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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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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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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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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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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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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Baron Haussmann430 - Baron Haussmann
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French civil planner (1809-1891) whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris. ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8, Cabinet du Senateur, Prefet
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Hirschfeld431 - Al Hirschfeld
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Amusing 10.5 x 8 print of a 1990 Al Hirschfeld sketch of Ben Turpin being chased by the Keystone Kops, signed in black ink in the lower right corner,
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Maxfield Parrish432 - Maxfield Parrish
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Parrish, payable to the Collection of Internal Revenue at Burlington, Vermont, for $401.66, Septemb
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Tenniel433 - John Tenniel
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British illustrator (1820–1914) best known for his collaborations with Lewis Carroll on the Alice in Wonderland books. Scarce ink signature, "Y...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Kees van Dongen434 - Kees van Dongen
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Dutch painter and one of the Fauves (1877-1968). ALS in French, signed "Van Dongen," one page, 8.25 x 10.5, October 15. Letter to printer ...
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Jacques Villon435 - Jacques Villon
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French cubist painter (1875–1963) and older brother of the influential Dadaist Marcel Duchamp. ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, October 29, 1955.
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Maurice de Vlaminck436 - Maurice de Vlaminck
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French artist (1876–1958) and a member of the Fauvists, whose work is typically marked by bold colors and eccentric brushwork. ALS in French, two page
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol437 - Andy Warhol
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Felt tip signature, "Andy Warhol,” on a light orange 5 x 3 card bearing a small affixed image of the artist. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol438 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of a semi-abstract portrait of Warhol, 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip, “Andy.” In fine condition, with sligh
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Hermann Winterhalter439 - Hermann Winterhalter
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German painter (1808–1891) who was the younger brother of portrait painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter. ALS in French, signed “H. Winterhalter,” one page
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Pongo and Two Puppies production cel from 101 Dalmatians440 - Pongo and Two Puppies production cel from 101 Dalmatians
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1961) Original production cel featuring Pongo and two puppies from 101 Dalmatians, showing one tugging on Pongo's ear whol...
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Estimate : 3,200.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Joik Woofenpoof production drawing from A Car-Tune Portrait441 - Joik Woofenpoof production drawing from A Car-Tune Portrait
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(Fleischer Studios, 1937) Original character model production drawing featuring Joik Woofenpoof from A Car-Tune Portrait, showing the "extinct&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Addams442 - Charles Addams
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Original vintage signed and inscribed full-length felt tip sketch of a forlorn Wednesday Addams on an off-white 4.25 x 11 sheet, signed and inscribed,
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Goofy production drawing from The Art of Skiing443 - Goofy production drawing from The Art of Skiing
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Original production drawing featuring Goofy from The Art of Skiing, showing him in an ungraceful pose. Accomplished in gra
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harrison Cady444 - Harrison Cady
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American illustrator and author (1877-1970) best known for his Peter Rabbit comic strip which he wrote and drew for 28 years. Two items: a wonderful s
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Cartoonists445 - Cartoonists
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Fantastic Charles M. Schulz Museum sketchbook, 7 x 10, signed inside in pencil and various ink types by 37 notable cartoonists, with all adding a smal
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Character model sheets from Chicken a la King446 - Character model sheets from Chicken a la King
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(Fleischer Studios, 1937) Four printed studio model sheets from Chicken a la King, 11 x 8.5, showing the following characters: Sultan, Sultan's ...
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Comic Strips447 - Comic Strips
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Desirable set of three vintage original hand-inked comic strips, each approximately measuring 22.25 x 7, consisting of a four-panel Li'l Abner c...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Model sheets and publicity artwork from The Dandy Lion448 - Model sheets and publicity artwork from The Dandy Lion
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(Fleischer Studios, 1940) Three printed photostat model sheets from The Dandy Lion, approximately 13.75 x 12 and 10.5 x 14, showing the lion, the litt
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Roy O. Disney449 - Roy O. Disney
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Walt’s brother and co-founder of the Walt Disney Company (1893–1971). DS, nine pages, 8.5 x 11, July 23, 1959. Agreement between Walt Disney Productio
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Disney450 - Walt Disney
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Bold fountain pen signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card mounted to a same-size card. In fine condition, with a faint stain touching t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney451 - Walt Disney
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, "Walter E. Disney," payable to the Walt Disney Special Account ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Disney Animators: Kimball and Justice452 - Disney Animators: Kimball and Justice
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Two photos: a color satin-finish 8 x 10.5 photo of Ward Kimball with his wife Betty and several Mickey dolls, signed in the lower border in black felt
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Donald Duck production cel453 - Donald Duck production cel
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1950s) Original production cel featuring Donald Duck from a Disney cartoon, showing him in his sailor outfit. Image measures 8.2
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Donald Duck production cel454 - Donald Duck production cel
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1950s) Original production cel featuring Donald Duck from a Disney cartoon, showing him as a swashbuckling hero. Image measures
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Crows production drawing from Dumbo455 - Crows production drawing from Dumbo
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Great original production drawing featuring two crows from Dumbo, signed in pencil by one of Disney's famed Nine Old...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Timothy Mouse production drawing from Dumbo456 - Timothy Mouse production drawing from Dumbo
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Original production drawing featuring Timothy Mouse from Dumbo, showing him holding the magic feather behind his back. Acc
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Fleischer Studios Animators457 - Fleischer Studios Animators
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of a tortoise with six human heads from 1946, signed in fountain pen by six, including: Myron Waldman, Irv Dressler,
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Tod production keymaster background set-up from The Fox and the Hound458 - Tod production keymaster background set-up from The Fox and the Hound
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1981) Desirable original production keymaster background set-up featuring Tod from The Fox and the Hound, showing the titular yo
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Character model sheets from It's Nifty to Be Thrifty459 - Character model sheets from It's Nifty to Be Thrifty
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(Fleischer Studios, 1944) Two printed photostat model sheets from It's Nifty to Be Thrifty, 10.5 x 11 and 12.5 x 11, one showing the Grasshopper...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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