RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Gene Kranz617 - Gene Kranz
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Kranz with a determined look while working in mission control, signed in blue felt tip, “Tough & competent, Eugene ...
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Omega Flight Jacket618 - Omega Flight Jacket
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Uncommon Alpha Industries gray nylon flight jacket designed in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Omega watch company. An embroidered 50th anniversa
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Skylab II619 - Skylab II
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An 8.25 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth with a printed 3.5? diameter Skylab II mission insignia in the center, signed in black ballpoint by Alan Bean and Jac
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STS-1620 - STS-1
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Uncommon official color satin-finish 8 x 10 NASA photo of the liftoff of Columbia on its first mission, signed in black felt tip by John Young and Bob
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STS-39621 - STS-39
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the crew of STS-39, signed vertically on their uniforms in black felt tip, “Lacy Veach,” “Don McMonagle,” “Gr
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Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev622 - Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev
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Color 5.75 x 4.25 postcard photo of Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev conversing in their military uniforms, signed in blue ballpoint in the lower port
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Reginald Birch625 - Reginald Birch
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English-American artist and illustrator (1856–1943) best known for his depiction of the titular hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 novel Lit...
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Mathew Brady626 - Mathew Brady
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Scarce National Metropolitan Bank check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand, payable to Brady for $10, October 19, 1878, endorsed on the reverse
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Calder627 - Alexander Calder
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Signed book: Three Young Rats. First edition, limited issue of 700. NY: Curt Valentin, 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10 x 12.5, 130 pages. Signed
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George Cruikshank628 - George Cruikshank
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LS signed “Geo. Cruikshank,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, January 4, 1876. Letter to Messrs. J. & J. Cook. In part: “Owing to ...
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Salvador Dali629 - Salvador Dali
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Color postcard of Dali’s 1936 work ‘Autumn Cannibalism,’ 4 x 5.75, prominently signed in the blank lower margin in blue ballpoint. In fine condition,
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Salvador Dali630 - Salvador Dali
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Color postcard of Dali’s surreal portrait of Mae West, 4 x 6, signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint. In fine condition.
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Gustave Eiffel631 - Gustave Eiffel
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Personal calling card imprinted with Eiffel’s name and Paris address, 4 x 2.25, bearing a brief unsigned note in French in his own hand. In fine condi
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Marie Laurencin632 - Marie Laurencin
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French painter (1883–1956) known as one of the few female Cubists. Untranslated ALS in French, two pages, 4 x 5, April 5, 1920. Attractively mounted,
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Lucien Freud633 - Lucien Freud
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British painter (1922–2011) known for his psychologically intense, thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings. Scarce softcover catalog celebrati
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Joan Miro634 - Joan Miro
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ALS in French, signed “Miro,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Son Abrines, Calamajor, Palma de Mallorca letterhead, May 19, 1958. Untranslated letter to filmmaker
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Claude Monet635 - Claude Monet
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5 x 4.25, addressed in pencil by Monet to influential art critic and author Gustave Geffroy, “Monsieur G. Geffroy, 42
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alphonse Mucha636 - Alphonse Mucha
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Influential Czech artist (1860–1939) best remembered for his stylized Art Nouveau depictions of beautiful women. ALS in Czech, signed “Mucha,” two pag
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro637 - Camille Pissarro
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ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, November 22, 1894. Untranslated letter to his wife, Julie Vellay, c
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso638 - Pablo Picasso
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Czechoslovakian postage stamp affixed to an off-white 3 x 2.25 card, signed in green artist’s pencil, “Picasso.” Slight soiling and irregular toning,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso639 - Pablo Picasso
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Attractive program for Salon de Peinture Sculpture, 5.25 x 8.25, six pages, May 21–June 12, 1949, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Picass
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Georges Rouault640 - Georges Rouault
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French Fauvist and Expressionist painter, and printmaker in lithography and etching (1871–1958). ALS in French, signed “G. Rouault,” one page, 8.25 x
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Andy Warhol641 - Andy Warhol
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Exceptional color postcard of Warhol’s famous 1962 work ‘100 Cans,’ 4 x 5.75, signed at the bottom in thick black felt tip. In fine condition, with ha
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Andy Warhol642 - Andy Warhol
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Glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Andy Warhol, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint. Postmarked August 7, 1972. In fine condition.
