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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U2: Bono1181 - U2: Bono
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Rolling Stone magazine from March 4, 1993, 10 x 12, 80 pages, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Bono. In fine condition, with some light c
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Village People1182 - Village People
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Two identical color glossy 8 x 10 publicity photos, each signed in black felt tip by all six People: Felipe , Alex Briley, David Hodo, Jeff Olso
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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The Who: Pete Townshend1183 - The Who: Pete Townshend
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Signed book: Who I Am. First edition. NY: HarperCollins, 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 538 pages. Signed on the title page in black fe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Who: Pete Townshend1184 - The Who: Pete Townshend
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Printed sheet music to ‘My Generation,’ on seven white 8.5 x 11 sheets, signed on the first page in black felt tip by Townshend. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Amy Winehouse1185 - Amy Winehouse
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Color 8.5 x 17 poster for Winehouse’s appearance at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, signed in red felt tip, “Amy x,” adding a small heart above
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Actors and Actresses1186 - Actors and Actresses
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Vintage hardcover autograph album, 6 x 5, signed inside in blue ballpoint and fountain pen by over 40 actors and actresses, including nine academy awa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Josephine Baker1187 - Josephine Baker
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Dis-moi Josephine 45 rpm record signed on the reverse of the sleeve in black ballpoint. Light scattered soiling and a mild ‘ring of wear’ to the rever
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Ingrid Bergman1188 - Ingrid Bergman
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 17, 1946. Upon receipt of a “print of the motion picture ‘The Bells of St. Mary’s,’” Bergman agrees to only show it
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Sarah Bernhardt1189 - Sarah Bernhardt
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ANS in French, one page, 5 x 3, no date. Brief note to an unidentified recipient. In very good condition, with scattered light toning and soiling, pap
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Humphrey Bogart1190 - Humphrey Bogart
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Vintage pencil signature, “Humphrey Bogart,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 vertically lightly-lined sheet, dated in a collector’s hand 1944. Uniform toning
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Clara Bow1191 - Clara Bow
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Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 13 photo of Bow resting her head in her hands, signed and inscribed in black ink “For Gene, What a man! And such a darling!
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Richard Burton1192 - Richard Burton
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 17, 1964. Agreement between Burton and Metropolitan Broadcasting for him to appear on a television program about “New Fo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Frank Capra1193 - Frank Capra
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11.75, December 29, 1941. Frank Capra Productions, Inc. grants Frank Capra 13/20ths interest and Robert Riskin 7/20ths interest in
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lon Chaney, Jr1194 - Lon Chaney, Jr
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TLS signed “Lon Chaney,” one page, 7 x 6.5, May 7, 1967. Letter to A. C. Spectorsky of Playboy Magazine. In part: “I appreciate your sending me the te
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Charlie Chaplin1195 - Charlie Chaplin
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Engaging 4 x 6.5 book photo of Chaplin as ‘The Tramp,’ signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and a centr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charlie Chaplin1196 - Charlie Chaplin
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Nice 3.75 x 6.5 book photo of Chaplin as ‘The Tramp,’ signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Charles Chaplin.” In fine condition, with a centr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charlie Chaplin1197 - Charlie Chaplin
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Vintage ink signature, “Faithfully, Charlie Chaplin,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.5 card with a clipped December 7, 1935, Los Angeles postmark affixed to
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Maurice Chevalier1198 - Maurice Chevalier
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 6.5, St. Regis Sheraton New York letterhead, October 10, 1970. Letter to Joan Crawford. In full: “Thanks for coming, so beautifu
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Montgomery Clift1199 - Montgomery Clift
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DS, 56 pages, 8.5 x 13, March 31, 1952. Employment agreement between Clift and Warner Bros. Pictures arranging all the particulars for Clift’s time at
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Gary Cooper1200 - Gary Cooper
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Two ALSs, both signed “G,” both one page, dated 1958, both to actress Elaine Shepard. First letter from May 7 reads, in part: “It has been very discou
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte1201 - Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte
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Rare vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in person in blue ink “To Peter, Thanks, Harry Belafonte,” and “To Peter, Dorothy Dandridge.” I
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Dean: Stewart Stern1202 - James Dean: Stewart Stern
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Two-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter (b. 1922) best known for writing Rebel Without a Cause. AMS, one yellow lightly-lined page, 8 x 12.5, an excerpt
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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James Dean1203 - James Dean
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Superb vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “To Natalie, my best, James Dean,” on a light pink 5.5 x 4.5 album page, with a clipped photo a
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Marlene Dietrich1204 - Marlene Dietrich
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ALS, three pages on two light blue sheets, 7.5 x 9.5, August 9, 1963. Letter to “Mr. Martinson.” In part: “OK for $65,000. Will be in Washington, Shor
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Sergei Eisenstein1205 - Sergei Eisenstein
