RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an impressive selection of pop culture material, including a fully signed Led Zeppelin debut album, a Hofner 'Beatle' bass autographed by Paul McCartney, John F. Kennedy's rocking chair from the Carlyle Hotel, a "gold coin" interest note signed by legendary gangster Al Capone, an Apple award signed by Steve Jobs, a Charles Schulz comic strip, and the white suit of KFC founder Colonel Sanders. Other top items include a letter by Queen Elizabeth I, a Henry David Thoreau handwritten manuscript page, an important letter by Thomas Jefferson about the Bonaparte family, a rare check by Charles Darwin, and a handful of vintage Topps baseball card sets. 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 April 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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Gene Cernan252 - Gene Cernan
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Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of CDR Cernan standing on the lunar surface between the American flag and lunar rover, signed in black felt
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Cosmonauts: Popovich and Nikolayev253 - Cosmonauts: Popovich and Nikolayev
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Appealing pair of vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 4.75 photos of Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich smiling in their cosmonaut uniforms, individually si
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Charlie Duke254 - Charlie Duke
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Duke obtaining rock samples near the moon's Plum Crater during the Apollo 16 mission, signed in blue felt tip...
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John Glenn255 - John Glenn
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Two items: a TLS signed "John Glenn," one page, 8 x 10.75, United States Senate letterhead, January 23, 1975, in part: "The challenge...
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Richard Gordon256 - Richard Gordon
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Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of CMP Gordon inspecting a camera inside the CM Yankee Clipper during the Apollo 12 mission, signed in silver ink, &q...
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Fred Haise257 - Fred Haise
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Uncommon color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo collage of the Apollo 13 launch, the crippled service module, the lunar module Aquarius, and the successful
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Jim Irwin258 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag at the Apollo 15 landing site, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, &qu...
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Liberty Bell 7259 - Liberty Bell 7
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Two photos: a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Guenter Wendt standing next to the Liberty Bell 7 capsule, signed in the lower border in black felt t
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Yuri Malenchenko260 - Yuri Malenchenko
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Untranslated ALS in Cyrillic written by Yuri Malenchenko to Viktor Afanasyev while aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 32, one pa
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James McDivitt261 - James McDivitt
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of McDivitt in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, "James A. McDivitt." In very fine con...
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Mercury and Gemini Astronauts262 - Mercury and Gemini Astronauts
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Collection of six commemorative covers with cachets honoring the Mercury and Gemini programs, each signed in ink by an associated astronaut, including
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Mission Control263 - Mission Control
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of a rocket launch with an American flag pictured in the foreground, signed in black felt tip by Glynn S. Lunney, Chri
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Edgar Mitchell264 - Edgar Mitchell
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Color satin-finish 9.75 x 8 full-length photo of Edgar Mitchell standing next to the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, &...
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Wally Schirra265 - Wally Schirra
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Three items signed by Sigma 7 pilot Wally Schirra: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Schirra wearing a suit and tie, signed in blue ballpoin
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Rusty Schweickart266 - Rusty Schweickart
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Two items: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Schweickart posing in his white space suit, signed in blue ballpoint, "Best wishes, Rust...
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Dave Scott267 - Dave Scott
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Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of Dave Scott saluting the American flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 15 mission, signed in black
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Alan Shepard268 - Alan Shepard
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Signed book: Moon Shot. First edition. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 383 pages. Signed on the title pa
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Alan Shepard269 - Alan Shepard
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of CDR Shepard holding the American flag on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "T...
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Space Shuttle Crews270 - Space Shuttle Crews
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Group lot of eight color photos (seven official NASA lithos), ranging in size from 8 x 10 to 11 x 8.5, each signed in ink or felt tip by one or more a
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Tom Stafford271 - Tom Stafford
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Rare official color glossy 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo of Tom Stafford posing in his white space suit next to an American flag, signed in black fel
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Valentina Tereshkova272 - Valentina Tereshkova
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Vintage matte-finish 4.25 x 6.75 close-up photo of the first woman in space, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In very good to fine conditio
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Al Worden273 - Al Worden
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Al Worden posing in his white space suit with a lunar globe, signed in black felt tip, "Al Worden, Apollo 15....
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X-15 Pilots274 - X-15 Pilots
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Four items signed by one or more X-15 pilots: a color glossy 10 x 8 photo of an X-15 altitude record flight on April 30, 1962, signed in black ink, ...