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Andy Warhol643 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 241 pages. Sig
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler644 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Uncommon invitation to an “Exhibition of Mr. Whistler’s Paintings, Etchings, and Pastils,” to be held at The College for Men and Women in London durin
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Frank Lloyd Wright645 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation check, 8 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Wright, payable to Joe Stapleton for $38.10, stamp-dated August 1, 194
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Artists646 - Artists
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Five items: a fountain pen signature, “Augustus Saint–Gaudens,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card; a color 3.75 x 5.75 cardstock photo of one of Moore’s 19
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Artists647 - Artists
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Three items: a color glossy 6.5 x 4.5 photo of Flagg in near-profile, displayed in a 9 x 8 mat, signed and inscribed in black ink on the mat, “To my f
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John J. Audubon648 - John J. Audubon
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Ornithologist and artist (1785–1851) whose monumental pictorial studies of the birds and quadrupeds of North America take a place among the most disti
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Richard Avedon649 - Richard Avedon
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Color 36 x 24.5 poster entitled ‘Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent,’ featuring Avedon’s classic image of the actress wrapped in a python, signed in thi
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Charles R. Chickering650 - Charles R. Chickering
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Freelance artist (1891–1970) who designed many popular postage stamps and first day cover cachets for the US Post Office. Uncommon matte-finish 10 x 8
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Edwin Landseer651 - Edwin Landseer
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English painter (1802–1873) best known for his animal-inspired artwork; his most famous works are the lion sculptures in Trafalgar Square. ALS signed
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Marie Laurencin652 - Marie Laurencin
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French painter (1883–1956) known as one of the few female Cubists. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 6.25 x 8.25, no date. In fine condition.
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Rembrandt Peale653 - Rembrandt Peale
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Renowned American painter (1778–1860) regarded as one of the finest portrait artists of his day, most famous for his paintings of George Washington an
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Arthur Rackham654 - Arthur Rackham
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British artist and illustrator (1867–1939) best known for his Art Nouveau–influenced illustrations. Signed book: The Romance of King Arthur and the Kn
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell655 - Norman Rockwell
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Color 9.75 x 12.5 poster of Rockwell’s 1962 painting ‘The Connoisseur,’ showing a man looking at a Pollock-esque drip painting, signed and inscribed a
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John Singer Sargent656 - John Singer Sargent
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ALS signed “John S. Sargent,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Tite Street letterhead, April 17, 1923. In part: “This letter is the first
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Alberto Vargas657 - Alberto Vargas
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ALS signed “Alberto,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1981. Draft of a letter to Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner. In part: “I must apologize for b
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Andy Warhol658 - Andy Warhol
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Felt tip signature, “Andy Warhol,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler659 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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ALS signed “J. McN. Whistler,” one page, 6 x 3.75, no date. Letter to a gentleman, in part: “Enclosed I send cheque for guinea—for…ticket you so kindl
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Stanford White660 - Stanford White
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Distinguished American architect (1853–1906) who was a leading figure of the ‘Beaux Arts’ movement, best known for his opulent mansions and for the se
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Robert Crumb661 - Robert Crumb
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Signed book: Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist. First edition, first printing. NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2011. Hardcover with dust jacket,
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Roy O. Disney662 - Roy O. Disney
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DS, two pages, 7.5 x 3.75, May 14, 1956. Agreement between Walt Disney Productions and Buena Vista Film Distribution in which the latter desires to di
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Walt Disney663 - Walt Disney
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Wonderful late-1950s ballpoint signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5 x 2.5 clipped slip. Framed to an overall size of 6.75 x 4.75. Scattered cre
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Walt Disney664 - Walt Disney
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Choice partial DS, signed “Walter E. Disney,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped January 5, 1936. Final page of a document concerning Disney’s stake in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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George Gately666 - George Gately
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Original hand-inked single-panel Heathcliff comic, 7.25 x 8.5, signed in the lower left corner by the artist, “Geo. Gately.” The comic shows Heathclif
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Johnny Quest667 - Johnny Quest
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(Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1964) Original matched set of production cels featuring Johnny and Dr. Quest from Johnny Quest, showing them seated in front o
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Chuck Jones668 - Chuck Jones
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Humorous pencil sketch of two women in a hospital corridor accomplished by Jones on an off-white 12.5 x 9.75 sheet, signed and inscribed in the lower
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Stan Lee669 - Stan Lee
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Awesome color 24 x 36 Marvel poster depicting the Frank Miller-created front cover for Wolverine comic book #1, showing Logan beckoning with adamantiu
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