RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a wealth of significant pop culture material, drawing from movies, music, art, and literature. The sale features an important photographic archive of Marilyn Monroe, shot during the production of the 1952 film Niagara; an emotional letter by Monroe to acting mentor Lee Strasberg; an incredibly rare book signed by Leo Tolstoy; a Revolutionary War–dated letter by George Washington; multiple Beatles autographs; and a virtually one-of-a-kind signature of the important Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud. 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 2020.
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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Edgar Mitchell405 - Edgar Mitchell
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 full-length photo of the Apollo 14 LMP walking across the lunar surface, signed in silver ink, "Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14.&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers406 - Moonwalkers
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Very desirable official color semi-glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of the Earth glowing above the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip by sev
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers407 - Moonwalkers
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Six signed photos of moonwalkers, including Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, and Gene Cernan, most being decidedly earl
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers408 - Moonwalkers
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Group lot of five items signed by an Apollo moonwalker, ranging in size from 3.5 x 6 to 10 x 8, each signed in ink or felt tip by the pictured astrona
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers409 - Moonwalkers
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Appealing group lot of five covers, the majority with cachets honoring the Apollo and Skylab missions, postmarked between 1962 and 1972, individually
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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NASA410 - NASA
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FDC bearing the 1967 Gemini Twin Space stamps, postmarked on the issue date of September 29, 1967, signed in various ink types by Gene Cernan, Charlie
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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NASA Distinguished Service Medal411 - NASA Distinguished Service Medal
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Unawarded official NASA Distinguished Service Medal, featuring a 1 5/8? medal with emblem reading, "Distinguished Service, NASA," suspende...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sally Ride413 - Sally Ride
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Ride posing in her blue flight suit in front of a Challenger model, signed in black felt tip, "Sally K...
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Sally Ride414 - Sally Ride
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Three items: a felt tip signature, "Sally K. Ride," on a light green 5 x 3 card with a typed notation indicating that it was obtained in P...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harrison Schmitt415 - Harrison Schmitt
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Vintage glossy 4 x 5 photo of Schmitt wearing a training suit and NASA cap, signed in fountain pen, "Harrison H. Schmitt." The photo is af...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Rusty Schweickart416 - Rusty Schweickart
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Two items signed by Schweickart: a TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, December 4, 1964, in part: "I agree that Houston is quite a contra...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard417 - Alan Shepard
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Shepard holding the American flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission, signed and inscribed in
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Alan Shepard and James Lovell418 - Alan Shepard and James Lovell
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Two books: a later printing of Lost Moon, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the half-title page in black ballpoint by James Lovell; and a first ed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS-1419 - STS-1
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Official color 10 x 7.75 NASA lithograph of the crew of STS-1 posing in their orange space suits with a model of the Columbia orbiter, signed and insc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun420 - Wernher von Braun
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, U.S. Army Ordnance Corps/Army Ballistic Missile Agency letterhead, October 10, 1956. Letter to Harold A. Bolz of the College
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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John Young421 - John Young
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Very desirable color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Young leaping off the lunar surface and saluting the American flag, signed boldly in white ink, “Joh
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Francis Bacon422 - Francis Bacon
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Important British painter (1909–1992) best known for his grotesque, sometimes violent imagery often incorporating flayed human figures. Signed booklet
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Banksy423 - Banksy
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Rare first issue of the ‘Paris’ CD by enigmatic street artist Banksy, who reinterpreted approximately 400 to 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s debut album
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Jean Cocteau424 - Jean Cocteau
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Versatile French writer and artist (1889-1963) whose spectrum of work included novels, poems, plays, illustrations, films, and set designs. Very desir
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse425 - 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 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet426 - Claude Monet
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LS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.5, Giverny Par Vernon Eure letterhead, April 4, 1926. Letter to Jacques-Louis Duchemin, a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Georgia O'Keeffe427 - Georgia O'Keeffe
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TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August 27, 1971. A detailed letter to her sister Anita addressed as Mrs. Robert R. Young residing at the Fairholme mansion i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir428 - 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 : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol429 - Andy Warhol
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Incredible multi-signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol430 - Andy Warhol
