RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Boasting excellent and varied selections of animation artwork and John F. Kennedy material, RR Auction's November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is one of the largest of the year. Highlights of the animation section include a preliminary concept painting of Pinocchio's village by Gustaf Tenggren, vivid original concept art by Eyvind Earle and Mary Blair, and a multitude of production cels and drawings. Other top lots include an autograph letter by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the Challenger, a superior Pablo Picasso portrait, and letters by Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek with terrific WWII-related content. JFK lots include several poignant pieces from his assassination—a Dallas police helmet and badge worn by an officer in the motorcade, a signed press release from LBJ announcing his death, and accouterments worn by a naval pallbearer as part of the Joint Casket Bearer Team at JFK's state funeral. Join us as we make history selling history in November 2020.
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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Benjamin Franklin: Continental Currency243 - Benjamin Franklin: Continental Currency
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Colonial Delaware bank note for "Twenty Shillings" with indiscernible signatures, 2.75 x 3.5, June 1, 1759. Printed by B. Franklin [Benjam...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rajiv Gandhi Typed Letter Signed244 - Rajiv Gandhi Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, June 2, 1990. Letter to Shri Tandon, in part: "I agree entirely with the points you have made abo...
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Bill Gates Signed Book245 - Bill Gates Signed Book
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Signed book: The Road Ahead. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 286 pages. Signed on the title page in blac
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J. Paul Getty Typed Letter Signed246 - J. Paul Getty Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 15, 1943. Letter to Fero Williams of George F. Getty, Inc., requesting financial reports for Tid
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph247 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph
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Semi-glossy 6 x 9 paperstock photo of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with a few small surface crease
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Horace Greeley Autograph Letter Signed248 - Horace Greeley Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, New-York Tribune letterhead, June 27, 1872. Letter to a friend in Pennsylvania, inviting her to come to Brooklyn and
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Grey Owl Signed Booklet249 - Grey Owl Signed Booklet
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Signed booklet: Grey Owl: A Biographical Note and A Day at Beaver Lodge. London: Lovat Dickson Limited, 1937. Paperback, 6 x 9.75. Signed vertically o
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Otto Hahn Signed Photograph250 - Otto Hahn Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Hahn, nicely signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Otto Hahn, Gottingen." In fine condition.
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William Randolph Hearst Typed Letter Signed251 - William Randolph Hearst Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “W. R. Hearst,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Los Angeles Examiner letterhead, March 1, 1939. Letter to David Warren Ryder, in full
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Edmund Hillary Signed Book252 - Edmund Hillary Signed Book
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Signed book: High in the Thin Cold Air. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 254 pages. Signed and
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Lee Iacocca Typed Letter Signed253 - Lee Iacocca Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Chrysler Corporation letterhead, June 18, 1990. Letter about Chrysler's quality, in part: "At Chrysler, we have...
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Israeli Leaders Signed First Day Covers254 - Israeli Leaders Signed First Day Covers
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Collection of five commemorative covers, each signed by an Israeli leader, including: Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Itzahk Shamir, Chaim Herzog, and Ep
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Israeli Leaders Signed Group Lot255 - Israeli Leaders Signed Group Lot
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Collection of five items signed by prime ministers and presidents of Israel, some inscribed, including: Yitzhak Shamir (SP), Shimon Peres (SP), Yitzha
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Helen Keller Signed Photograph256 - Helen Keller Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13.25 studio portrait of Hellen Keller standing outdoors in a lovely full-length pose, signed and inscribed in the lower bor
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Robert F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed257 - Robert F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, August 7, 1967. Letter to Robert L. Bennett, a Native American lawyer and a commissioner of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert F. Kennedy Signed Playbill258 - Robert F. Kennedy Signed Playbill
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Playbill for the June 1964 production of Camelot at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, 6 x 9, 36 pages, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoi
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John F. Kennedy 'The Assassination Story' Publication259 - John F. Kennedy 'The Assassination Story' Publication
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Oversized publication entitled "The Assassination Story" compiled by Robert A. Surrey and printed by his American Eagle Publishing Co. in ...
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Ethel Kennedy and Family Signed Christmas Card260 - Ethel Kennedy and Family Signed Christmas Card
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Original Kennedy family Christmas card from the early 1960s, 6.75 x 7, signed later in ink by Ethel Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Kerry Kennedy
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Kennedy Assassination Ticker Tape News Reports261 - Kennedy Assassination Ticker Tape News Reports
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Chilling original Dow Jones News Service ticker tape wire teletype report, from the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated [November 22,
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Kennedy Assassination Naval Message Archive262 - Kennedy Assassination Naval Message Archive
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Historic archive of 32 pages of original Naval Message documents dated from November 22–25, 1963, detailing the assassination of President Ke
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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