Auction Details
With a featured section honoring the birthday of President John F. Kennedy, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts nearly 750 diverse lots. Top JFK items include an original portrait study by Aaron Shikler, Jacqueline Kennedy's personally-worn maternity dress, windows from the Texas School Book Depository, and a rosary used by a priest at Parkland Hospital, as well as assorted autographs and other personal effects. Additional highlights in the sale are rare signatures of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for "The Times They Are-a-Changin'," a near-mint trio of the first Playboy issues, and a cigar box signed by Fidel Castro. 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 May 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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421Edgar DegasRR Auction
Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. Scarce ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 4
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
422Lucian FreudRR Auction
British painter (1922-2011) known for his psychologically intense, thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings. Very rare ALS in pencil, one page
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
423Alexander GardnerRR Auction
Washington-based photographer (1821-1882) who learned the craft while managing Mathew Brady's studio and achieved fame for his images of the Civ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
424Gale HaldermanRR Auction
Original designer of the first Ford Mustang, who then shepherded his design into production. Three glossy 10 x 8 photos signed in black felt tip by Ga
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
425Keith HaringRR Auction
Superb original felt tip sketch of a dolphin rider and 'X' man together accomplished by Haring on an off-white 6.25 x 3.25 sheet, signed and...
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
426Joan MiroRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “Miro,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Gladstone letterhead, April 6, 1959. Letter to Nelson Fuqua in Chicago, in part (translated): &...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
427David HockneyRR Auction
Red-and-green ink signature, "David Hockney,” on an off-white 5.5 x 4.25 album page, with a collector's notation indicating that it was sig...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
428PaintersRR Auction
Three ALSs by notable 19th century painters, including: Jean-Paul Laurens, Alfred Edward Chalon, and Edwin Henry Landseer. In overall fine condition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
429Pablo PicassoRR Auction
Uncommon signed book: Petite Collection Balzac: La Comedie du Diable, Aventures Administratives, Le Message. Geneva: Editions Albert Skira, 1948. Soft
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
430Pierre-Auguste RenoirRR Auction
Wonderful matte-finish 6 x 10.75 photographic print of an unidentified painting by Renoir showing two figures in a field, signed in the lower border b
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00