RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy

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Opening with a section commemorating President John F. Kennedy's life and legacy, RR Auction's November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features a multitude of rare and remarkable pieces of the past. Boasting well over 1,100 items spanning all fields, some top auction items include JFK's personally-worn presidential suit; incredible letters from artists like Cezanne, Renoir, Dali, Monet, and Toulouse-Lautrec; and great signed Hollywood photographs of the Our Gang cast, the Marx Brothers, and Grace Kelly. Also featured is a section comprised of items belonging to the late Boston drummer Sib Hashian, which will culminate in a LIVE sale of headlining lots on November 7th. 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 November 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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Andy Warhol557 - Andy Warhol
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Gallery announcement card for the release of Andy Warhol's 1972 suite of Mao Tse-Tung screenprints, 6.75 x 6.75 (opening to 13.5 x 6.75), signed...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol558 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust j...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ai Weiwei559 - Ai Weiwei
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Chinese Contemporary artist and activist (born 1957). Color glossy 8 x 11 photo of an Ai Weiwei installation with 'Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn...
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Ai Weiwei560 - Ai Weiwei
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Color satin-finish 8 x 12 photo of Ai Weiwei posing amidst millions of his hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds, signed in black felt tip. In very f
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Rosa Bonheur561 - Rosa Bonheur
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French realist artist and sculptor (1822–1899) known for her paintings of animals. ALS in French, signed “R. Bonheur,” four pages on two adjoining she
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Fernando Botero562 - Fernando Botero
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Two different color 4 x 6 postcard photos of Botero's famous rotund figures, each signed in black felt tip, "Botero." In fine condition.
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Antonio Canova563 - Antonio Canova
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Italian sculptor (1757–1822) known for his neoclassical marble nudes. Rare ALS in Italian, one page, 5 x 7.25, October 21, 1814. Letter to the painter
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux564 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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French sculptor and painter (1827-1875) from whom Napoleon III commissioned many works. Untranslated ALS in French, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, M
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Christo565 - Christo
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Artist (born 1935) known for his large-scale outdoor works made in collaboration with his wife Jeanne-Claude, including 'Running Fence' and ...
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Francesco Clemente566 - Francesco Clemente
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Two different 4 x 6 postcards depicting Clemente's contemporary artworks, each signed in black ballpoint. In fine condition.
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John Collier567 - John Collier
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English artist and an author (1850–1934) known for his portraits in the Pre-Raphaelite style. ALS, one page, 3.75 x 5.75, personal letterhead, June 19
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Salvador Dali568 - Salvador Dali
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Vintage ballpoint signature, "Dali,” on the reverse of a color glossy 6 x 4.25 postcard of the Cathedral of Barcelona. Collector's notation...
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Willem de Kooning569 - Willem de Kooning
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Color 4 x 6 postcard of de Kooning's 1976 work 'Untitled X,' signed in the lower border in black ballpoint, "Willem de Kooning.&quo...
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Gustave Dore570 - Gustave Dore
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Painter and illustrator (1832-1883) known for his illustrated editions of books by Rabelais, Balzac, Dante, Milton, and others. Brief untranslated ALS
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Erte571 - Erte
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Pseudonym of Romain de Tirtoff (1892–1990), a Russian-born French artist and designer in an array of fields, including fashion, jewelry, graphic arts,
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Nan Goldin572 - Nan Goldin
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Color 6 x 4.25 postcard of Goldin's photograph entitled 'Takaki with His Mother Yumi, Tokyo, 1984,' signed in silver ink, "X, Nan G...
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Ernst Haas573 - Ernst Haas
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Austrian-American photojournalist (1921–1986) remembered as an early innovator in color photography. His photographs were published in magazines like
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Gale Halderman574 - Gale Halderman
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Original designer of the first Ford Mustang, who then shepherded his design into production. Four glossy 10 x 8 photos signed in black felt tip by Gal
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser575 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser
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Controversial Austrian artist (1928-2000) best known for his fanciful architectural designs. Two items: an official Geneve FDC with "Human Righ...
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William Holman Hunt576 - William Holman Hunt
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English painter (1827–1910) who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Bold ink signature, "W. Holman Hunt,” on an off-whi...
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Oskar Kokoschka577 - Oskar Kokoschka
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Austrian artist, poet, and playwright (1914-1980) known for his intensely vivid expressionistic portraits and landscapes. Appealing color postcard sho
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John La Farge578 - John La Farge
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American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer (1835–1910) renowned for his pioneering use of opalescent glass. ALS sig
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Edwin Landseer579 - Edwin Landseer
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English painter and sculptor (1802–1873) best known for his animal-inspired artwork; his most famous works are the lion sculptures in Trafalgar Square
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Thomas Lawrence580 - Thomas Lawrence
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Leading English portrait painter (1769–1830) who served as the fourth president of the Royal Academy. ALS signed “Tho's Lawrence,” one page both...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Annie Leibovitz581 - Annie Leibovitz
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Color 4.25 x 6 postcard photo of her classic 1984 portrait of Bruce Springsteen in front of the American flag, signed in black felt tip by Leibovitz.
