RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts February 2020

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RR Auction's February 2020 Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale presents nearly 900 lots in a diverse array of collectible fields, from presidents to classical musicians to scientific pioneers. Top lots include Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for 'Tangled Up In Blue'; a Queen Mary signed document ordering a fine robe; extraordinary autographs from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and Johannes Brahms; and other figures of historical renown like George Washington, Charlie Parker, Joseph Stalin, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Winston Churchill. 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 February 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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Claude Cat and Frisky Puppy limited edition cel from Linda Jones Enterprises561Claude Cat and Frisky Puppy limited edition cel from Linda Jones Enterprises
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 2002) Desirable limited edition cel from Linda Jones Enterprises entitled 'Two's a Crowd,' numbered 25/50, whi...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Pepé Le Pew limited edition sericel from Linda Jones Enterprises562Pepé Le Pew limited edition sericel from Linda Jones Enterprises
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 1992) Limited edition sericel featuring Pepé Le Pew, showing the amorous skunk embracing a black-and-white painted ca...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Stanley Link563Stanley Link
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Group of three original hand-inked "Tiny Tim" comic strips drawn by Stanley Link on individual sheets of 19.75 x 13.25 artist's cardst...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Dale Messick564Dale Messick
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Impressive original hand-inked 15-panel "Brenda Starr, Reporter" comic strip for Sunday, April 20, 1941, drawn by Dale Messick on two off-...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Daisy Duck production cel from Mickey's Christmas Carol565Daisy Duck production cel from Mickey's Christmas Carol
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1983) Original production cel featuring Daisy Duck as Isabelle from Mickey's Christmas Carol, showing her wearing a plum-c...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Minnie Mouse production cel from Mickey's Christmas Carol566Minnie Mouse production cel from Mickey's Christmas Carol
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1983) Original production cel featuring Minnie Mouse as Emily Cratchit from Mickey's Christmas Carol. The cel is placed on...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Scrooge McDuck production cel from Mickey's Christmas Carol567Scrooge McDuck production cel from Mickey's Christmas Carol
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1983) Original production cel featuring Scrooge McDuck from Mickey's Christmas Carol, showing him in the classic Dickensia...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Lampwick production drawing from Pinocchio568Lampwick production drawing from Pinocchio
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original rough production drawing featuring Lampwick from Pinocchio, showing the juvenile delinquent with a cigar in one h
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Stromboli production drawing from Pinocchio569Stromboli production drawing from Pinocchio
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring Stromboli from Pinocchio, showing the classic villain in the scene when he is talkin
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Monstro photostat model sheet from Pinocchio signed by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston570Monstro photostat model sheet from Pinocchio signed by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original photostat model sheet featuring Monstro from Pinocchio, 13.25 x 10.5, entitled "Photographic Sheet from Wh...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Bent-Tail coyote production cel from a Pluto short571Bent-Tail coyote production cel from a Pluto short
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(Walt Disney Studios, circa 1950s) Original production cel featuring Bent-Tail coyote from a Pluto short. The cel is placed on a color copy background
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sheriff of Nottingham production cel from Robin Hood572Sheriff of Nottingham production cel from Robin Hood
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1973) Large original production cel featuring the Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood, showing the tax-collecting wolf in a ch
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Briar Rose and the Mock Prince production drawings from Sleeping Beauty573Briar Rose and the Mock Prince production drawings from Sleeping Beauty
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original production drawings featuring Briar Rose and the Mock Prince from Sleeping Beauty, with Briar Rose putting on her
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Dwarfs production drawings from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs574Dwarfs production drawings from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Six original rough production drawings featuring the dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, including six similar vi
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Mickey Mouse production drawing from Society Dog Show575Mickey Mouse production drawing from Society Dog Show
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1939) Original production drawing of Mickey Mouse from Society Dog Show, which depicts Mickey's rear end and feet emerging...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Art Spiegelman576Art Spiegelman
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Promotional color 12.5 x 18.75 poster for the CD-ROM release of The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale, signed in black ink by Art Spiegelman. In ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Marc Antony and Pussyfoot limited edition cel from Warner Bros. Animation577Marc Antony and Pussyfoot limited edition cel from Warner Bros. Animation
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 2007) Limited edition cel entitled 'Marc Antony and Pussyfoot Model Sheet,' numbered 78/100, which depicts the lar...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Marc Antony and Pussyfoot limited edition sericel from Warner Bros. Animation578Marc Antony and Pussyfoot limited edition sericel from Warner Bros. Animation
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 1994) Limited edition sericel featuring Marc Antony and Pussyfoot entitled 'Feed the Kitty,' numbered 247/2500, wh...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Michigan J. Frog limited edition sericel from Warner Bros. Animation579Michigan J. Frog limited edition sericel from Warner Bros. Animation
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 1992) Limited edition sericel from Warner Bros. Animation entitled 'Michigan J. Frog,' numbered 1432/2500, which d...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Looney Tunes characters limited edition sericel from Warner Bros. Animation Art580Looney Tunes characters limited edition sericel from Warner Bros. Animation Art
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 1995) Highly appealing limited edition sericel entitled 'Looney Line-up,' numbered 3786/7500, which features an am...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Masters of Animation limited edition cel from Warner Bros. Animation Art581Masters of Animation limited edition cel from Warner Bros. Animation Art
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 1996) Attractive limited edition cel entitled 'Masters of Animation,' numbered 9/500, featuring 17 classic Looney ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Frank Willard and Ferd Johnson582Frank Willard and Ferd Johnson
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Frank Willard American cartoonist (1893–1958) and creator of Moon Mullins, regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time. Original ink and
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Yosemite Sam and Dragon limited edition cel signed by Friz Freleng583Yosemite Sam and Dragon limited edition cel signed by Friz Freleng
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(Warner Brothers Studios, 1994) Fantastic limited edition cel featuring Yosemite Sam and his pet dragon entitled 'The Big Sneeze,' numbered ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Ambrose Bierce584Ambrose Bierce
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Rare matte-finish 4 x 5.5 photo of the author by Prince of Washington, D.C., affixed to its original 6 x 8 mount, signed on the mount in ink, "...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Truman Capote585Truman Capote
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DS, signed "Deal approved as above: Truman Capote," two pages, 8.5 x 11, Paramount letterhead, March 22, 1977. An agreement related to com...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Charles Dickens586Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, February 15, 1848. Letter to actuary H. P. Smith, stating that he will "proceed to the scratch, and underwrite Sir Arc...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Alexandre Dumas, pere587Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. In fine condition, with several horizontal folds.
