RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Animation

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RR Auction's first Fine Autograph and Artifact sale of 2019 features nearly 1,000 rare and remarkable lots, with a special focus on Art and Animation. Highlights from traditional artists include sketches by Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso, an oversized screen print by Andy Warhol, and a letter by Claude Monet, while the animation section features extraordinary original production artwork from Disney classics like Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Fantasia, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Other top items include a magnificent signed portrait of Albert Einstein, a Civil War draft order signed by President Abraham Lincoln, a presentation copy of Walt Whitman's works, and a variety of other important historical autographs from across the ages. 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 2019.
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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Robert E. Lee261 - Robert E. Lee
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Beautifully engraved partly-printed vellum DS, signed “R. E. Lee,” as superintendent of West Point, one page, 20.75 x 25, June 17, 1853. United States
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer262 - George A. Custer
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Rare Planters National Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Custer, "G. A. Custer," payable to Cash for $31, September 5, 1872...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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WWI Uniform and Documents Belonging to 2nd Lt. Lawrence C. Schaper, US Army Balloon Observer and Ins263 - WWI Uniform and Documents Belonging to 2nd Lt. Lawrence C. Schaper, US Army Balloon Observer and Ins
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Spectacular archive comprising the World War I uniform and documents belonging to to 2nd Lt. Lawrence C. Schaper, US Army Balloon Observer and Instruc
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Battle of Midway: Medals and Documents Belonging to Capt. Benjamin Tappan, Jr., USN, Awarded the Dis264 - Battle of Midway: Medals and Documents Belonging to Capt. Benjamin Tappan, Jr., USN, Awarded the Dis
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Extraordinary archive of medals and documents belonging to Capt. Benjamin Tappan, Jr., USN, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions at
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Chester Nimitz265 - Chester Nimitz
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Matte-finish 7.75 x 5.75 photo of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, signed and
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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George S. Patton266 - George S. Patton
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Mailing envelope, 9 x 4, addressed in type to "Jimmy Murphy, 115 Peabody Street, Gardner, Mass., U.S.A.," and signed by Patton with his ce...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George S. Patton267 - George S. Patton
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World War I-dated ALS signed “George S. Patton, Jr.,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, April 9, 1918. Letter to his mother, Ruth Wilson Patton, in fu
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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WWII Uniform Items Belonging to Lt. Gerald Arkfeld, 1st Air Commando Group268 - WWII Uniform Items Belonging to Lt. Gerald Arkfeld, 1st Air Commando Group
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Group of World War II uniform items belonging to Lt. Gerald Arkfeld, 1st Air Commando Group, comprising a leather A-2 flight jacket, USAAF enlisted ma
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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WWII US M1 Fixed Bail Helmet with Bullet Strike269 - WWII US M1 Fixed Bail Helmet with Bullet Strike
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An early World War II front seam 'Steel Pot' US M1 helmet with fixed chinstrap bails, with prominent bullet entry and exit holes. The helmet...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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WWII USAAF 8th Air Force B-15 Flight Jacket with Unit Patch and Leather Helmet270 - WWII USAAF 8th Air Force B-15 Flight Jacket with Unit Patch and Leather Helmet
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Fantastic World War II USAAF 8th Air Force B-15 flight jacket with 614th Bombardment Squadron unit patch and leather helmet. This is a cloth, issue ja
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Carteret271 - George Carteret
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Royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy (c. 1610–1680). Rare manuscript DS, signed &...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon272 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Napol,” 7.25 x 8.75, March 11, 1807. Dating to the waning months of the War of the 4th Coalition when Napoleon's forces we...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon273 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Accorde, Np,” one page, 8.5 x 13, October 27, 1808. Official document for a legion of honor request made by Marshal
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon274 - Napoleon
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Choice manuscript DS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 8 x 12.75, May 28, 1810. Untranslated military document, listing the names and ranks of twelve
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon's Imperial Guard275 - Napoleon's Imperial Guard
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Partly-printed DS, in French, one page, 15.25 x 15.75, June 7, 1805. Official document for a retirement leave from Napoleon's "Garde Imperi...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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509th Composite Group276 - 509th Composite Group
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Color glossy 10.25 x 7.75 photo of the 1946 emblem of the 509th Composite Group while part of the 58th 'Very Heavy' Bombardment Wing, signed...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Baden-Powell277 - Robert Baden-Powell
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British military officer and founder of the world scouting movement (1857–1941). Fountain pen signature, "Robert Baden-Powell,” on an off-white...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test278 - Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test
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Amazing flown 6.75 x 3.75 postal cover carried aboard the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946, as par...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pierre Cambronne279 - Pierre Cambronne
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General of the French Empire (1770-1842) who fought during the wars of the Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, and was wounded at the Battle of Waterlo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain280 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. L. Chamberlain,” one page, 8.5 x 14, December 6, 1869. State of Maine document in which Frank B. Mildram of Wells in the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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