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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Claude Monet517 - Claude Monet
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Large and highly desirable AQS in French on an off-white 6.75 x 4.5 sheet, in full (translated): "The only interesting autographs, are those th...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Edvard Munch518 - Edvard Munch
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Influential Norwegian painter and printmaker (1863–1944) known for his intense and evocative treatment of psychological themes. ALS in German, one pag
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Robert Natkin519 - Robert Natkin
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American painter (1930–2010) associated with abstract expressionism and color field painting. Colorful original artwork by Robert Natkin accomplished
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso520 - Pablo Picasso
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Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie check, 7.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Picasso, "Pablo Ruiz Picasso," payable t...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso521 - Pablo Picasso
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Commemorative cover bearing two Czechoslovakian postage stamps designed by Picasso, prominently signed in blue ballpoint, "Picasso." Postm...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro522 - Camille Pissarro
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Acclaimed Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter (1830–1903). ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” one page, 5 x 8, November 29, 1895. Untranslat
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hiram Powers523 - Hiram Powers
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American neoclassical sculptor (1805-1873). Vintage 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of a bust sculpture of Proserpine in profile, signed in the lower b
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir524 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Exquisite matte-finish 6.25 x 10.5 photographic print of Renoir’s 1885 painting entitled ‘Girl in the Yellow Hat,’ signed in the lower border black in
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin525 - Auguste Rodin
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LS in French, signed “Aug. Rodin,” one page, 3.75 x 6, no date. Untranslated letter to Blanche Marchesi in Paris, responding to an invitation. In fine
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Auguste Rodin526 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “Rodin,” one page, 4 x 6.25, no date. Letter to composer Charles Gounod. In full (translated): “I knew that it was on the 20th a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Félicien Rops527 - Félicien Rops
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Belgian artist (1833–1898) known primarily as a printmaker in etching and aquatint. ALS in French, signed “F. R.,” one page, 4.75 x 6, postmarked Dece
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Paul Signac528 - Paul Signac
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ALS in French, signed “P. S.,” eight pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 7, personal monogrammed letterhead, no date. Letter to his friend,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Paul Signac529 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Fabulous original pencil sketch o
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec530 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a pl...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec531 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “H. T. Lautrec,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, postmarked February 19, 1892. Untranslated letter to the Belgia
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Andy Warhol532 - Andy Warhol
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Exceptional 10 x 8 gelatin silver photograph by Andy Warhol of model Jerry Hall at her Studio 54 birthday party on July 3, 1980, showing Keith Richard
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol533 - Andy Warhol
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Iconic exhibition book page showing his artwork entitled 'Red Elvis, 1962,' 8 x 10.25, boldly signed and inscribed along the bottom in black...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol534 - Andy Warhol
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Interview magazine from September 1982, Vol. XII, No. 9, 11 x 17, 108 pages, with Bette Midler on the front cover, vertically signed over her image in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler535 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Uncommon ALS in pencil, signed “J Mc: N. Whistler,” one page, 6 x 4, no date. In part: “I do hope you are quite well again—and perhaps you will look i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright536 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, City of New York Department of Housing and Buildings letterhead, February 13, 1957. An amendment to the plans of his tremendou
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Pierre Alechinsky537 - Pierre Alechinsky
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Belgian artist (born 1927) whose work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction. Untranslated ANS in French, written in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Architects538 - Architects
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Group of four color photos, glossy and laserprint, ranging in size from 8 x 6 to 8.5 x 11, each signed in black felt tip by a legendary architect, inc
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Bama539 - James Bama
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American artist (born 1926) known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects; he also famously painted the box cover art for Auror...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alexander Calder540 - Alexander Calder
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ANS signed "Sandy," one page on a 5.5 x 3.25 postcard, postmarked 1959. A quick note to prolific writer Selden Rodman, in full: "We&#...