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Revolutionary Soviet Russian film director and film theorist (1898–1948) noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin, and Oct
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Entertainers1206 - Entertainers
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Vintage hardcover autograph book, 6 x 4.5, signed inside in ink and pencil by over 30 entertainers, including actors and actresses, boxers, directors,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr1207 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 6, 1929. First National Productions Corporation of Burbank, California, terminating Fairbanks’s contract for a perio
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Errol Flynn1208 - Errol Flynn
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, November 15, 1940. Agreement between Flynn and Warner Brothers that allows Flynn to withdraw $15,000 from a trust over the co
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Errol Flynn1209 - Errol Flynn
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DS, 40 pages (five 8.5 x 11 onionskin and 35 8.5 x 13), 8.5 x 11, May 9, 1946. Agreement between Flynn and Warner Bros. Pictures for a period of three
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Ford1210 - John Ford
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 3, 1972. Assumption of liabilities agreement for the dissolution of John Ford Productions, Inc., in which Ford owns 98
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Clark Gable1211 - Clark Gable
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 23, 1947. Agreement canceling an escrow transaction at Security-First National Bank. Signed at the conclusion by Gable
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Ava Gardner1212 - Ava Gardner
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ALS signed “Ava,” two pages both sides, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to a friend. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “How about t
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Judy Garland1213 - Judy Garland
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Carbon TLS, signed in ink, “Judy Garland,” one page, 8.5 x 11, February 22, 1964. Letter to Arthur Groman of Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, “RE: Luft
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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The Godfather1214 - The Godfather
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Three one-of-a-kind original pencil sketches of the stars of The Godfather, each on a 9 x 12 off-white sheet, individually signed by the actor picture
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Gillette1215 - William Gillette
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TLS, one page, 7 x 10.75, Seventh Sister letterhead, April 17, 1931. Letter to future congressman Seymour Halpern. In part: “The only answer I can mak
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Samuel Goldwyn1216 - Samuel Goldwyn
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TLS signed “Sam,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 12, 1929. Letter to producer and Paramount co-founder Jesse L. Lasky. In part: “I
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Susan Hayward1217 - Susan Hayward
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Vintage glossy 7.75 x 10 Paramount Pictures 1939 publicity photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Jane—Best wishes always, Susan Hayward.” In
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Katharine Hepburn1218 - Katharine Hepburn
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Scarce vintage 6 x 8.5 magazine photo, signed in fountain pen. Photo is affixed to an identical size section of a scrapbook page. In very good conditi
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn1219 - Katharine Hepburn
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Vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 MGM promotional photo for The Philadelphia Story, signed in blue ballpoint, “Katharine Hepburn, American Shakespeare Festival
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Lena Horne1220 - Lena Horne
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, January 14, 1949. Horne grants MGM the right to “reproduce and manufacture from the sound track of the photoplay, ‘Words and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini1221 - Harry Houdini
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Vintage 8.75 x 7 photo of Houdini refereeing a fake boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Benny Leonard in front of a large crown including armed sold
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry Houdini1222 - Harry Houdini
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Ink signature, “How do you like this Houdini or this Houdini,” on an off-white 5.25 x 2.25 irregularly clipped slip. Slip is affixed by its top edge t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carolyn Jones1223 - Carolyn Jones
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DS, one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, February 7, 1958. A brief document between Jones and Warner Bros. clarifying the wording in a previous agreement. In
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Buster Keaton1224 - Buster Keaton
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Keaton throwing a scornful gaze, signed in fountain pen. In very good condition, with scattered crea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Hedy Lamarr1225 - Hedy Lamarr
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DS, signed “Hedy Lamarr Lee,” four pages, 8.5 x 13, May 16, 1961. Last will and testament of Hedy Lamarr. In part: “I, Hedy Lamarr Lee,…declare this t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Grace Kelly1226 - Grace Kelly
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Desirable vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 10.5 photo of Kelly with her royal family, signed and inscribed in ink “To Rupert—with warmest regards, Grace de
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grace Kelly1227 - Grace Kelly
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TLS signed “Grace,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, May 21. Letter to her friend Donald. In part: “I have given up trying to find time to
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Lassie: Rudd Weatherwax1228 - Lassie: Rudd Weatherwax
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TLS signed “Rudd,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Studio Dog Training School letterhead, December 12, 1946. Letter to an admirer. In full: “Thank you for your le
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Laurel and Hardy1229 - Laurel and Hardy
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Vintage glossy 5.5 x 3.5 photo of the pair in suits and their bowler hats, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “Hello Elsie! Stan Laurel” and “Oliver
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Stan Laurel1230 - Stan Laurel
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen “Hello Bill! Stan Laurel.” Photo also bears a stamped Oliv
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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