RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
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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Yes774 - Yes
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Close to the Edge album signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, and Rick Wakeman. In fine
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Neil Young775 - Neil Young
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Buffalo Springfield Again album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Young. In fine condition. The record is included.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Neil Young776 - Neil Young
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Color 18 x 24 poster for the Rhino Records release of the Buffalo Springfield box set, signed in black felt tip. In very good condition, with two vert
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Neil Young777 - Neil Young
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 Reprise Records publicity photo of Young, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Actors and Actresses780 - Actors and Actresses
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Excellent collection of four photos, all roughly 3.5 x 5.5, each signed by a notable actor or actress, including: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, N
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Actors and Actresses781 - Actors and Actresses
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Lovely collection of four signed photos, all roughly 8 x 10, each signed by a notable actor or actress, including: Ethel Merman, Helen Morgan, Jeanett
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Actors and Actresses782 - Actors and Actresses
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Outstanding collection of twelve photos of various sizes, each signed by a different notable actor or actress, including: Irene Bordoni, Tallulah Bank
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Actors and Actresses783 - Actors and Actresses
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Desirable collection of six photos of various sizes, each signed by a notable actor or actress, including: Cedric Hardwicke, Cesar Romero, Neil Hamilt
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Josephine Baker784 - Josephine Baker
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Lovely vintage 3.75 x 5 head-and-shoulders postcard photo, signed in fountain pen, “Josephine Baker, 1929.” Beautifully double-matted and framed under
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Josephine Baker785 - Josephine Baker
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “Avec mes meilleurs souveniere, Jospehine Baker, Nice, 1932,” on an off-white 7 x 4.25 sheet, also signed by her manag
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Josephine Baker786 - Josephine Baker
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Titillating vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the scantily clad Baker in feathers from the Folies Bergere, signed in fountain pen, “Josephine Baker,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sarah Bernhardt787 - Sarah Bernhardt
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Vintage glossy 6 x 9 photo of Bernhardt dressed in an elaborate outfit, signed and inscribed in black ink, “For J. Willis Sayre, Souvenir de Sarah Ber
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Sarah Bernhardt788 - Sarah Bernhardt
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Vintage 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet photo of Bernhardt with several tears running down her cheek by W. and D. Downey Studios of London, signed and inscribed o
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Edwin Booth789 - Edwin Booth
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Renowned American Shakespearean actor (1833–1893) and brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Uncommon original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Boo
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Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman790 - Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
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Vintage fountain pen signatures, “Humphrey Bogart,” and “Ingrid Bergman,” on individual off-white 2.75 x 2 cards. In fine condition, with a trivial br
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Humphrey Bogart791 - Humphrey Bogart
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Terrific vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Bogart smoking a Chesterfield as he sits in a director-style chair having his hair cut, signed and inscr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Celebrities792 - Celebrities
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Vintage white hardcover guest book, 8.5 x 6.5, signed inside by numerous stars and celebrities, most dated between 1964 and 1968, all pages signed on
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Louise Brooks793 - Louise Brooks
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Legendary screen actress of the silent era (1906–1985) whose brief but successful career ended with her retirement from show business in 1931. Matte-f
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Charlie and Oona Chaplin794 - Charlie and Oona Chaplin
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FDC with a cachet honoring Eugene O’Neill, signed in blue felt tip “Charles Chaplin,” and in blue ink, “Oona Chaplin.” In very fine condition. Accompa
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Charlie Chaplin795 - Charlie Chaplin
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Nostalgic vintage glossy 10 x 8 publicity photo of Chaplin as the Little Tramp, and Mabel Normand from one of their various films together, as feature
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Gary Cooper796 - Gary Cooper
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper as he appeared in You’re in the Navy Now, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Eleanor, wi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Joan Crawford797 - Joan Crawford
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 full-length MGM publicity photo of Crawford as Flaemchen from the 1932 film Grand Hotel, identified as having been taken by Geor
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Cukor798 - George Cukor
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TLS signed “George,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, February 26, 1963. Letter to Bette Davis. In part: “Congratulations on your nomination—your tenth,
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Michael Curtiz799 - Michael Curtiz
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TLS signed “Mike,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, Paramount Pictures Corporation letterhead, June 4, 1957. Letter of thanks to Cleo Ronson. In full: “Thank you
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Sammy Davis, Jr800 - Sammy Davis, Jr