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe588Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Broadsheet of his poem 'Am Acht und zwanzigsten August, 1826 [On the eight and twentieth of August, 1826],' one page, 5.5 x 8.25, boldly sig...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Maxim Gorky589Maxim Gorky
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Leo Tolstoy standing with Maxim Gorky in Yasnaya Polyana circa 1900, signed in fountain p
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Francis Scott Key590Francis Scott Key
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ALS signed “F. S. Key,” one page, 10.5 x 5, February 10, 1828. Letter to Franklin Bache in Philadelphia, in full: "The enclosed is a copy of th...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Ayn Rand591Ayn Rand
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TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10, personal letterhead, July 25, 1962. Letter to actor Robert Stack, in part: "Thank you. I hoped that of all those con...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
J. D. Salinger592J. D. Salinger
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Receipt for a purchase of four books at the Dartmouth Bookstore in Hanover, NH, on August 22, 2001, 2.75 x 7.5, quickly signed in black ballpoint, &...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
George Bernard Shaw593George Bernard Shaw
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Vintage 3 x 4.25 photo of Shaw in his earlier days affixed to a 4 x 6 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, "G. Bernard Shaw, 20/2/30, ve...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Leo Tolstoy594Leo Tolstoy
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Sought-after ink signature, "Leo Tolstoy,” on an off-white 2.75 x 2 card. In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder an...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
William Butler Yeats595William Butler Yeats
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ALS signed “W. B. Yeats,” one page, 7.75 x 4.25, Riversdale letterhead, June 20, 1935. Letter to a gentleman, in full: "I thank you very much f...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Pearl S. Buck596Pearl S. Buck
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Two items signed by Buck: a TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, February 12, 1968, in part: "The trip to Korea was most inspiring and the most wonderfu...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Thornton Burgess597Thornton Burgess
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Four items: a vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Burgess in a half-length pose, signed on the reverse in black ballpoint, "Greetings from your s...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
James M. Cain598James M. Cain
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TLS signed “Jim,” one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, April 20, 1952. Letter to his agent, Edgar Carter, who works in the office of H. N. Swanso
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Michael Crichton599Michael Crichton
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Matte-finish 4 x 5 photo of the Jurassic Park author posing below the shadow of a dinosaur, signed in silver ink, "Michael Crichton." In f...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Alexandre Dumas, fils600Alexandre Dumas, fils
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas f.,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. In fine condition, with some light creasing and staple ho
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
George Gissing601George Gissing
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Scarce ink signature, "George Gissing," on an off-white slip, matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 11 x 13. In fine con...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Henry James603Henry James
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 6.75, December 22, 1904. Letter to a Dr. Goodale of Boston, in full: "It has all been very disap...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
James Jones604James Jones
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Two items signed by Jones: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of the author posing at a fireplace, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Mr. & Mrs. Ken...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow605Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Henry W. Longfellow,” on an off-white 4.25 x .75 slip clipped from a certificate. In fine condition. Accompani...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow606Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Hugely desirable AQS on an off-white 6.75 x 4 sheet, signed "Henry W. Longfellow," who writes the first stanza to his 1841 short poem Exce...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
H. L. Mencken607H. L. Mencken
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Signed book: Treatise on the Gods. First edition, limited issue, numbered 120/375. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover with wooden slipcase, 6.25 x 9
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Robert Ripley608Robert Ripley
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Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Robert Ripley and a Pullman conductor waving from a train car, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Louis G...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Carl Sandburg609Carl Sandburg
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Four items: a vintage glossy 5 x 6 half-length photo of Sandburg seated in an office, signed and inscribed in the upper border in black ink, “The Kenn
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Leon Uris610Leon Uris
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Scarce glossy 8 x 10.25 half-length photo of Uris seated and writing at his desk, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, "For T...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Herman Wouk611Herman Wouk
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of the acclaimed author, signed in fountain pen, "Best wishes, Herman Wouk, 20 VI 56, NYC." In very good to...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00