RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts Featuring Royalty

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RR Auction’s January Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is sure to impress, boasting over 850 items in a wide variety of genres. We open with a special ‘Royalty’ section, which spans over five hundred years of majestic material—from Spain’s Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of the 1490s to Britain’s tragic Princess Diana of the 1990s. Our presidential section is similarly robust, highlighted by a Revolutionary War-dated letter by George Washington, a Congressional resolution to honor Ben Franklin signed by Thomas Jefferson, and a page from Theodore Roosevelt’s manuscript for The Winning of the West. Other great autographs in this sale include the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, the economist Adam Smith, the abolitionist John Brown, the surrealist Rene Magritte, and many more. 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 January 2018.
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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Neil Armstrong405 - Neil Armstrong
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Extremely desirable pairing of items related to the Apollo 11 mission: a ballpoint signature, "Neil Armstrong," on a 3.5 x 4.75 Sieger Sta...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Al Worden406 - Al Worden
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Double-sided cue card used by Command Module Pilot Al Worden during training for the Apollo 15 mission, 8 x 10.5, pages 18 and 19, dated September 14,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke407 - Charlie Duke
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Lunar flown Lunar Rover Drive Control Electronics schematic from the Apollo 16 Lunar Module Systems Data Book carried to the surface of the moon aboar
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Al Worden408 - Al Worden
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Color first edition of the Apollo 15 Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap, 25.5 x 26.5, sheet LTO101C1 (250), dated July 1973, showing a contoured transver
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Christa McAuliffe409 - Christa McAuliffe
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ALS signed “Christa,” one page, 6 x 8.5, September 7, [1985]. Letter to Don LeBrun, a friend and colleague of McAuliffe at Concord High School in New
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Aerospace410 - Aerospace
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Diverse collection of aerospace-related items, including official NASA books, a once-classified NACA report, an Apollo 15 medal signed on its case by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin411 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 half-length photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, "Buzz A...
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Buzz Aldrin412 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 9.75 half-length photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed in black felt tip, "W...
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Buzz Aldrin413 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photographer, Neil Ar
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Apollo 12414 - Apollo 12
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Apollo 12 crew posing with the lunar module, signed in black felt tip, "Charles Conrad, Jr., Cdr. Apollo ...
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Apollo 15415 - Apollo 15
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Two items: a launch day ‘Bishop’ commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Apollo 15, postmarked July 26, 1971, at the Kennedy Space Center, signed i
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Apollo 15416 - Apollo 15
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Uncommon commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Hadley–Apennine landing site of the Apollo 15 mission, 6.25 x 4.5, postmarked November 17, 197
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 9417 - Apollo 9
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the crew of Apollo 9 posing outdoors in their white space suits, signed in blue ballpoint, "Best wishe...
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Apollo Block II Gimbal ACSK 89418 - Apollo Block II Gimbal ACSK 89
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Black electronic component with 23 pins on one side, 3.75 x 1.75 x 1.5, stenciled in white text, “Gimbal Servo, Amplifier, 2007114-021, ACSK 89.” In f
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Astronauts419 - Astronauts
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Uncommon semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of several tuxedo-clad Apollo astronauts, and two of their wives, posing at a table during a formal reception, signe
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Scott Carpenter420 - Scott Carpenter
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Friendship 7 launch, signed in black felt tip, "'God Speed John Glenn,' Friendship 7, 20 Februar...
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Gene Cernan421 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cernan posing in his white space with a lunar globe, signed in blue felt tip, "Gene Cernan, Last man on moon...
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Gene Cernan422 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 full-length photo of Cernan saluting the flag on the surface of the moon, signed in silver ink, "Gene Cernan, 'La...
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Michael Collins423 - Michael Collins
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Collins posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed in black felt tip, "Mik...
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Michael Collins424 - Michael Collins
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Large cardstock 18.75 x 19.5 sign depicting the Apollo 11 mission insignia, signed in the upper left corner in blue felt tip, "Michael Collins,...
