RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Boasting almost 1,300 lots, RR Auction’s massive August Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features highlighted World War II and Animation sections, in addition to a vast array of material spanning history, entertainment, and the arts. The historic World War II section features uniforms, autographs, and weapons from the conflict, including a surrendered Japanese sword. Animation includes original Disney production cels, beautiful hand-painted concept artwork, and autographs from the greatest names in the industry. Other top lots in the sale include an autograph letter from revered economist Adam Smith, an amazing original sketch by Paul Cezanne, an oversized portrait of Oscar Wilde, and multiple pieces signed by Marilyn Monroe. 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 August 2018.
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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Buzz Aldrin459 - Buzz Aldrin
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Glossy 7 x 7.75 photo of Buzz Aldrin holding a Hasselblad camera during a Swedish conference attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Carl XVI G
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin460 - Buzz Aldrin
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, BHOC letterhead, November 21, 1983. Letter to Mr. Hedborg, in full: "During my visit I requested a cassette of my spe...
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Apollo Astronauts461 - Apollo Astronauts
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Collection of 23 covers of various types, each signed in ink by an Apollo astronaut, including: Jim Irwin (2), Charles Conrad (4), Alan Bean and Jack
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 12462 - Apollo 12
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Two official glossy NASA photos: one 10 x 8 photo of Alan Bean adjusting Charles Conrad's PLSS during an EVA rehearsal exercise, signed in black...
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Apollo Astronauts463 - Apollo Astronauts
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Group of five items signed by Apollo astronauts: Jim Irwin Color semi-glossy 5.75 x 7.5 magazine photo of two astronauts seated in a lunar rover, sig
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Apollo Astronauts464 - Apollo Astronauts
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Group of three items signed by Apollo astronauts: a 6.5 x 10 page about the National Air and Space Museum, signed in black felt tip by the Apollo 11 C
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Neil Armstrong465 - Neil Armstrong
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Glossy 8 x 9.75 close-up photo of the legendary commander of the Apollo 11 mission, signed in blue felt tip by Armstrong. In fine condition.
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Neil Armstrong466 - Neil Armstrong
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Ballpoint signature, "Neil Armstrong,” on a blue 5.75 x 8.25 sheet with collector's notations to upper right corner. In very good to fine c...
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Alan Bean467 - Alan Bean
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Bean posing in his white space suit in front of the lunar module, signed and inscribed in black ink, "...
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Gene Cernan468 - Gene Cernan
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Official NASA Facts brochure about Project Apollo, 8 x 10.5, signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Gene Cernan. In fine condition, with two h
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Gene Cernan469 - Gene Cernan
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Fantastic color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Commander Cernan with the American flag on the lunar surface, Earth in the distant background, signed in
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Gene Cernan470 - Gene Cernan
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 17 commander holding and saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in
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Charles Conrad471 - Charles Conrad
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Apollo 12 Commander Charles Conrad posing in his white space suit, signed in black ballpoint. In fine conditi
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Charlie Duke472 - Charlie Duke
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Duke posing in his white space suit with a lunar globe, signed in black felt tip, "Charlie Duke, Apoll...
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Farouk El-Baz473 - Farouk El-Baz
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Egyptian American space scientist (born 1938) who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon, including the sele
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Ron Evans474 - Ron Evans
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of CMP Evans posing in his white space suit with a lunar globe, signed and inscribed in thin black felt tip, &...
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Yuri Gagarin475 - Yuri Gagarin
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Textured matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Gagarin in uniform, boldly signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA au
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Gemini 6476 - Gemini 6
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Two official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photos: one of Gemini 6 CMP Wally Schirra arriving at Pad 19 before the flight, signed in black felt tip, "Wall...
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Gemini 7477 - Gemini 7
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Recovery cover with a cachet commemorating the Gemini 7 mission, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on November 18, 1966, signed in black ballpoint, "...
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Jim Irwin478 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Bob...
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Ken Mattingly479 - Ken Mattingly
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Mattingly posing in his Space Shuttle suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Mercury and Gemini480 - Mercury and Gemini
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Group of four official NASA photos signed by astronauts and administrators from the Mercury and Gemini eras: a glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of Gordon Cooper
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Edgar Mitchell481 - Edgar Mitchell
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Semi-glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of Mitchell walking on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, "Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14." In ve...