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Uncommon signed book: Andy Warhol by John Coplans. First edition. NY: New York Graphic Society, 1970. Softcover, 9 x 11, 160 pages. Signed vertically
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Artists431 - Artists
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FDC with a cachet honoring the 100th anniversary of Frederic Remington, signed on the front in ink or artist pencil by Jasper Johns, Adolph Gottlieb,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gustave Dore432 - 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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Erte433 - 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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Buckminster Fuller434 - Buckminster Fuller
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Visionary American architect, inventor, writer, and philosopher (1895–1983) perhaps best known for inventing the geodesic dome, one of the signal deve
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Hubert de Givenchy435 - Hubert de Givenchy
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French fashion designer (1927–2018) who founded the House of Givenchy in 1952, famous for designing clothes for the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jacque
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walter Gropius436 - Walter Gropius
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Highly influential German architect (1883-1969) who founded and designed the Bauhaus and whose other important buildings include the Harvard Graduate
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Philip Johnson437 - Philip Johnson
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American architect (1906–2005) who is best known for his works of modern architecture, including the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and his w
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Karl Lagerfeld438 - Karl Lagerfeld
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German fashion designer and photographer (1933–2019). Color glossy 10 x 8 seated photo of Karl Lagerfeld in his distinctive dark sunglasses, signed in
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Karl Lagerfeld439 - Karl Lagerfeld
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German fashion designer and photographer (1933–2019). Color satin-finish 8.25 x 12 full-length photo of Karl Lagerfeld confidently strolling the runwa
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LeRoy Neiman440 - LeRoy Neiman
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ALS in red crayon, one page, 10.5 x 13.5, May 4, 1977. Letter to Dr. Brande, in full: "Thank you for your thoughtful complimentary letter. Peop...
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Norman Rockwell441 - Norman Rockwell
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Classic matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of the acclaimed artist, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Don Keyes, the greatest photographer in...
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Norman Rockwell442 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 6.75, personal letterhead, April 29, 1947. Letter to Ken Browne, in full: "Thank you very much for your interest in writin...
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Norman Rockwell443 - 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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Andy Warhol444 - Andy Warhol
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Uncommon 4 x 9 cardstock photo of Warhol with his eyes closed taken by Pat Hackett, signed in the lower border in orange pencil. In fine condition, wi
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Olaf Wieghorst445 - Olaf Wieghorst
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Painter of the American West (1899–1988) in the vein of Frederic Remington. Original felt tip sketch of a Native American Indian chief in his headdres
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Chilly Willy limited edition 'Fish Locker' cel446 - Chilly Willy limited edition 'Fish Locker' cel
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(Walter Lantz, 1991) Original limited edition hand-painted artist's proof cel featuring Chilly Willy entitled 'Fish Locker,' numbered AP...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Walt Disney447 - Walt Disney
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Original production cel featuring Minnie Mouse from the animated short film The Nifty Nineties, signed and inscribed on th
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Walt Disney448 - Walt Disney
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Western Union Telegram sent by Walt Disney to RKO film producer Pandro S. Berman, one page, 8 x 6.5, March 12, 1938, with Berman's reply. In ful...
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Mickey Mouse production cels from the opening of a Disney Channel cartoon449 - Mickey Mouse production cels from the opening of a Disney Channel cartoon
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1983) Original production cels of Mickey Mouse from the opening segment of a Disney Channel cartoon. Images measures 3.5 x 3.5 (
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Mickey Mouse production cels from the opening of a Disney Channel cartoon450 - Mickey Mouse production cels from the opening of a Disney Channel cartoon
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1983) Original production cels of Mickey Mouse from the opening of a Disney Channel cartoon. Images measures 3 x 4.5 (Mickey) an
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Lady production drawing from Lady and the Tramp451 - Lady production drawing from Lady and the Tramp
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Large original production drawing of Lady from Lady and the Tramp, featuring a close-up portrait of the doe-eyed title cha
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Vultures production cel from The Jungle Book452 - Vultures production cel from The Jungle Book
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1967) Original production cel featuring the Vultures from The Jungle Book, showing the group practicing their singing. The cel i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Walter Lantz453 - Walter Lantz
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Fantastic original painting for the cover of the 1961 Little Golden Book 'Woody Woodpecker Takes a Trip,' which depicts Woody on a ship deck...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Walter Lantz454 - Walter Lantz
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Desirable original oil painting by Walter Lantz of Woody Woodpecker, showing the mischievous bird in a full-length pose standing in a forest in front
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ariel production cel from The Little Mermaid455 - Ariel production cel from The Little Mermaid
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1989) Wonderful original production cel featuring Ariel from The Little Mermaid, showing her in the water with Scuttle the seagu
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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