RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale features more than 850 rare and remarkable lots, with highlights to include an extremely rare signature of Declaration signer Thomas Lynch, Jr., a post-Beatles check signed by Lennon and McCartney, a Winston Churchill publishing archive, autographs of rare Cuban revolutionaries, and a scarce document from King Henry VIII. 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 May 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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Bud Abbott763 - Bud Abbott
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Glossy 8 x 10 Universal Pictures publicity photo, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To ‘Reba’ Your pal, Bud Abbott.” In very good condition, w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Julie Andrews764 - Julie Andrews
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Two items: an ALS signed "Julie," one page, 7.5 x 9.5, no date, addressed to "David & Dick," in part: "I just want to t...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Josephine Baker765 - Josephine Baker
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ALS signed “J. Baker,” one page, 6.25 x 7.75, The Savoy Hotel letterhead, June 23, 1967. In full: "I got your letter and do thank you for it. I...
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Batman766 - Batman
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Color semi-glossy 14 x 11 full-length photo of the two caped crusaders, signed in blue felt tip, "Adam West, Batman" and "Burt Ward, ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Belushi767 - John Belushi
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Original 1965 Wheaton Central High School 'Wecomi' yearbook, 8.5 x 11, 176 pages, depicting Belushi as a member of the sophomore class on pa...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ingrid Bergman768 - Ingrid Bergman
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Glossy 8 x 10 MGM publicity photo of Bergman in an elegant and relaxing pose, signed in blue ink. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creas
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner769 - Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner
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2000 and Thirteen album signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. In fine condition. The record is included.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard Burton and Hamlet770 - Richard Burton and Hamlet
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Souvenir program for John Gielgud's 1964 'dress rehearsal' film production of Hamlet, 11.5 x 11.5, thirty-four pages, signed inside next...
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Celebrities771 - Celebrities
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Collection of 22 checks signed by celebrities, including: Conway Twitty, Blake Edwards, Carl Reiner, Sydney Pollack, William Asher, Walter Lantz, Forr
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Charlie Chaplin772 - Charlie Chaplin
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Matte-finish 4 x 5.5 photo of Chaplin in later age, signed in the lower border in black ink, "Hallo!—Charlie Chaplin." In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charlie Chaplin773 - Charlie Chaplin
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “Best wishes, Charlie Chaplin, 1930,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with faint lines at each co
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Maurice Chevalier774 - Maurice Chevalier
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Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 close-up portrait of a smiling Chevalier, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To-Joe Brown, Beaucoup good wishe...
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Gary Cooper775 - Gary Cooper
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper as Benjamin Trane from the 1954 film Vera Cruz, signed and inscribed in green fountain pen, "To Chr...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Gary Cooper776 - Gary Cooper
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DS, one page, 7.25 x 11, November 20, 1945. Promissory note in which Gary Cooper Productions "promises to pay in lawful money of the United Sta...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joan Crawford777 - Joan Crawford
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Desirable vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 12.5 portrait of Crawford in a polka-dotted top and large sun hat, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "...
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Joan Crawford778 - Joan Crawford
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Matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of the actress posing beneath a gnarled tree branch, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Ambrose, from Joan C...
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Joan Crawford779 - Joan Crawford
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Sharp vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Crawford in a polka dot-trimmed outfit, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Hello to Bessie Mitch...
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Joan Crawford780 - Joan Crawford
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Stunning vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 photo of Crawford by George Hurrell, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Carol, from Joan Crawford.&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Marion Davies781 - Marion Davies
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Vintage sepia matte-finish 10 x 12.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Davies in military attire, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Frank Flack,...
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The Defiant Ones782 - The Defiant Ones
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Uncommon screening program for the 1958 film The Defiant Ones, 8.5 x 11, signed on the glossy front in black felt tip by Sidney Poitier, and in black
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Kirk Douglas783 - Kirk Douglas
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Color satin-finish 16 x 20 full-length photo of Douglas as the titular hero from the 1960 film Spartacus, signed in later age in black felt tip. In fi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Durante784 - Jimmy Durante
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 studio portrait of Durante in an excitable pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Lloyd Hollinger-Hot-Cha-...
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Harrison Ford785 - Harrison Ford
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Color glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Ford, vertically signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Clark Gable786 - Clark Gable
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Gable, payable to Sherman Oaks Hardware for $10.73, January 10, 1950. Encapsulated in a
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Cary Grant787 - Cary Grant
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Maureen Jacobson, Cordially, Cary Grant.” In fine condition, wi...
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Cary Grant788 - Cary Grant
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Glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Grant, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Mary and John De Sant, Cordially, Cary Grant, 1968.” Re...
