RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

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With over 850 lots, RR Auction’s March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale offers a wide variety of material for history buffs, music lovers, sports fans, movie mavens, and more! Our highlighted military section ranges from European conflicts of the 17th century through World War II, and features everything from autographs to weapons and uniforms. Art and literature also take a leading role, with autograph letters from the likes of Monet, Matisse, Lautrec, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Marvels of classical music include a Haydn contract, Liszt letter, and Verdi note, while Gershwin, Guthrie, and Lennon round out our modern selection. 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 March 2018.
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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Orville Wright467 - Orville Wright
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The Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, "Orville Wright," payable to Orville Wright for...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Apollo 11468 - Apollo 11
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Excellent official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the crew of Apollo 11 posing in their white space suits against a large lunar backdrop, signed and
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong469 - Neil Armstrong
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Best wishes to Barb...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong470 - Neil Armstrong
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Uncommon official color 11 x 14 NASA lithograph of Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, his visor showing the reflection of Neil Armstrong, signed and in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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STS-1471 - STS-1
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Flown American flag carried aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1, 5.75 x 4, affixed to an 8.5 x 11 presentation certificate bearing pre-printed
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin472 - Buzz Aldrin
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Three books, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in blue or black ink by Aldrin, with titles including: Mission to Mars; Reachin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Aldrin, Cernan, and Lovell473 - Aldrin, Cernan, and Lovell
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Three books: a copy of Mission to Mars, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in black felt tip by Buzz Aldrin; a copy of The Last Man
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 13474 - Apollo 13
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Limited edition color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo honoring the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, numbered 9/300, signed in black felt tip by Jam
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz475 - Apollo-Soyuz
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Limited edition color satin-finish 9.5 x 7.5 photo of the Apollo Command/Service Module and the Soviet Soyuz 19 prior to docking, numbered 16/80, sign
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong476 - Neil Armstrong
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Bold felt tip signature, "Neil Armstrong,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Encapsulated in a plastic JSA/Beckett authentication holder. In very fin...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong477 - Neil Armstrong
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Armstrong in a suit and tie, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong478 - Neil Armstrong
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Glossy 3.5 x 5.75 postcard photo of Armstrong in a suit and tie, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In very good condition, with scattered
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Astronaut Hall of Fame479 - Astronaut Hall of Fame
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Two items: a color 21.5 x 27.5 lithograph of the 2001 inductees into the Astronaut Hall of Fame, showing images of Bob Crippen, Joe Engle, Richard Tru
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan480 - Gene Cernan
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Color semi-glossy 9.75 x 7.75 full-length photo of Commander Cernan standing on the lunar surface between the American flag and the lunar rover, signe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan481 - Gene Cernan
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 17 prime crew posing on the lunar rover, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Tom Gr...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Challenger: Ron McNair482 - Challenger: Ron McNair
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Attractive official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of McNair posing in his blue flight suit, with a large Challenger model pictured in the background, s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke483 - Charlie Duke
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Original felt tip sketch by Charlie Duke on a white 10.5 x 7.5 cardstock sheet, showing the lunar module and lunar rover on the surface of the moon, s
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke484 - Charlie Duke
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Uncommon souvenir typescript detailing Lunar Module Pilot Duke's perspective of the "Apollo 16 Launch," one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Yuri Gagarin485 - Yuri Gagarin
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Textured matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Gagarin in uniform, boldly signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gemini Astronauts486 - Gemini Astronauts
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Set of three color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photos, each signed by the pictured Gemini astronaut in black or blue felt tip, including: "Richard Gordo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin487 - Jim Irwin
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Two items: a Footprints on the Moon pamphlet, 3.5 x 5.75, signed and inscribed on the front in black felt tip, "Bill, His Love, Jim Irwin"...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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ISS Flown Cover488 - ISS Flown Cover
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Flown postal cover carried to the International Space Station aboard the Georges Lemaitre ATV cargo resupply spacecraft on July 28, 2014, and returned
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Yuri Malenchenko489 - Yuri Malenchenko
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Untranslated ALS in Cyrillic written by Yuri Malenchenko to Viktor Afanasyev while aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 32, one pa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Yuri Malenchenko490 - Yuri Malenchenko
