RR Auction: January Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Walt Disney879 - Walt Disney
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Bold vintage fountain pen signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Light scattered foxing and toning, primarily to borders, otherwise fin
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Walt Disney880 - Walt Disney
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Color 11 x 8.5 print of Chip and Dale carrying a model sailboat down a dock under the watchful eye of Donald Duck from the 1956 animation short Chips
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Will Eisner881 - Will Eisner
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Signed book: Spirit Casebook. Limited signed edition of 1750 copies (this being No. 1687). Wisconsin: Kitchen Sink Press, 1990. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11.25
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Will Eisner882 - Will Eisner
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Signed book: Will Eisner Color Treasury. First edition. Wisconsin: Kitchen Sink Press, 1981. Hardcover, 9 x 12, 109 pages. Signed in blue ballpoint on
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Chester Gould883 - Chester Gould
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Original ballpoint sketch of Dick Tracy in profile on a white 4.5 x 3 custom-made collector’s card, signed, “Best wishes, Chester Gould,” with a clipp
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Matt Groening884 - Matt Groening
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Signed book: Radioactive Man: Radioactive Repository Volume One. First edition. NY: HarperCollins, 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket, 7 x 10.5, 272 page
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Matt Groening885 - Matt Groening
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Signed book: Childhood Is Hell. First edition. NY: Random House, 1988. Softcover, 9 x 9. Signed on the inside front cover, “Your pal, Matt Groening, 6
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Don Herold886 - Don Herold
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Original vintage ink sketch of Mr. Knicknack on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 stationery card, signed and inscribed, “To Ellis D. Robb, from Mr. Knicknack, D
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Harry Hershfield887 - Harry Hershfield
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American cartoonist, humorist, and radio personality (1885–1974). Menu for a dinner honoring WWII veterans at the Lambs Club on May 23, 1946, 5.5 x 7,
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Burne Hogarth888 - Burne Hogarth
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Signed book: Tarzan in Color. Limited edition of 500 copies (this being No. 186). NY: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket, 1
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Jay Irving889 - Jay Irving
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Original signed ink sketch of an escaping convict, dated March 24, 1934, on an off-white 8.75 x 8.75 card. In very good condition, with light toning t
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Chuck Jones890 - Chuck Jones
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Signed book: Chuck Amuck. Later printing. NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989. Hardcover with dustjacket, 8.5 x 10.25, 302 pages. Signed in pencil on the h
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Chuck Jones891 - Chuck Jones
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Yosemite Sam wielding a large sword, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with some scattered light surface marks
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Bill Justice892 - Bill Justice
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Very nice original pencil and mixed media artwork of Chip and Dale perfroming a dance number on a 10? diameter paper plate, signed and inscribed in bl
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Bill Justice893 - Bill Justice
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Photocopied 8.5 x 8 photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip “Best wishes to Tom, Bill Justice.” In fine condition.
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Bob Kane894 - Bob Kane
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Signed book: Batman & Me. Limited signed first edition of 2500 copies (this copy No. 2416). Forestville, CA: Eclipse Books, 1989. Hardcover with...
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Ward Kimball895 - Ward Kimball
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10.5 photo of Kimball with his wife Betty and several Mickey dolls, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by Ward and Be
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Harvey Kurtzman896 - Harvey Kurtzman
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Signed book: From Aargh! to Zap! Harvey Kurtzman’s Visual History of the Comics. Limited edition of 1250 signed copies (this being No. 109). Wisconsin
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Stan Lee897 - Stan Lee
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Color 22.5 x 22.5 poster entitled The Amazing Spiderman: A Rockomic!, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal
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Stan Lee898 - Stan Lee
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The Amazing Spiderman: A Rockomic! album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a mild crease to the left side. The recor
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Bill Mauldin899 - Bill Mauldin
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Original ballpoint sketch of a character smoking on a white 4.5 x 3 custom-made collector’s card, signed and inscribed, “For Alexander Jones, with bes
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George McManus900 - George McManus
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Original vintage ink sketch of Jiggs on an off-white 4.5 x 3 custom-made collector’s card, stylistically signed, “Geo. McManus,” with a clipped May 21
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Charles Schulz901 - Charles Schulz
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Original ballpoint sketch of Snoopy on an off-white 5 x 3 card, signed “Charles M. Schulz.” In fine condition, with a trivial surface mark to the uppe
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Charles Schulz902 - Charles Schulz
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Original signed felt tip sketch of Snoopy as the World War I flying ace, his scarf fluttering slightly in the breeze, on an off-white 8.5 x 11.25 shee
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Charles Schulz903 - Charles Schulz
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TLS signed “Charles M. Schulz,” one page, 7.25 x 11, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates letterhead, June 15, 1993. Letter of thanks for a complimen
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Charles Schulz904 - Charles Schulz