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Ivan Chermayeff541 - Ivan Chermayeff
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Two items: a semi-glossy 8.5 x 11 laserprint photo of the fire-and-water logo for HarperCollins Publishers, signed below in black ink; and a personal
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac542 - Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac
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French modernist painter and printmaker (1884–1974) whose work was included in the influential 1913 Armory Show in New York. Untranslated ALS in Frenc
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Jacob Epstein543 - Jacob Epstein
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American-born Jewish sculptor (1880–1959) who worked primarily in Great Britain and whose nude public sculptures stirred up much controversy in his li
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hans Hartung544 - Hans Hartung
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German-French painter (1904–1989) known for his gestural abstract style. Black-and-white 7.75 x 6.5 magazine photo of one of his abstract works, signe
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Roy Lichtenstein545 - Roy Lichtenstein
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Attractive color 7 x 4.75 greeting card showing Lichtenstein's 1991 work La Sortie, signed on the front in black felt tip, "R. Lichtenstein...
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Ernest Meissonier546 - 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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Joan Miro547 - Joan Miro
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Glossy 7.75 x 9 book photo of Miro at work, signed in black ballpoint, “Miro!” In fine condition, with rippling to the top edge from old tape on the r
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Moore548 - Henry Moore
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Group of three TLSs, four total pages, each approximately 4.5 x 7, Hogsland, Perry Green letterhead, dated between 1946 and 1948, each addressed to fe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gerhard Richter549 - Gerhard Richter
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German artist (born 1932) whose works have achieved world-record prices at auction. Card for Richter's 1984 exhibition at the Galerie Liliane &a...
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Norman Rockwell550 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, November 30, 1976. Letter to Jacob Kisner, in full: "In answer to your letter of the 23rd, I a...
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Victor Vasarely551 - Victor Vasarely
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Pioneering Hungarian-born French artist (1906–1997) generally regarded as the founder of the short-lived 'op art' movement. Printed circular...
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Ai Weiwei552 - Ai Weiwei
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Chinese Contemporary artist and activist (born 1957). Color glossy 8 x 12 photo of the poster for the 2012 documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, signed
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Robert Crumb553 - Robert Crumb
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Early and original complete comic strip, signed "R. Crumb," on both sides of a 6.75 x 8.5 off-white lightly lined sheet, titled "A Sa...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Walt Disney554 - Walt Disney
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Amusing vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Disney pictured with a beaver, presumably as a publicity stunt for the release of the 1950 short film In
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Chuck Jones555 - Chuck Jones
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Original pencil sketch of Bugs Bunny on an off-white 2.75 x 4.75 card, signed and inscribed below, "For Bobby—Bugs Bunny & Chuck Jones, 198...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz556 - Charles Schulz
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Vintage ballpoint signature and inscription, "For Earl with every best wish—Charles M. Schulz," who adds a wonderful full-length sketch of...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Schulz557 - Charles Schulz
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Original signed ink sketch on the reverse of a 4 x 8.75 Peanuts greeting card, showing Woodstock perched on the top of a flower, signed below, "...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Maleficent and Prince Phillip concept artwork from Sleeping Beauty by Eyvind Earle558 - Maleficent and Prince Phillip concept artwork from Sleeping Beauty by Eyvind Earle
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Beautiful original concept painting by Eyvind Earle featuring the climactic battle scene between Maleficent and Prince Phi
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Bashful production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs559 - Bashful production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original production cel featuring Bashful from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing him peeking out and sheepishly tug
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Milton Caniff560 - Milton Caniff
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Original color sketch of comic strip hero Steve Canyon accomplished by Caniff on a 7.25 x 10.5 sheet of his personal letterhead, signed and inscribed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Models561 - Disney Models
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Group of five photos, glossy and laserprint, ranging in size from 8 x 10 to 11 x 8.5, each signed in ink or felt tip by either a model or voice actres
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Disney Musicians562 - Disney Musicians
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Set of four color laserprint photos, 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 8.5, showing either a famous Disney character or musician, each signed in black ink or ballpoin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bob Givens563 - Bob Givens
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Set of three 8.5 x 11 laserprint photos of characters animated by Bob Givens, including: a Bugs Bunny character sheet, signed in blue felt tip, &quo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chester Gould564 - Chester Gould
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Vintage ballpoint signature, "Thanks for your nice letter, Chester Gould," adding a phenomenal profile sketch of Dick Tracy with speech bu...
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera565 - Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
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Original hand-painted production cel depicting Tom Cat, Jr., playing with Jerry Mouse, Jr., 11.75 x 9, signed in black felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jiminy Cricket566 - Jiminy Cricket
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1950s) Original production cel featuring Jiminy Cricket from a Disney cartoon, showing him happily strolling along. Image measur
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