RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Presidents and Animation

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With well over 1,000 lots spanning a dozen genres, RR Auction's July Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by special Animation Art section, plus an assortment of Founding Fathers to honor America's Independence Day. Among the top lots are a handwritten letter by Karl Marx, an amazing Lewis Carroll letter about "Alice," an early Winston Churchill portrait, a marvelous double-signed Beatles program, rare letters by artists like Claude Monet and Gilbert Stuart, and fully signed Apollo 11 insurance covers. The animation feature boasts original production artwork from classics like Snow White, Fantasia, Pinocchio, Lady and the Tramp, Bambi, and Dumbo, in addition to several Walt Disney autographs. Founders include important letters by Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, a Force print of the Declaration of Independence, a John Hancock document from 1776, and a collection of signers of the US Constitution. Join us as we make history selling history in July 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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Mary Cassatt463 - Mary Cassatt
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Extremely rare partly-printed DS, signed three times, “Mary S. Cassatt,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, February 28, 1876. Customs declaration allowing
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali464 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: The World of Salvador Dali. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.5 x 12, 228 pages. Enthusiastical...
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali465 - Salvador Dali
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Program for the 1941–42 season of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 56 pages, 9.25 x 12.25, signed on the front cover in black crayon, "Dali.&qu...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Gustave Dore466 - Gustave Dore
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Painter and illustrator (1832-1883) known for his illustrated editions of books by Rabelais, Balzac, Dante, Milton, and others. ALS in French, signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Daniel Chester French467 - Daniel Chester French
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American sculptor (1850–1931) best known for his monumental historical works, most notably the sculpture that forms the centerpiece of the Lincoln Mem
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buckminster Fuller468 - Buckminster Fuller
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Visionary American architect, inventor, writer, and philosopher (1895–1983) perhaps best known for inventing the geodesic dome, one of the signal deve
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Gainsborough469 - Thomas Gainsborough
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English portrait and landscape painter (1727–1788) considered to be one of the most important portraitists of the 18th century. ALS signed “Tho: Gains
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Robert Indiana470 - Robert Indiana
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American artist (1928–2018) associated with the pop art movement, known for his iconic "LOVE" design. Catalog for a Robert Indiana show at...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Harry Jackson471 - Harry Jackson
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Highly desirable limited edition cast bronze sculpture entitled "Pony Express III" by Harry Jackson, presented to Congressman Ralph Hardin...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Lawrence472 - Thomas Lawrence
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Leading English portrait painter (1769–1830) who served as the fourth president of the Royal Academy. ALS signed “Tho's Lawrence,” one page both...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rene Magritte473 - Rene Magritte
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ALS in French, one page on a 5.5 x 4.25 postcard of his painting 'Le Jockey Perdu,' January 6, 1964. Letter to a lady, in part (translated):...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kazimir Malevich474 - Kazimir Malevich
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Russian painter (1879–1935) who was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the avant-garde Suprematist movement. ALS in Russian, tw
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Manzu475 - Giacomo Manzu
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Italian sculptor (1908–1991) best known for his religious works in bronze. Collection of eight letters in Italian, comprised of four LSs and four TLSs
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse476 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 20, 1949. Letter concerning a collaboration with novelist Colette. In part (transla
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Everett Millais477 - John Everett Millais
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Noted English painter and illustrator (1829–1896) who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Two letters by Millais: an ALS, four
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet478 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.5, [February 20, 1893]. Letter to his wife Alice, written from Rouen while working on his cat
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Rembrandt Peale479 - Rembrandt Peale
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Renowned American painter (1778–1860) regarded as one of the finest portrait artists of his day, most famous for his paintings of George Washington an
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso480 - Pablo Picasso
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Primitive unsigned original black felt tip sketch of a man with raised arm accomplished by Pablo Picasso on the reverse of a 6.25 x 2.75 check made ou
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Frederic Remington481 - Frederic Remington
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to Joel Burdick, describing and sketching an improved design for a medical stret
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Gilbert Stuart482 - Gilbert Stuart
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Foremost portraitist (1755–1828) of the American Revolution, remembered for his paintings of George Washington, including the 'unfinished portra...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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