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Oswald Achenbach275 - Oswald Achenbach
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Important German realist landscape painter and art teacher (1827–1905). ALS in German, signed “Osw. Achenbach,” four pages on two adjoining black-bord
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Paul Cadmus276 - Paul Cadmus
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American artist (1904–1999) known for his 'magic realist' style that combined elements of eroticism and social critique. Archive of 16 ALSs ...
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Salvador Dali277 - 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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Eugene Delacroix278 - Eugene Delacroix
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French artist (1798–1863) who takes a place in the first rank of painters in the Romantic tradition and whose mastery of color and technique inspired
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Gustave Eiffel279 - Gustave Eiffel
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Signed book in French: Practical studies of meteorology and comparative observations of Beaulieu, Sèvres and Vacquey stations for the year 1903...
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Alberto Giacometti280 - Alberto Giacometti
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Influential Swiss artist (1901–1966) best known for his instantly recognizable sculptural portrayals of the human form. Rare ALS in French, four pages
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George Grosz281 - George Grosz
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Rare illustrated TLS signed “George le professeur,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1930s. The upper portion of the letter features a self-portr
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Yayoi Kusama282 - Yayoi Kusama
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Diverse and prolific Japanese contemporary artist (born 1929) who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, perfo
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David Hockney283 - David Hockney
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Signed book: David Hockney: An Art & Design Profile. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Softcover, 8.75 x 10.75, 96 pages. Signed and inscribed o...
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Georges Mathieu284 - Georges Mathieu
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French abstract painter (1921-2012) considered one of the fathers of European lyrical abstraction. Original abstract ink sketch accomplished by Mathie
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Henri Matisse285 - 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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Peter Max286 - Peter Max
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One-of-a-kind original mixed-media artwork by Peter Max, 8.5 x 10, featuring a color photograph of Princess Diana during a trip to Africa affixed at t
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Edvard Munch287 - Edvard Munch
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ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 4, August 12, 1936. Letter to a friend. In full (translated): "Your letter made me very happy. Thanks a thousand...
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Pablo Picasso288 - Pablo Picasso
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Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 11.75 half-length photo of Pablo Picasso holding up his 1901 portrait of Spanish sculptor and writer Jaume Sabartes, signed
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Camille Pissarro289 - Camille Pissarro
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ALS in French, signed “Your affectionate husband, C. Pissarro,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, October 25, 1896. Long letter to his wif
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir290 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Exquisite matte-finish 6.5 x 10.5 photographic print of an unidentified painting by Renoir of a seated young woman with flowered hat, signed in the lo
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Georges Rouault291 - Georges Rouault
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French Fauvist and Expressionist painter, and printmaker in lithography and etching (1871–1958). ALS in French, signed “G. R.,” one page, 4.75 x 6.25,
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Paul Signac292 - Paul Signac
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Paul Signac's notebook and sketchbook, 6 x 4, marked on the front cover, "IIIc, Hollande, Mars 96," containing 40 pages of handwriting...
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec293 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a pl...
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Andy Warhol294 - Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol's personally-owned 14K white gold Elgin Crusader pocket watch, measuring 1.75? in diameter, with a back that opens to reveal an orna...
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Alberto Vargas295 - Alberto Vargas
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Color 9 x 11 magazine page depicting an iconic 'Vargas Girl,' signed at the bottom in black felt tip, "Alberto Vargas, 82." In fin...
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Andy Warhol296 - Andy Warhol
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Highly desirable original signed felt tip sketch of a Campbell's soup can accomplished by Warhol on a light brown 7 x 9.25 sheet of cardboard, n...
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Andy Warhol297 - Andy Warhol
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Andy Warhol seated at a desk and adding signatures to copies of his Interview magazine, signed vertically in the upper right in
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Animation Cels298 - Animation Cels
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Collection of five collectible cels, including: A hand-painted production cel of the ant from the The Ant and the Aardvark, a series of 17 theatrical
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Walt Disney299 - Walt Disney
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Wonderful original program for the Walt Disney Productions release of their landmark 1940 animated film Fantasia, 28 pages, 9.75 x 12.75, signed on th
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Robert Crumb300 - Robert Crumb
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ALS signed “R. C.,” penned on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4.25 postcard featuring artwork of Maxon Crumb, August 8, 2002. Written from Sauve, France, a le
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Matt Groening301 - Matt Groening
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Signed book: Simpsons Comics: Colossal Compendium, Volume Three. First edition. NY: Bongo Comics, 2015. Softcover, 6.5 x 10.25. Signed inside the fron
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