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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Clark Gable699 - Clark Gable
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Handsome vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Gable grinning in his US Air Force uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Norma Silvern
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Clark Gable700 - Clark Gable
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 double-weight photo of Gable and Virginia Grey at an L. A. Sportsmen’s Show in 1951, signed in black ink by Gable. Reverse bears
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo701 - Greta Garbo
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Garbo’s personally-owned and -used keys and leather key wallet, including seven keys and two handwritten tags. Most important is a pair of keys to her
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo702 - Greta Garbo
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Garbo’s personally-owned and -used Cartier travel alarm clock with its original leather case, 2.75 x 2.25 x 1, gilt-stamped on the cover with her init
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo703 - Greta Garbo
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DS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, July 11, 1979. Agreement between Garbo and the Hauser Editorial Office concerning an investment, in part: “We the undersign
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo704 - Greta Garbo
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Boldly penned ALS signed “G. G.,” one page, 5.25 x 7, Hotel de Crillon letterhead. Letter to Sidney Guilaroff, in part: “I am going to Klosters, Switz
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo705 - Greta Garbo
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Chase Manhattan Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Garbo, payable to New York Telephones for $74.95, January 27, 1976. In fine conditio
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Judy Garland706 - Judy Garland
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Vintage matte-finish 7 x 8.75 publicity photo of Garland for the 1954 film A Star is Born, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To darling Emily—t
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Judy Garland707 - Judy Garland
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, November 18, 1946. Agreement with Loew’s Incorprated which “gives and grants to Max Factor and (or) Sales Builders, inc., the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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The Godfather708 - The Godfather
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Vintage photocopied release dialogue script for The Godfather, five pages in a contemporary brown cloth binder, 9 x 13.5, March 15, 1972, labeled on t
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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