RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Skylab 2568 - Skylab 2
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Official color glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the Skylab 2 mission crew, signed in black felt tip by Bruce McCandless, Rusty Schweickart,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab II: Alan Bean569 - Skylab II: Alan Bean
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Glossy 5 x 7 photo of Hurricane Ellen as taken by Bean from Skylab 3 (II), matted to an overall size of 11 x 14, signed on the mat in black felt tip.
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Space Banks570 - Space Banks
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Two original 1950s-era die-cast metal coin banks. One is in the shape of a large-finned rocket ship and measures approximately 8? long, is silverish-b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab: Frank Kelly Freas571 - Skylab: Frank Kelly Freas
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Preliminary design sketch for the mission patch of the first manned mission to Skylab, accomplished in graphite and colored inks on a sheet of tracing
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Space Shuttle572 - Space Shuttle
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Collection of four official 10 x 8 NASA lithographs of various Space Shuttle crews, each signed in ink or black felt tip by the full crew. Missions ar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space and Aviation573 - Space and Aviation
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Program for the Second Annual History of Aviation Banquet held on August 29, 1987, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black felt tip
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Space Shuttle Commemorative Pepsi Can574 - Space Shuttle Commemorative Pepsi Can
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Rare 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger Pepsi can. On one side are the Pepsi and Pepsi-Cola logos. The back reads, "Young Astronaut Program United S...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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STS-6575 - STS-6
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Group of four commemorative covers with original paintings by artist Detlev Van Ravenswaay, each featuring a different, vividly depicted space scene,
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Voyager: Rutan and Yeager576 - Voyager: Rutan and Yeager
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the around-the-world flight of the Voyager, postmarked at Edwards AFB on the launch and return dates, signe
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Leon Bakst580 - Leon Bakst
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Russian painter (1866–1924) remembered for the exotic, richly colored sets and costumes that he designed for the Ballets Russes. ALS in French, one pa
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Leonard Baskin581 - Leonard Baskin
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American sculptor, book illustrator, and graphic artist (1922–2000). Crisp ALS signed “Leonard,” one page, 6.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 30,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Constantin Brancusi582 - Constantin Brancusi
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Pioneering Romanian sculptor (1876–1957) whose art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic a
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Georges Braque583 - Georges Braque
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Important French painter (1882–1963) who, along with Picasso, was one of the seminal figures in the development of Cubism. ALS in French, signed “G. B
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt584 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 4.5 x 6, Mesnil-Beaufresne letterhead, no date. Letter to her biographer, art critic Achille Segard. In full (tran
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt585 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 5.5 French ‘Carte Pneumatique,’ postmarked June 1, 1917. Letter to her biographer, the critic Achille Segard, in fu
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Mary Cassatt586 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 5.5 French ‘Carte Pneumatique,’ postmarked June 2, 1913. Letter to her biographer, art critic Achille Segard, in fu
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Marc Chagall587 - Marc Chagall
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Uncommon ALS in French, signed “Chagall,” one page, 3.75 x 6, no date. Letter to art critic and writer Jacques Guenne, in full (translated): “Returned
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Giorgio de Chirico588 - Giorgio de Chirico
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Uncommon ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Jacques Bonjean letterhead, April 10, 1930. Letter to a friend. In full (translated): “Please accept th
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Warrington Colescott589 - Warrington Colescott
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American artist best known for his satirical etchings (born 1921). Two limited edition etchings: a color hard- and soft-ground etching, drypoint, and
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Warrington Colescott590 - Warrington Colescott
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American artist best known for his satirical etchings (born 1921). Two limited edition etchings: a vibrant color drypoint, soft-ground etching, and aq
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Warrington Colescott591 - Warrington Colescott
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American artist best known for his satirical etchings (born 1921). Two limited edition etchings: a color drypoint, soft-ground etching, and sugar-lift
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Salvador Dali592 - Salvador Dali
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Color 8.75 x 11.75 book photo of Dali’s 1936–37 classic surrealist work entitled ‘Autumn Cannibalism,’ signed in person in the lower border in blue fe
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Salvador Dali593 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali’s Mustache. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1954. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7, 126 pages. Signed and inscribed on the front paste...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Paul Durand-Ruel594 - Paul Durand-Ruel
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Famed French art dealer (1831–1922) who was one of the first to provide financial support and solo exhibitions to artists, including Degas, Renoir, Mo
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James Ensor595 - James Ensor
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Belgian painter and printmaker (1860–1949) who was an important influence on expressionism and surrealism. Ensor’s personal calling card printed with