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Edgar Mitchell482 - Edgar Mitchell
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Official glossy 10.25 x 8 NASA photo of the Apollo 14 crew posing in their white space suits in front of a large mission emblem, signed in black ink b
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Edgar Mitchell483 - Edgar Mitchell
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Mitchell posing in his white space suit against a backdrop featuring the Apollo 14 mission insignia, signed a
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Sally Ride484 - Sally Ride
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Ride posing in her blue flight suit in front of a Space Shuttle model, signed in black felt tip, "Sall...
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Sally Ride485 - Sally Ride
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Ride wearing a collared shirt with STS-7 and NASA patches, signed in black felt tip, "Sally K. Ride.&q...
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Wally Schirra486 - Wally Schirra
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 19, 1996. Letter to an admirer, in part: "With a name like Wing, I had to answer! The nicest thing about spa...
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Alan Shepard487 - Alan Shepard
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ALS, one page, 7 x 4, January 21, 1976. Letter to a centenarian, in part: "What marvelous things you have seen in your 100 year span—including ...
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Space Shuttle Challenger488 - Space Shuttle Challenger
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Group of six covers of various types, each signed by a crew member who perished in STS-51-L Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, including: Dick Scobee
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Test Pilots489 - Test Pilots
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Group of ten photos signed by noted test pilots, mostly representing the X-20 Dyna-Soar program, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, including: Scott Crossfield, Bruce
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Georg von Tiesenhausen490 - Georg von Tiesenhausen
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German rocket scientist (1914–2018) who joined NASA after being brought to the United States in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip; he is credited wi
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John Young491 - John Young
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Sought-after official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Young jumping off the lunar surface and saluting the American flag, signed in silver ink, &quo...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Young492 - John Young
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Young posing with a group of spacecraft models, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To: Sam Siefk...
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Francis Bacon493 - Francis Bacon
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Important British painter (1909–1992) best known for his grotesque, sometimes violent imagery often incorporating flayed human figures. ALS, one page,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi494 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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ALS in French, signed "A. Bartholdi," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, June 3, 1884. Letter to friend and fellow Statue of L...
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Carlo Bugatti495 - Carlo Bugatti
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Italian decorator, designer, and manufacturer of Art Nouveau furniture, models of jewelry, and musical instruments (1856–1940) who was the father of a
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Alexander Calder496 - Alexander Calder
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ALS signed “Sandy,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, November 14, 1963. Letter to his friend and banker Mr. Beverly Iszard, in full: "Here are 3 checks w...
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Carlo Carra497 - Carlo Carra
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Italian painter (1881–1966) associated with Futurism. ALS in Italian, one page, 5.75 x 9, L'Ambrosiano letterhead, Forte dei Marmi, July 22, 193...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Paul Cezanne498 - Paul Cezanne
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Extraordinary original pencil sketches by Paul Cezanne on both sides of an off-white 7 x 9.5 sketch book page, accomplished during his early years: on
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt499 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 4.75 x 6.75, Mesnil-Beaufresne letterhead, September 14, [no year]. Letter to her biographer, art critic Achille S
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall500 - Marc Chagall
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Signed book: Chagall by Raymond Cogniat. Paris: Flammarion. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 11.25, 95 pages. Artistically signed and inscribed on th
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall501 - Marc Chagall
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ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 21. Letter to French art dealer Berthe Weill, in full: "I hope that you are well after receiving ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gaston Chaissac502 - Gaston Chaissac
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French painter (1910–1964) who described his style as 'modern rustic' and enjoyed the company of the artistic and intellectual elite of his ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali503 - Salvador Dali
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Large and ornate felt tip signature and inscription, "A La Publicite a Wallace et Draeger, Hommage de Dali, 1972,” on an off-white 5.75 x 8 car...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali504 - Salvador Dali
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Magnificent original twice-signed ballpoint sketch accomplished inside a folding print of one of his works published in 1965 by Hoechst Iberica S. A.,
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali505 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali de Draeger. First edition, limited issue of 1500. France: Draeger, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.5 x 12. Prominently signed o
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali506 - Salvador Dali
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Rare ALS in French, one page, 6.5 x 8.75, no date. Untranslated letter to a journalist, mentioning his work "La femme aux tiroirs." In fin...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Jacques-Louis David507 - Jacques-Louis David
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French painter (1748–1825) and master of the Neoclassical style whose most famous works include 'The Death of Marat' and several portraits o...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Degas508 - Edgar Degas
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Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. Scarce ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 4
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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