costello
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Two checks: a personal check filled out and signed by Costello, December 15, 1945; and a Barclay’s Bank check filled out in another hand and signed by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buster Crabbe738 - Buster Crabbe
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Vintage pearl-finish 7.5 x 9 photo of Crabbe as Flash Gordon, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To ‘Pinocchio,’ With many good wishes for your he
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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