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TLS signed “Charles M. Schulz,” one page, 8.5 x 11, humorous illustrated personal letterhead, December 6, 1960. Letter to an admirer. In full: “Thank
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Alex Raymond905 - Alex Raymond
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Esteemed American cartoonist (1909–1956) best known as the creator of the strips Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, and Rip Kirby. Original vintage signed and
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Sidney Smith906 - Sidney Smith
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Original vintage ink sketch of his Gump character saying, “Oh Min!” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 custom-made collector’s card, signed and inscribed, “To Al
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Carroll Spinney907 - Carroll Spinney
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ALS, on the reverse of a 4.25 x 6 promotional card, October 2008. Letter to a fan. In part: “Tell you friends who still like Sesame Street that
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George Storm908 - George Storm
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Original vintage pencil and ink sketch of Bobby Thatcher on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 stationery card, signed and inscribed, “Best regards to Adelaide, f
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Pat Sullivan909 - Pat Sullivan
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Cartoonist and film producer (1887–1933) whose studio produced the Felix the Cat cartoons. Whether Sullivan or his top animator, Otto Messmer, origina
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Myron Waldman910 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel, entitled ‘Dancing on the Beach,’ #69/250, 13.5 x 10.25, featuring Popeye playing a guitar on the beach for
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Paul Webb911 - Paul Webb
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Original ink and pencil sketch of Luke, a hillbilly from Webb’s series for Esquire entitled The Mountain Boys, on an off-white 3 x 5 card, signed and
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Myron Waldman912 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel, entitled ‘Flexing for Betty,’ numbered AP 37/50 (from an edition of 500 plus 50 artist’s proofs), 13.75 x
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Myron Waldman913 - Myron Waldman
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Limited edition hand-painted animation cel, entitled ‘The Knockout,’ featuring Popeye knocking out Brutus in the ring, numbered AP 12/50, 13.75 x 11.7
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Joseph Barnby914 - Joseph Barnby
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English composer (1838–1896) who succeeded Charles Gounod as conductor of the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society. AMQS signed “Joseph Barnaby, 1893,” on
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Maria Callas915 - Maria Callas
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Vintage ballpoint signature, “Very cordially, Maria Meneghini Callas, 1958,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 custom-made collector’s card. In fine condition,
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Enrico Caruso916 - Enrico Caruso
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Original signed ink profile self-portrait caricature on an off-white 5.25 x 7.75 album page, signed at the bottom, “Enrico Caruso, Ostende 1906.” In v
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Enrico Caruso917 - Enrico Caruso
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Vintage 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in Italian. In very good to fine condition, with scattered silvering to darke
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Aaron Copland918 - Aaron Copland
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Rare AMQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.75 album page within a larger autograph album. Copland pens two double bars of ‘Chanson Chinois,’ signing below, “Wi
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Pablo de Sarasate919 - Pablo de Sarasate
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Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908). AMQS on an off-white 4.75 x 2.5 slip. Sarasate pens six measures of music, identifying the work at the top
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Alexander Glasunow920 - Alexander Glasunow
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Russian composer (1865–1936) known for his unique blending of classic Russian composition with European style. Uncommon ALS in German, signed “A. Glas
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk921 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
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Gifted pianist and composer (1829–1869) who was one of the first figures in American music to attain an international reputation. His colorful keyboar
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Fromental Halevy922 - Fromental Halevy
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French composer of over thirty operas, best known for La Juive (1799–1862). Untranslated ALS in French, signed “F. Halevy,” one page, 5 x 8, July 1, n
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Ferdinand Gumbert923 - Ferdinand Gumbert
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Singing teacher and composer (1818–1896). Handwritten musical manuscript, on five sides of three adjoined musically-lined pages, 13 x 11, for part of
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Victor Herbert924 - Victor Herbert
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Handwritten musical manuscript for a work titled at the top by Herbert ‘A Wedding Procession,’ on three pages of two adjoined sheets of 10.25 x 13.5 m
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Josef Hoffmann925 - Josef Hoffmann
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AMQS on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. Hoffmann pens a detailed bar from an unidentified work, noting at the top, “Vivace!,” and signing underneath, “Jose
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Anselm Huttenbrenner926 - Anselm Huttenbrenner
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Austrian composer (1794–1868) who was friends with both Beethoven and Schubert. Handwritten musical manuscript, six musically-lined pages, 13 x 10, ti
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Wilhelm Kienzl927 - Wilhelm Kienzl
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Austrian composer (1857–1941) best known for his operas and other vocal works. Sheet music for a song entitled “Der Kuss,” [The Kiss], 10.25 x 13.25,
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Zoltan Kodaly928 - Zoltan Kodaly
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Prominent Hungarian composer, educator, ethnomusicologist, linguist, author, and philosopher (1882–1967). FDC with a cachet honoring the United Nation
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