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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Dean Rusk Typed Quote Signed323 - Dean Rusk Typed Quote Signed
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TQS signed "Dean Rusk," one page, 8.5 x 10.75, featuring Secretary of State Rusk's "Memorial to President Kennedy at Runnymede,&q...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Bertrand Russell Signed Sketch324 - Bertrand Russell Signed Sketch
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Sketched portrait of Russell by an amateur artist accomplished in pencil on a beige 7.25 x 9.5 sheet, signed in the lower left in fountain pen by Russ
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carl Sagan Signed Book325 - Carl Sagan Signed Book
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Signed book: Cosmos. NY: Random House, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.25 x 10.25, 365 pages. Signed on the title page in thin black felt tip by C
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carl Sagan Signed Book326 - Carl Sagan Signed Book
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Signed book: Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence, edited by Carl Sagan. First edition. Cambridge, MA.: The MIT Press, 1973. Paperback, 5.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin Signed Photographs327 - Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin Signed Photographs
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Two items: a glossy 5 x 7 photo of Salk in his coat and tie, signed in black felt tip, "Jonas Salk"; and a color glossy 3.75 x 7 photo of ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Science Signed Books328 - Science Signed Books
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Three signed books associated with science and technology, including: a slipcased limited edition of The Color-Sense in Literature, numbered 59/215, s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Horatio Seymour Document Signed329 - Horatio Seymour Document Signed
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Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 16.5 x 12.5, February 4, 1864. As governor of New York, Seymour appoints Charles Lyell to be "2d Lieutenant...
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Robert Stroud Autograph Letter Signed330 - Robert Stroud Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed "Bob, Robert Stroud," one page both sides, 8 x 10, March 13, 1954. Letter written from Alcatraz to his sister Mamie, regarding ...
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Charles Sumner Signed Photograph331 - Charles Sumner Signed Photograph
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Uncommon 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of the abolitionist Massachusetts senator, signed in ink, "C. Sumner." In very good to fine conditi...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Edward Teller Group of (3) Signed Items332 - Edward Teller Group of (3) Signed Items
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Group of three items signed by Teller, highlighted by a color semi-glossy 11 x 14 photo of of the theoretical physicist and 'father of the hydro...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Titanic 'Shipping Casualties' Investigation Book333 - Titanic 'Shipping Casualties' Investigation Book
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Scarce first edition book: Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic'). First edition. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Titanic: Dean and Shuman Signed Letters334 - Titanic: Dean and Shuman Signed Letters
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Two letters from Titanic survivors Millvina Dean and Eleanor Shuman: an ALS signed "Millvina," one page, 5 x 7.5, Titanic Ship of Dreams l...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Clyde Tombaugh Signed First Day Cover335 - Clyde Tombaugh Signed First Day Cover
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FDC with a cachet honoring the Mariner 10 space probe that flew by Venus and Mercury, signed in blue ballpoint, "Clyde W. Tombaugh, Discovered ...
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Clyde W. Tombaugh Autograph Letter Signed336 - Clyde W. Tombaugh Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 20, 1990. Interesting letter about Pluto, in part: "Referring to the photograph of the discovery sections of ...
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Booker T. Washington Signature338 - Booker T. Washington Signature
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Bold ink signature, "Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala., Mar. 19, 1906,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Westinghouse Patent Lithograph339 - George Westinghouse Patent Lithograph
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Impressive original British linen-backed patent lithograph for George Westinghouse's 'improvements in apparatus for working brakes and commu...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Yen Chia-kan Signed Airmail Cover340 - Yen Chia-kan Signed Airmail Cover
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Airmail cover commemorating the visit of Vice President Yen Chia-kan of China to the United States, signed in fountain pen in Chinese and English. In
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Marquis de Lafayette Autograph Letter Signed341 - Marquis de Lafayette Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 6 x 7.5, July 16, 1820. Untranslated letter written from Paris. In very good to fine co
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis Autograph Letter Signed342 - Jefferson Davis Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Jeffn. Davis,” one page, 7.25 x 4.5, January 23, 1858. Letter to Myron Smith, written from the "Senate Chamber," i...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Abner Doubleday Autograph Letter Signed343 - Abner Doubleday Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “A. Doubleday,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, November 27, 1870. Written from San Francisco, a letter to Pre
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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