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Joe Engle425 - Joe Engle
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the X–15 rocket plane flown by Engle during his historic flight on June 29, 1965, signed in black felt tip, "...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Glenn426 - John Glenn
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Glenn wearing his Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard Gordon427 - Richard Gordon
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Color semi-glossy 20 x 16 photo of the Lunar Module Intrepid descending to the moon during the Apollo 12 mission, signed in the lower border in black
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fred Haise428 - Fred Haise
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Brilliant color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of the Earth from outer space, signed in silver ink, "A real surprise to see our beautiful Earth get...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin and Deke Slayton429 - Jim Irwin and Deke Slayton
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Group of three credit card receipts, including: an American Express receipt for the purchase of "Aspen Wood" and "Schrock Casserole&q...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alexei Leonov430 - Alexei Leonov
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Two stunning celestial prints by famed cosmonaut and artist Alexei Leonov: a color limited edition 32 x 23 print of a painting entitled ‘The Ashy Laye
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bruce McCandless431 - Bruce McCandless
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of McCandless floating in space during his STS–41-B mission, signed nicely over the Earth in black felt tip, “Th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell432 - Edgar Mitchell
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Lunar globe manufactured by Replogle, measuring 12? in diameter, signed in black felt tip at the Apollo 14 landing site in the Fra Mauro region, &qu...
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Edgar Mitchell433 - Edgar Mitchell
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Appealing 1:200 scale model of the Saturn V rocket, measuring 20.5? tall and set upon a 7? x 7? base, signed twice on the body in black felt tip, &q...
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Alan Shepard434 - Alan Shepard
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Signed book: Moon Shot. First edition. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 383 pages. Signed and inscribe
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard435 - Alan Shepard
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Shepard in his white space suit in front of the Apollo 14 mission insignia, signed and inscribed in black fel
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Space Shuttle ALT Crews436 - Space Shuttle ALT Crews
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Color satin-finish 9.25 x 7 photo of the two crews of the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests posing in front of the prototype orbiter Enterprise
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS–1437 - STS–1
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Flown fabric American flag, 5.75 x 4, flown aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during its inaugural flight on April 12–14, 1981. Flag is detached from
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Young438 - John Young
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Wonderful color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Young posing in his white space suit with an Apollo 16 mission insignia in the background, si
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux439 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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French sculptor and painter (1827–1875) from whom Napoleon III commissioned many works. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, July 4, 1866. Letter to the ar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Max Ernst440 - Max Ernst
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German artist (1891–1976) who was one of the principal figures of the Surrealist and Dada movements. Card for an exhibition of Ernst's works ent...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Keith Haring441 - Keith Haring
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Color 4 x 6 postcard of an untitled 1985 work by Haring, prominently signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "K. Haring." In very fi...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Philip Johnson442 - Philip Johnson
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Influential architect (1906–2005). ALS, signed “Philip,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Rosamund Russell. In part: “Wh
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Fernand Khnopff443 - Fernand Khnopff
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Belgian symbolist painter (1858–1921). ALS in French, penned on both sides of a 4.5 x 3.5 black-bordered card, 1900. Untranslated letter mentioning th
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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August Macke444 - August Macke
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Painter and leading member of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887-1914) who was killed at the front in Champagne, France, in 1914. R
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Rene Magritte445 - Rene Magritte
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Belgian artist (1898–1967) best known for his paintings in a surrealist, humor-tinged style, often incorporating such trademark elements as bowler hat
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Estimate : 22,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Franz Marc446 - Franz Marc
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German painter (1880-1916) who was one of the principal figures of the Expressionist movement. Though he was among several notable artists whose names
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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LeRoy Neiman447 - LeRoy Neiman
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ALS signed “LeRoy,” three pages, penned in black ink and ballpoint, 8.25 x 10.5, November 12, 1961. Letter to Playboy founder and publisher Hugh Hefne
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Leroy Neiman448 - Leroy Neiman
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Color 22.5 x 34.5 lithograph of a Leroy Neiman painting entitled "'Manager of the Year,' Tony La Russa," showing the Oakland Athle...
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Francis Picabia449 - Francis Picabia
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French avant-garde painter, poet, and typographist (1879–1953) who was an early major figure of the Dada movement. ALS in French in pencil, one page,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro450 - Camille Pissarro
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Acclaimed Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter (1830–1903). Partial handwritten letter in French, unsigned, one page, 4 x 6, May 22, 1897. The
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Rackham451 - Arthur Rackham
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Magnificent original illustration for the 1904 Chapman and Hall edition of The Peradventures of Private Pagett by Major W. P. Drury, accomplished in g
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Arthur Rackham452 - Arthur Rackham
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British artist and illustrator (1867-1939) best known for his Art Nouveau-influenced illustrations. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Houghton House letterhead,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell453 - Norman Rockwell
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Appealing matte-finish 9.5 x 13.25 three-quarter-length photo of Rockwell poised to light a pipe while at home, signed and inscribed in red ink, &qu...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell454 - Norman Rockwell
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Color 28.75 x 9 print of Rockwell's 1967 painting entitled 'Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas,' signed and inscribed in the bottom sn...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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