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Fazzino596 - Charles Fazzino
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Colorful hand-painted and sketched artwork of New York City, ‘The Big Apple,’ accomplished on 10 x 10 stretched canvas, signed at the bottom in black
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Karl Faberge597 - Karl Faberge
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Russian jeweller (1846–1920) best known for the famous Faberge eggs made of precious metals and gems. Scarce TLS in Cyrillic, signed in Cyrillic “C. F
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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August Macke598 - August Macke
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Painter and leading member of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887–1914) who was killed at the front in Champagne, France, in 1914. A
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Edouard Manet599 - Edouard Manet
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Important 19th century French painter (1832–1883) whose works were a seminal influence on the impressionists of the succeeding generation. ALS in Fren
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet600 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, personal Giverny letterhead, April 25, 1911. Letter to his friend and biographer Gustave G
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Henry Moore601 - Henry Moore
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LS, one page, 6.75 x 9, personal letterhead, July 24, 1956. Letter to Mrs. Berman, in part: “It is very nice to know that you like the little bronze s
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Pablo Picasso602 - Pablo Picasso
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Signed book: Picasso: The Recent Years 1939–1946. Limited edition, numbered 121/350. NY: Doubleday, 1947. Hardcover, 8.75 x 11, 211 pages. Signed in p
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Picasso, Chagall, and Braque603 - Picasso, Chagall, and Braque
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Supremely desirable assemblage of ink and pencil signatures inside of an off-white 12 x 15.25 folding portfolio cover entitled ‘Justification du Tirag
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell604 - Norman Rockwell
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Classic color 29.25 x 9 print entitled ‘Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas,’ signed in the lower border in ink, “Sincerely, Norman Rockwell.” Attrac
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Auguste Rodin607 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “Votre vieil sculpteur [Your old sculptor], Rodin,” one page, 4.5 x 7, August 17, 1891. Letter offering condolences to journalis
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Shepard608 - Ernest Shepard
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English artist and book illustrator (1879–1976) known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. ALS s
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Ernest Shepard609 - Ernest Shepard
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English artist and book illustrator (1879–1976) known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. ALS s
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henry Fox Talbot610 - Henry Fox Talbot
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British inventor and photography pioneer (1800–1877) who introduced the calotype process in 1841; he was also active in politics, serving as a member
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec611 - 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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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec612 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “T-L,” three pages on two adjoining sheets (with just two lines and the signature on the third page), 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter t
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Victor Vasarely613 - Victor Vasarely
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Pioneering Hungarian-born French artist (1906–1997) generally regarded as the founder of the short-lived ‘op art’ movement. A printed flyer issued by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Victor Vasarely614 - Victor Vasarely
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TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 29, 1971. Letter to Armand Touche at the Journal of Commerce and Industry of the Co
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Henry Wallis615 - Henry Wallis
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Collection of 21 letters written to Henry Wallis from various prominent European painters of the late 19th century, most written in French with some i
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol616 - Andy Warhol
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Interview magazine from December 1980 featuring an image of Diana Vreeland on on the front cover, 10.5 x 16.5, signed vertically on the left side in t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol and Lou Reed617 - Andy Warhol and Lou Reed
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The Velvet Underground & Nico album signed and inscribed in thick black felt tip, “To Jerry, Andy Warhol,” “To Jerry, Lou Reed,” and one other. ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler618 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Uncommon invitation to an “Exhibition of Mr. Whistler’s Paintings, Etchings, and Pastils,” to be held at The College for Men and Women in London durin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Addams620 - Charles Addams
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Highly desirable ink sketch of Pugsley from The Addams Family drawn by Addams on a green 3.75 x 7.5 sheet, signed and inscribed on the character’s che
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Charles Addams621 - Charles Addams
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TLS signed “Chas Addams,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date but postmarked November 6, 1967. Letter to Evelyn B. Byrne, in part: “Looking back, I think my f
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Clifford K. Berryman622 - Clifford K. Berryman
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Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist with the Washington Star newspaper (1869–1949). ALS signed “Cliff Berryman,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, October 11, 1948
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Walt Disney623 - Walt Disney
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Signed book: Walt Disney’s Bongo. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1948. Hardcover, 4.75 x 6.5, 36 pages. Signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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