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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Ronald Colman806 - Ronald Colman
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Colman in a relaxed half-length pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Dapper Edward Brown, Best ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Doris Day807 - Doris Day
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Four different glossy 8 x 10 publicity photos of Doris Day, each signed in blue felt tip. In overall fine condition. An appealing grouping of uninscri
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Johnny Depp808 - Johnny Depp
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Desirable color 28 x 41 color bar proof poster for the 2011 fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, showing a large met
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Johnny Depp809 - Johnny Depp
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Very desirable color 27 x 40 Spanish-language color poster for Tim Burton's 1990 dark fantasy Edward Scissorhands, showing Johnny Depp's tit...
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Johnny Depp810 - Johnny Depp
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Color 27 x 40 poster for the 2006 fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, showing a pirate skull with flaming torc...
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Marty Feldman811 - Marty Feldman
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Glossy 7 x 9.25 photo of Feldman wrapped in film stock in a scene from the 1976 Mel Brooks comedy Silent Movie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip
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W. C. Fields812 - W. C. Fields
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DS, one page, 8 x 5, October 28, 1945. Agreement for an appearance on the Masquers Radio Show, in full: "This is to confirm the use of material...
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Clark Gable813 - Clark Gable
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, July 15, 1942. Ernst & Ernst, as "a creditor of Carole Lombard, etc., deceased…presents its claim against the estat...
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Janet Gaynor814 - Janet Gaynor
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Vintage sepia matte-finish 13.75 x 10.75 photo of Gaynor reclining happily with her hands behind her head, nicely signed and inscribed in fountain pen
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Cary Grant815 - Cary Grant
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TLS signed “Cary,” one page, 7.75 x 10, personal letterhead, March 1, 1957. Letter to 20th Century Fox producer Buddy Adler, in full: "This is ...
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Edmund Gwenn816 - Edmund Gwenn
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British actor (1877–1959) remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street. Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 10 photo o
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Tippi Hedren817 - Tippi Hedren
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Satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of Hedren posing with a large raven perched on her arm during a publicity shoot for the 1963 horror classic The Birds, sign
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Jim Henson and Frank Oz818 - Jim Henson and Frank Oz
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Two photos: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Jim Henson surrounded by his Muppet creations in 1987, signed in the lower border in green felt tip, &quo...
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Audrey Hepburn819 - Audrey Hepburn
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Color glossy 5 x 7.5 photo of an older Hepburn wearing a red scarf, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by an original strip of f
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Katharine Hepburn820 - Katharine Hepburn
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Group lot of seven TLSs from Katharine Hepburn, each one page, ranging in size from 6 x 8 to 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, dated between 1974 and
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Grace Kelly821 - Grace Kelly
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ALS signed “Grace,” one page both sides, 6 x 3.75, personal letterhead, March 1, 1982. Letter to actress Nedda Harrigan Logan, in part: "I just...
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Hedy Lamarr822 - Hedy Lamarr
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Two items: an ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, The Shamrock letterhead, postmarked June 4, 1952, addressed to Marlea Neal, in full: "Many congratula...
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Lillie Langtry823 - Lillie Langtry
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British-American socialite, actress, and producer (1853–1929). Fantastic 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Langtry in a near-profile pose by W. & D. D...
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Sophia Loren824 - Sophia Loren
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Group of five glossy photos of Loren, ranging in size from 8 x 7 to 8 x 12, each signed in black felt tip by the Italian actress. In overall fine to v
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Jayne Mansfield825 - Jayne Mansfield
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Two items: a 1964 program for the production of 'Bus Stop' by William Inge, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed on the back cover in ballpoint, &...
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