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Rita Hayworth789 - Rita Hayworth
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Glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of the smiling actress, signed and inscribed in red felt tip, "To Kim, Rita Hayworth.” In fine condition...
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Audrey Hepburn790 - Audrey Hepburn
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Vintage German Star–Galerie booklet for Audrey Hepburn, 4 x 5.75, sixteen pages, signed on the front cover in black ink. Back cover bears a preprinted
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Katharine Hepburn791 - Katharine Hepburn
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Circa 1976 Playbill for a performance of A Matter of Gravity at the Forrest Theatre, eight pages, 5.75 x 9, signed on the front cover in black felt ti
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Jon-Erik Hexum792 - Jon-Erik Hexum
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Actor and model of Cover Up and Voyagers (1957-1984) who accidentally killed himself with a prop revolver loaded with live blanks. Striking glossy 7.7
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Hollywood793 - Hollywood
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Assortment of five documents signed by Hollywood notables, dated from 1952 to 1983, including: Doris Day, Dino De Laurentiis, Jose Ferrer, Gene Kelly,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hollywood794 - Hollywood
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Softcover autograph book, 6 x 5.25, signed inside by over 60 stars of vintage Hollywood, some signatures clipped and affixed, with many inscribed to P
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Buster Keaton795 - Buster Keaton
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Glossy 7.5 x 7.5 photo of Keaton at later age with a forlorn expression, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To the Ken Browne's, Buster Ke...
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Grace Kelly796 - Grace Kelly
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Kelly in a sheer blouse, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To William Ransom, with best wishes, Grace de Monaco.” In ver
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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David Lean797 - David Lean
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Lean filming from high above a courtyard, signed in black ink, "All best, David Lean." In fine condition, with a ne...
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Vivien Leigh798 - Vivien Leigh
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Unique AQS from Shakespeare's Henry V on a light brown 9.5 x 7.75 sheet, in full: "'Health and fair time of day. Joy and good wishes,&q...
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Sophia Loren799 - Sophia Loren
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Delightful pair of oversized semi-glossy photos of Sophia Loren, 20 x 24 and 19.75 x 25, both signed in blue felt tip. Both are mounted to same-size p
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Marcel Marceau800 - Marcel Marceau
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Glossy 7 x 8.5 photo of Marceau in mime character wearing a single-flower top hat, signed in black felt tip, “Marcel Marceau ’83,” adding "Bip&...
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Harpo Marx801 - Harpo Marx
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Vintage pencil signature, "Harpo Marx,” on the reverse of an off-white 8.5 x 3.75 Federal Espionage Act pamphlet, with a card stapled to the up...
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Mary Miles Minter802 - Mary Miles Minter
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Uncommon 5 x 7 paperstock Metro Star publicity portrait of Minter, signed in blue ink, "Mary Miles Minter at 13." In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Mitchum803 - Robert Mitchum
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Handsome color glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Mitchum, boldly signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Marilyn Monroe804 - Marilyn Monroe
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Risque vintage matte-finish 15.75 x 23.5 portrait of a nude Monroe lying against a velvet background, as famously captured by Tom Kelley in 1949. In v
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Mary Tyler Moore805 - Mary Tyler Moore
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Moore in a plaid shirt, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Originally obtained by in-person specialist Mike Wehr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maureen O'Hara806 - Maureen O'Hara
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Four items: a personal check, filled out and signed by O'Hara, "Maureen FitzSimons Price," payable to M. C. A. Artists, Ltd. for $7.20...
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Maureen O'Hara807 - Maureen O'Hara
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Uncommon DS in Spanish, signed “Maureen FitzSimons,” one page, 9.5 x 8.75, July 23, 1954. Air service tourist card issued by the Mexican consulate and
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Maureen O'Hara808 - Maureen O'Hara
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DS, signed “Maureen FitzSimons Price,” six pages, 9 x 14, July 21, 1942. O'Hara's last will and testament, in part: "I, Maureen FitzSim...
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Tatum O'Neal809 - Tatum O'Neal
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Glossy 9.5 x 8 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of O'Neal in her Oscar-winning role as Addie from the 1973 film Paper Moon, signed in black fe...
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Louella Parsons810 - Louella Parsons
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America's first movie columnist (1881-1972) whose columns were read by 20 million people. Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait of Parsons, affe...
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Gregory Peck811 - Gregory Peck
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Glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of Peck as Atticus Finch during a courtroom scene in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, signed and inscribed in black felt ti
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Sidney Poitier812 - Sidney Poitier
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Vintage color 30 x 40 poster for the 1967 film 'To Sir, with Love,' signed in black felt tip by Poitier. Rolled and in fine condition, with ...
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