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Untranslated ANS in Cyrillic written by Yuri Malenchenko to Aleksandr Volkov while aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 46, one pa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts491 - Mercury Astronauts
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Four items: an FDC postmarked February 20, 1962, the launch day of the Friendship 7 spacecraft, signed in blue felt tip by John Glenn; and three semi-
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mission Control492 - Mission Control
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Three semi-glossy photos: an 8 x 10 portrait of NASA nurse Dee O'Hara, signed in black felt tip; an 8 x 10 portrait of pad leader Guenter Wendt,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard493 - Alan Shepard
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Limited edition display commemorating the career of astronaut Alan Shepard, numbered 3/100, featuring a golden Project Mercury lapel pin and a color 9
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab Astronauts494 - Skylab Astronauts
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Seven items: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Skylab Space Station hovering over Earth, signed in black felt tip, “Bill Pogue, PLT,” “E
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Soyuz 26 and 27495 - Soyuz 26 and 27
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Flown Soviet commemorative cover, 6.5 x 4.5, with a handsome color cachet honoring the Sputnik satellite, postmarked October 4, 1977, signed in Cyrill
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Miscellany496 - Space Miscellany
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Group lot of unsigned items honoring various NASA programs and events, including: a laminated 1 x 1 swatch of payload bay liner flown on STS–125; appe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle497 - Space Shuttle
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Collection of Kennedy Space Center visitor complex vehicle passes for various Space Shuttle missions, ranging in size from 8.5 x 5.5 to 11 x 8.5, incl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Valentina Tereshkova498 - Valentina Tereshkova
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Glossy 4 x 6.5 close-up photo of a smiling Valentina Tereshkova in her space suit, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In fine condition, wi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Young499 - John Young
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Recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 10 US Navy Pacific Recovery Force, postmarked May 26, 1969, USS Arlington, signed in black in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams500 - Ansel Adams
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TLS, one page on the reverse of a glossy 6 x 4.25 postcard of Hurricane Ridge, postmarked June 2, 1982. Letter to Gary Lorenz, in full: "Thank ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Artists501 - Artists
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Group of seven unsigned carte-de-visite portraits of noted 19th-century artists, including: John Ruskin (bearing a facsimile signature), George Cruiks
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi502 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Original 9 x 7 albumen photograph of Bartholdi with 26 French dele
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi503 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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ALS in French, signed “A. Bartholdi,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10.5, Franco American Union Committee letterhead, July 16, 1884. Letter
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall504 - Marc Chagall
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Wonderful original ballpoint sketch of a human figure (possibly a self-portrait) accomplished by Chagall on a white 8.25 x 4.75 sheet, prominently sig
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali505 - Salvador Dali
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ALS in Spanish, one page, 5.5 x 7, Hotel Ritz, Barcelona letterhead, stamp-dated May 28, 1956. Letter to a gentleman, in part (translated): "Ou...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali506 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali on Modern Art. First edition. NY: The Dial Press, 1957. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 156 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed across an
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Degas507 - Edgar Degas
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Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” three pages on two
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Eugene Delacroix508 - Eugene Delacroix
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French artist (1798–1863) who takes a place in the first rank of painters in the Romantic tradition and whose mastery of color and technique inspired
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Oskar Kokoschka509 - Oskar Kokoschka
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Austrian artist, poet, and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes (1886–1980). Remarkable ALS signed “OK,” one
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Wassily Kandinsky510 - Wassily Kandinsky
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Pioneering Russian artist (1866–1944) who takes a place among the seminal figures in the development of abstract art. Scarce TLS in French, signed “Ka
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Karl Lagerfeld511 - Karl Lagerfeld
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German fashion designer and photographer (born 1933). ALS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, February 12, 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse512 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H.,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10.25, no date. Letter to his daughter Marguerite, "My dear Marg," in part (transl...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Everett Millais513 - 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. ALS, three pages on two adjoining she
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Joan Miro514 - Joan Miro
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Bold vintage fountain pen signature, "Espagne (Tarragone) Montroig, 7.8.29, au pour souvenir de, Miro!,” on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.5 Spanish ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Claude Monet515 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, signed “Your old Claude,” six pages on three sheets (two adjoining), 5 x 8, Savoy Hotel, London letterhead, February 14, 1900. Letter t
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet516 - Claude Monet
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Desirable ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Giverny Par Vernon letterhead, March 21, 1906. In part (translated): "In reply t...
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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