Auction Details
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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423Jose Clemente OrozcoRR Auction
Mexican painter (1883–1949) who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance along with the likes of Diego Rivera and Dav
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
424Edvard MunchRR Auction
ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 4, August 12, 1936. Letter to a friend. In full (translated): "Your letter made me very happy. Thanks a thousand...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
425Paul SignacRR Auction
French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Fabulous original unsigned pencil
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
426Pablo PicassoRR Auction
Exquisite original detailed ink drawing by Pablo Picasso of a holiday feast, accomplished on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting a wintry forest scene on t
Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
427Andy WarholRR Auction
Exquisite limited edition 32 x 40 screenprint in colors with diamond dust on Lenox Museum Board, entitled 'Edward Kennedy' (FS II.240), numb...
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
434Stanford WhiteRR Auction
Distinguished American architect (1853-1906) who was a leading figure of the 'Beaux Arts' movement, best known for his opulent mansions and ...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
435Gottfried BennRR Auction
German poet, essayist, and physician (1886–1956) who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Rare TLS in German, signed “Benn,” on
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
436Cao YuRR Auction
Chinese playwright (1910–1996) who is often regarded as China's most important of the 20th century. His best-known works are Thunderstorm, Sunri...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
437Raymond ChandlerRR Auction
DS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, May 16, 1946. Agreement between Chandler and Paramount Pictures for him to render services "in connection with an as...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
438Samuel L. ClemensRR Auction
Crisp ink signature, "Yrs Truly, S. L. Clemens, Mark Twain, Mch/81,” on a white 3.75 x 2.25 card. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a limi...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
439Charles DickensRR Auction
Sought-after 3.75 x 2.25 envelope panel addressed to a noted Shakespearean actor and signed in black ink, "Charles Kemble Esquire, Theatre Roya...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
440Charles DickensRR Auction
Very desirable ink signature, "Wednesday Nineteenth September 1860, Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 sheet of Gads...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
441Arthur Conan DoyleRR Auction
ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, The Athenaeum letterhead, May 5, 1914. Letter to an artist, in part: "I was much charmed by your picture of children in...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
442Johann Wolfgang von GoetheRR Auction
German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
443Han SuyinRR Auction
Pen name of Elizabeth Comber (1916-2012) whose novels and autobiographical memoirs covered the span of modern China, gaining her a reputation as an ar
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
444Oliver Wendell Holmes, SrRR Auction
Attractive handwritten final stanza from the 1858 poem The Chambered Nautilus, penned on an off-white 7 x 4.25 sheet by Holmes, who signs at the concl
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
445Aleksandr KuprinRR Auction
Russian writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870-1938) best known for his story The Duel. Untranslated ALS in Cyrillic, signed “A. Kyuprin,” one page, 8
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
446Lin YutangRR Auction
Chinese writer (1895-1976) whose compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. Uncommon vintage ma
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
447Harper LeeRR Auction
ALS signed “Harper,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal letterhead, February 26, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in part: "(I...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
448Jack LondonRR Auction
Signed book: The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems by George Sterling. First edition. San Francisco: W. E. Wood, 1903. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 142
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00