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Frederic Leighton582 - Frederic Leighton
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English painter and sculptor (1830–1896) associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Two letters by Leighton: an ALS signed "Always yours i...
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Erich Lessing583 - Erich Lessing
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Austrian photographer (1923–2018) known for his portraits of poets, musicians, physicists, and astronomers. Four original vintage semi-glossy 7.75 x 1
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Ernest Meissonier584 - Ernest Meissonier
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French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon and his armies (1815–1891). ALS in French, signed “E. Meissonier,” one pa
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John Everett Millais585 - John Everett Millais
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Noted English painter and illustrator (1829–1896) who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Two letters by Millais: an ALS, four
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Alphonse Mucha586 - Alphonse Mucha
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Influential Czech artist (1860-1939) best remembered for his stylized Art Nouveau depictions of beautiful women. Uncommon color postcard, 3.5 x 5.5, f
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LeRoy Neiman587 - LeRoy Neiman
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Color glossy 8 x 5.5 postcard photo of LeRoy Neiman's serigraph 'The Three Tenors,' signed in black felt tip by Neiman, and in blue felt...
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LeRoy Neiman588 - LeRoy Neiman
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Color glossy 8 x 5.75 postcard photo of LeRoy Neiman's serigraph entitled 'Ted Williams—The Splendid Splinter,' signed in black felt tip...
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LeRoy Neiman589 - LeRoy Neiman
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Three different 7 x 5 publisher's announcement cards for prints of Neiman's classic works, individually signed in felt tip. In fine conditio...
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Maxfield Parrish590 - Maxfield Parrish
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Attractive ink signature, "Maxfield Parrish,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card, with Parrish adding a handwritten note on the reverse: "You...
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Robert Rauschenberg591 - Robert Rauschenberg
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American painter and graphic artist (1925–2008) whose early works anticipated the pop art movement. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Robert Rauschenberg standin
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Bettina Rheims592 - Bettina Rheims
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Two different 4 x 6 postcards of Rheims's nude portraits, each signed in ballpoint, "Bettina Rheims." In fine condition.
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Herb Ritts593 - Herb Ritts
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Appealing 4.25 x 6 postcard of Ritts's photograph 'Nandoye and Nangini, Hands Joined, Africa, 1993,' signed in blue ballpoint. In very f...
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Norman Rockwell594 - Norman Rockwell
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Group lot of seven TLSs from Norman Rockwell, each one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, each addressed to Audrey Muhl between 1972 and 1977, co
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Norman Rockwell595 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7.75, personal letterhead, June 17, 1975. In full: "Because of an agreement, which is expressed in the stamp below, I can ...
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Norman Rockwell596 - Norman Rockwell
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Glossy 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo of Rockwell with pipe, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "My best wishes to Mark Held, sincerely, Norman ...
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Erno Rubik597 - Erno Rubik
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Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture (born 1944) who is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles such as the Rubik&...
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John Singer Sargent598 - John Singer Sargent
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Distinguished American-born artist (1856-1925) who spent most of his career as an expatriate in Europe. While he painted a variety of subjects in vari
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Jan Saudek599 - Jan Saudek
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Two different 4 6 x postcards of Saudek's photographs, each boldly signed in the margin in black ink. In very fine condition.
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David Seymour600 - David Seymour
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Polish photographer and photojournalist (1911–1956) remembered for co-founding Magnum Photos, who was killed by Egyptian machinegun fire in the afterm
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Dennis Stock601 - Dennis Stock
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American photojournalist (1928–2010) remembered for his photographs of James Dean, jazz musicians, and contrasting regional scenes. Four original vint
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Henry Ossawa Tanner602 - Henry Ossawa Tanner
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American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim (1859–1937). His oil painting Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler603 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Pioneering and influential American-born artist (1834–1903), best known for his distinctively evocative portraits, city-scenes, and landscapes. ALS si
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Walt Disney604 - Walt Disney
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Wonderful vintage matte-finish 9 x 7.25 photo of Disney offering a pen to a well-trained Skye Terrier, the star of the 1961 film Greyfriars Bobby, sig
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz605 - Charles Schulz
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Signed book: Good Ol' Charlie Brown. First edition. NY: Rinehart, 1957. Softcover, 5.25 x 8. Wonderfully signed and inscribed on the half-title ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Beavis and Butt-Head production cel from Beavis and Butt-Head606 - Beavis and Butt-Head production cel from Beavis and Butt-Head
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(MTV Networks, 1993) Original production cel from the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head, which depicts the teenage metal-head buddies ho
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