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Davis’s Screen Actors Guild surgical and major medical benefits card, 3.25 x 2.25, signed on the front in black felt tip by Davis, adding his Social S
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Clark Gable801 - Clark Gable
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Vintage oversized matte-finish 12.75 x 10 MGM publicity photo, credited on the reverse to Grimes, of Gable atop a horse, signed and inscribed in fount
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sergei Eisenstein802 - 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 : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Frankenstein: Lionel Belmore803 - Frankenstein: Lionel Belmore
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English character actor (1867-1953) best remembered as the huffy-puffy Herr Vogel the Burgomaster in Frankenstein. Scarce vintage glossy 7.25 x 9 phot
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Joan Fontaine804 - Joan Fontaine
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Massive archive of correspondence from Fontaine to Rose Mula, consisting of 60 ALSs on various stationery, postcards, and personal note cards, two TLS
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Judy Garland805 - Judy Garland
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ALS signed “Judy,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, no date. Love letter to her husband Sidney Luft. In full: “You were so sound asleep, I was afraid t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Cary Grant806 - Cary Grant
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To George Blake, Cordially, Cary Grant.” In fine condition, with a stray “T”
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gone With the Wind: Vivien Leigh807 - Gone With the Wind: Vivien Leigh
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Color vintage 9 x 11.75 magazine photo from the March 23, 1940, issue of Picturegoer and Film Weekly, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Angela, w
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gone With the Wind: Clark Gable808 - Gone With the Wind: Clark Gable
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Personal check, 8.25 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Gable, payable to Jean Garceau for $122.20, March 8, 1955. In fine condition, with cancel
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Edmund Gwenn809 - Edmund Gwenn
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Fabulous and desirable vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.5 photo of Gwenn in his memorable role in Miracle on 34th Street, signed in fountain pen. In fine
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck810 - Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 Paramount Pictures promotional photo for Roman Holiday, signed later in black felt tip by Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. In fi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Rita Hayworth811 - Rita Hayworth
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Hayworth as Gilda, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Sterling, Regards, Rita Hayworth.” Scattered light creases
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn812 - Audrey Hepburn
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Glossy 7 x 9.5 Warner Bros. promotional photo of Hepburn and Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady, signed in black felt tip by Hepburn. In very good to fine
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn813 - Audrey Hepburn
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Magazine cover from the September 7, 1953, issue of Time magazine, featuring a Boris Chaliapin portrait of Hepburn, signed in the lower right corner i
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn814 - Katharine Hepburn
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Gorgeous color-tinted vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Clarence Sinclair Bull photo, with well-done hand-tinted accents to Hepburn’s lips and eyes, signed
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn815 - Katharine Hepburn
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Three items: ALS, one page, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, dated November 20, 1984. Hepburn writes to her friend Gayle. In full: “Thank you for the very
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn816 - Katharine Hepburn
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ALS signed “Kath,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, April 19, 1968. Letter to her friend Emily Pierson. In part: “What a letter—Can’t get over
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alfred Hitchcock817 - Alfred Hitchcock
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Pearl-finish 11 x 13.75 photo of Hitchcock looking over his shoulder, nicely signed in white artist’s pencil. Rippling to bottom edge, a couple circul
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William Holden818 - William Holden
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Highly regarded American actor (1918–1981) who won the 1954 Academy Award for Best Actor in Stalag 17. Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 8 photo of Holden du
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Leslie Howard819 - Leslie Howard
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Vintage program photo of Howard from a production of Hamlet, trimmed to a size of 6.75 x 9, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Trimmed edges,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Boris Karloff820 - Boris Karloff
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Vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of Karloff sitting in the shadows, a pipe clenched in his mouth, signed in fountain pen, “Sincerely, Boris Karloff.”
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Boris Karloff821 - Boris Karloff
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Intimidating vintage glossy 8 x 10 Universal publicity photo of Karloff as Mord the Executioner in Tower of London, signed in fountain pen. Some scatt
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Laurel and Hardy822 - Laurel and Hardy
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Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “Thank you Sheila! Stan Laurel,” and a ballpoint signature, “Oliver Hardy,” on a gray-and-white marble
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh823 - Vivien Leigh
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Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.75 portrait of Leigh, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh824 - Vivien Leigh
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Warner Bros. promotional photo of Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire, signed in blue ballpoint. In very good condition, with a f
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh825 - Vivien Leigh
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, November 9, 1954. Letter of thanks for a birthday card. In full: “How very kind of you to remember my bir
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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