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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Dr. Seuss509 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1948. Hardcover, 8.25 x 11.25. Signed and inscribed opposite the title
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Dr. Seuss510 - Dr. Seuss
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Glossy 3.5 x 5 photo of Dr. Seuss with his arms folded, signed in black ink. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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E. E. Smith511 - E. E. Smith
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Signed book: Skylark of Valeron. First edition, limited issue, numbered 130/500. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1949. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Stephens512 - James Stephens
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Irish novelist and poet (1880–1950) remembered as a friend of James Joyce. Signed book: The Crock of Gold. First edition. London: Macmillan, 1912. Har
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virginia Woolf513 - Virginia Woolf
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Sought-after ink signature, "Virginia Woolf,” on a blue 3.25 x 1.75 slip affixed to a beige 4.75 x 8 sheet; attached below the signature is a b...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Georges Bizet514 - Georges Bizet
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French composer (1838–1875) whose operatic masterpiece, Carmen, was completed just before his untimely death from heart disease. ALS in French, signed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacques Offenbach515 - Jacques Offenbach
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French composer (1819-1880) best known for his popular stage works, most notably Orpheus in the Underworld (including the famous 'Can-Can') ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Franz Liszt516 - Franz Liszt
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Very attractive AMQS on an off-white 8 x 5.25 musically lined sheet with engraved borders, signed in the lower left in ink, "F. Liszt, 7 Mai 18...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Gaetano Donizetti517 - Gaetano Donizetti
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Italian composer (1797-1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. ALS in French, signed "Donizetti," one page, 4.75 x...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Victor Maurel518 - Victor Maurel
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French operatic baritone (1848–1923) who enjoyed an international reputation as a great singing actor. Uncommon ALS in French, signed “Vr. Maurel,” fo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini519 - Giacomo Puccini
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Desirable AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 5 integral leaf of Excelsior Palace Hotel stationery, signed and inscribed in the lower border, "Alla fra...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini520 - Giacomo Puccini
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Puccini,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Savoy Hotel letterhead, May 18, 1894. Untranslated letter to Armanno
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini521 - Giacomo Puccini
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Italian composer (1858–1924) who earned a central place in the operatic pantheon with such repertoire staples as ‘La boheme,’ ‘Madama Butterfly,’ and
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff522 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Vintage glossy 7.25 x 9.5 photo of the virtuoso seated and playing the piano in a half-length profile pose by New York photographer Herman Mishkin, si
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Dimitri Shostakovich523 - Dimitri Shostakovich
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Russian composer and pianist (1906–1975) who is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky524 - Igor Stravinsky
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Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 4 x 2.25 card, signed and inscribed in ink, "To Frank M. Flack, sincerely, Igor Stravinsky, Hollywood, 1944....
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Richard Wagner525 - Richard Wagner
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ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, October 23, no year. Untranslated letter to "Herr Fritzsche," presumably his publisher, to whom he re...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Art Blakey526 - Art Blakey
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Influential American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919-1990) who pioneered the bebop style. Over the years he worked with Fletcher Henderson and Billy
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Blues Legends527 - Blues Legends
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Vintage UK program booklet for the American Folk Blues Festival of 1965, 48 pages, 11 x 10, signed inside in ballpoint by 10 musicians, with some addi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Blues Legends528 - Blues Legends
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Vintage UK program booklet for the American Folk Blues Festival of 1964, seven pages, 8 x 7, signed inside in black ballpoint by five musicians: Willi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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