RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction featuring Founding Fathers

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Headlined by a robust Revolutionary War section in celebration of Independence Day, RR Auction’s July 2017 Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale boasts over 800 lots of collectibles from an array of genres. Opening with a pair of remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits used by Dr. John Warren, the first section traces the history of the founding of America from William Penn to George Washington. Key items from other categories include a set of Donald Trump’s personally-owned and -used golf clubs, a rare portrait of Thomas Edison with an inscription about the “electric vehicle,” a chair from Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca, and an incredible autograph letter by Ernest Hemingway. 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 July 2017.
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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Marc Chagall410 - Marc Chagall
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TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Les Collines letterhead, August 24, 1954. Untranslated letter on the posters for his Paris exhibition. In fine c
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Montgomery Flagg411 - James Montgomery Flagg
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Fantastic original pencil and watercolor self-portrait sketch on an off-white 9.25 x 12.5 sheet, depicting Flagg seated and concentrating on a sketch,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Claude Monet412 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5, September 16, 1887. Telegramme to his friend and biographer Gustave Geffroy. In part (translated): "...Impos...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso413 - Pablo Picasso
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Special double-issue of Life magazine honoring Pablo Picasso, 10.5 x 13.75, 134 pages, December 27, 1968, signed on the front cover in bold black ink,
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso414 - Pablo Picasso
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Desirable blue ink signature, "Picasso,” on the reverse of an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 calling card belonging to Leon L. Joseph. In very good to f...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro415 - Camille Pissarro
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ALS in French, signed "C. Pissarro," one page, 5.25 x 8.25, July 18, 1903. Letter to his son, painter Paul-Emile Pissarro. In part (transl...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir416 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, Les Collettes letterhead, November 9, 1912. Letter to a friend, in full (translated): “I have a
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin417 - Auguste Rodin
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Untranslated LS in French, signed “Aug. Rodin,” one page, 5 x 6.75, personal letterhead, April 16, 1905. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ernest Shepard418 - Ernest Shepard
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Detailed original signed ink sketch of a group of distinguished 19th–century gentlemen on an off-white 12.25 x 8.75 illustration board, signed in the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Paul Signac419 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Untranslated ALS in French, one p
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Alfred Sisley420 - Alfred Sisley
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French Impressionist landscape painter (1839–1899). Untranslated ALS in French, signed “A. Sisley,” one page, 4.25 x 6.5, January 2, 1897. In fine con
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Andy Warhol421 - Andy Warhol
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Desirable original felt tip sketch of the classic Campbell's Soup can on a light brown 7 x 9.25 sheet of cardboard, neatly signed below in black...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol422 - Andy Warhol
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Front cover of Interview magazine from July 1986, 10.5 x 15.5, featuring an artistic depiction of Catherine Oxenberg, prominently signed in black felt
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol: Elvis and Marilyn423 - Andy Warhol: Elvis and Marilyn
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Two small limited edition enameled boxes made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England, featuring the classic pop art of Andy Warhol: one entitled 'R...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes424 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
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French painter (1824–1898) who became the president and co-founder of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “P. Puv
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali425 - Salvador Dali
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Signed booklet: A Dali Journal: Impressions and Private Memoirs of Salvador Dali, January 1920. Limited edition. Cleveland, Ohio: Strafford Press, 196
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali426 - Salvador Dali
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Vintage felt tip signature, "Dali, 1963,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Collector's ink notations on reverse indicate the signature was obtai...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maurice Denis427 - Maurice Denis
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French painter and writer (1870–1943) who was a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 5.5, postmarked March
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Erte428 - Erte
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Art Deco-style color 19.75 x 29 poster for Erte's exhibition at the Sears Vincent Price Gallery in Chicago from December 11-January 6, 1968, sig...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Leonor Fini429 - Leonor Fini
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Argentine surrealist painter and designer (1907–1996). Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, June 1. In fine condition, with intersectin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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