RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. 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 August 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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Salvador Dali545 - Salvador Dali
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LS in French, boldly signed by Salvador Dali, “Salvador Dali, 1952,” with the body written in the hand of his wife Gala, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, May 12
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali546 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali: A Study of his Life and Work. First American edition. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1958. Hardcover with dust j
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Hubert de Givenchy547 - 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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Karl Lagerfeld548 - Karl Lagerfeld
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Color glossy 8 x 11.75 photo of Lagerfeld in his distinctive dark sunglasses, signed in gold ink. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Keith Haring549 - Keith Haring
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Original sketch by Keith Haring entitled 'Lime Light,' which depicts two figures, one seated and the other standing with a television on his...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Roy Lichtenstein550 - Roy Lichtenstein
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Very appealing color 24 x 36 lithograph for the 10th Anniversary of the Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, which shows Roy Lichtenstein'...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Helmut Newton551 - Helmut Newton
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Two different 4.25 x 6 postcard photos of Newton's classic portraits, individually signed in black ballpoint. In overall fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse552 - Henri Matisse
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TLS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, December 11, 1953. Letter to Madame J. Leymarie in Grenoble, concerning an artwork, in part
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse553 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 5.25, April 19, 1946. Letter to a friend, written from Vence on the French Riviera, in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet554 - Claude Monet
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ALS in grease pencil in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, personal Giverny par Vernon letterhead, September 22, 1923. Letter written
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Maxfield Parrish555 - Maxfield Parrish
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Highly sought-after original artwork by Maxfield Parrish, unsigned, mixed media on a 9.25 x 12.75 artist board, which depicts a still body of water an
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso556 - Pablo Picasso
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Uncommon signed book: Petite Collection Balzac: La Comedie du Diable, Aventures Administratives, Le Message. Geneva: Editions Albert Skira, 1948. Soft
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Pablo Picasso557 - Pablo Picasso
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Vintage matte-finish 5 x 6.25 deckle-edge photo of Picasso getting his cigarette lit by another gentleman, signed in the lower border in blue ink, &...
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Camille Pissarro558 - Camille Pissarro
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ALS in French, signed "C. Pissarro," one page, 4.25 x 7, June 1, 1900. Letter to Georges William Thornley. In full (translated): "I h...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Frederic Remington559 - Frederic Remington
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War-dated ALS, one page, 7 x 9, October 19, 1898. Letter to author and editor E. S. Martin of Harper & Brothers, in full: "I hope you will ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William Thornton560 - William Thornton
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Architect (1759-1828) who designed the US Capitol and later served as the first superintendent of the Patent Office. Manuscript DS, five pages, 8 x 13
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol561 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: Andy Warhol: Ma Philosophie de A a B. France: Flammarion, 1977. Softcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 218 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol562 - Andy Warhol
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo by Rupert Smith showing Andy Warhol crouched and holding a piglet, signed vertically in black felt tip. In very good condition, wi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol563 - Andy Warhol
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FDC with a cachet honoring Indian masks from America's Pacific North Coast, boldly signed in thick black felt tip by Andy Warhol. In fine condit...
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Rudolph Wendelin564 - Rudolph Wendelin
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Attractive commemorative cover, 6.75 x 4, with a gold shield cachet featuring a 4-cent stamp honoring Forest Conservation, signed in black ink by the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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