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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Apollo 12578 - Apollo 12
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Apollo 12 crew posing together during their training, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Brian, with b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 13 Mission Control579 - Apollo 13 Mission Control
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Collection of three items: a Mission Operations commemorative cover signed by Gene Kranz; a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Kranz signed in black f
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Apollo 15580 - Apollo 15
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Apollo 15 recovery cover with a cachet honoring the naval recovery force, signed in black felt tip by Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, and Al Worden. In fine co
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 15: Irwin and Worden581 - Apollo 15: Irwin and Worden
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip under a pre-printed sentiment by Jim Irwin,
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Apollo-Soyuz582 - Apollo-Soyuz
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Official color satin-finish 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo, signed in black felt tip by Tom Stafford, Alexei Leonov, and Valeri Kubasov. Photo also
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Gene Cernan583 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Cernan saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “Gene Cernan, CDR Apollo XVII.” In
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Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt584 - Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the nighttime launch of Apollo 17, signed in black felt tip by Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. In fine condition.
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Michael Collins585 - Michael Collins
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Collins posing in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Charlie Duke586 - Charlie Duke
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A 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth, bearing a pre-printed 3.5? diameter Apollo 16 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip, “The voyage of a lifetime, Cha
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John Glenn587 - John Glenn
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FDC with a cachet honoring Glenn’s Project Mercury flight, signed in blue ballpoint, “J. H. Glenn, Jr.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authenticati
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Jim Irwin588 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip below a pre-printed sentiment
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KSC Fire Patch589 - KSC Fire Patch
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Flown John F. Kennedy Space Center Fire Department patch, 4? in diameter, carried on board the shuttle Discovery on STS-70 by Don Thomas, and signed o
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Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov590 - Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov
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Three signed photos: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of an artist’s rendering of the Apollo-Soyuz rendezvous, signed in black felt tip by Ale
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Skylab 4591 - Skylab 4
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Skylab 3 mission, signed in black felt tip and ink by Jerry Carr, Bill Pogue, and Ed Gibson. In very fi
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Space Shuttle592 - Space Shuttle
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Collection of seven official 10 x 8 NASA lithographs of different shuttle crews, each signed in ink or felt tip by the complete crew. Missions are: ST
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Space Shuttle593 - Space Shuttle
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Complete set of 135 NASA Space Shuttle emblem launch covers, STS-1 through STS-135, each bearing a launch date Kennedy Space Center cancellation. All
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SpaceShipOne594 - SpaceShipOne
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Well-done composite scale model of the SpaceShipOne and White Knight vehicles, signed on the underside of the wings in black felt tip by Brian Binnie
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STS-91595 - STS-91
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Printed fabric flag, 5.5 x 3.75, flown to the Mir space station on board the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-91 in June of 1998. Flag is affixe
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John Young596 - John Young
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Composite scale model of the Space Shuttle Columbia, complete with its 11 x 6 base, signed and inscribed on the base in silver ink, “To: Donald R. Bra
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Albert Bierstadt600 - Albert Bierstadt
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German-American painter (1830–1902) best known for his large landscapes of the American West during the 19th century. ALS, four pages on two adjoining
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum601 - Gutzon Borglum
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Plaster model bust of Abraham Lincoln’s head for Mount Rushmore done by Borglum, measuring 3 x 6.5 x 3, incised on the reverse in full, “Gutzon Borglu
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Margaret Bourke-White602 - Margaret Bourke-White
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First-generation original glossy 13.25 x 9.25 photo of a camel train carrying supplies through the USSR taken by Bourke-White. Reverse bears a Black S
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Constantin Brancusi603 - Constantin Brancusi
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Pioneering Romanian sculptor (1876–1957) whose art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic a
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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British Painters604 - British Painters
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Collection of four ALSs signed by prominent 19th–century British painters, including: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Frederic Leighton, John Everett Millais, a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall605 - Marc Chagall
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Exhibit catalog from a show at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York in late 1969, 7 x 9.25, 44 pages, nicely signed on the title page in black felt
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt606 - Mary Cassatt
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Rare ALS in French, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, February 2, written from Ville ‘La Cigaronne’ Cap d’Antibes, (Alpes Maritimes), undated but circa 18
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall607 - Marc Chagall
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Wonderful ensemble of six fine hand-colored lithograph prints folded as lettercards, each 4.25 x 5.5 when closed, all signed in pencil or ink by Chaga
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Howard Chandler Christy608 - Howard Chandler Christy
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Desirable fountain pen sketch of his famous ‘Christy Girl’ on the reverse of a 4 x 6 postcard, signed and inscribed below the drawing, “To Murray A. H
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Edgar Degas609 - Edgar Degas
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Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) who was one of the seminal figures of Impressionism, best known for his images of dancers. Uncommon
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali610 - Salvador Dali
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Color 8.75 x 11.75 book photo of Dali’s 1962 work entitled ‘The Battle of Tetuan,’ signed in person in the right border in blue felt tip. Dampstaining
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Keith Haring611 - Keith Haring
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Fantastic original color drawing by Haring on an off-white 11.75 x 8.25 cardstock sheet, signed vertically in the right border in black felt tip, “K.
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Keith Haring612 - Keith Haring
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Exhibition catalog from a 1988 show in Los Angeles, 9 x 12, 54 pages, signed vertically on the title page in red felt tip, “K. Haring 88,” and adding
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Winslow Homer613 - Winslow Homer
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5.75 x 9, May 11, 1897. Letter to art collector Thomas B. Clarke. In full: “Enclosed please find a letter fro
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gustav Klimt614 - Gustav Klimt
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Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918) and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Extremely desirable partly-printed DS i
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Joan Miro615 - Joan Miro
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Rare early ALS in French, signed “Miro,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard, June 26, 1935 [handwritten notation looks like “25,” but postmark is dated 1
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Edvard Munch616 - Edvard Munch
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Norwegian artist (1863–1944) whose brooding, anguished paintings and graphic works, based on personal grief and obsessions, were instrumental in the d
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Piet Mondrian617 - Piet Mondrian
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Dutch painter (1872–1944) closely associated with the De Stijl movement, best known for his primary-colored geometric ‘Compositions.’ Hand-addressed m
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso618 - Pablo Picasso
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Colorful unformed souvenir hat, 12.5? in diameter, circa 1960, depicting three stylized flamenco dancers with the legend: “Souvenir de la CORRIDA” (“S
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell619 - Norman Rockwell
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Color limited edition artist’s proof 24 x 29.5 lithograph entitled ‘Boy with Two Dogs,’ signed in the lower border in pencil. Matted and framed to an
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ilya Repin620 - Ilya Repin
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Russian painter (1844–1930) of the Peredvizhniki artistic school, known for his realistic, psychologically intense works. Rare ALS in Russian, one pag
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Singer Sargent622 - John Singer Sargent
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ALS signed “John S. Sargent,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to “My dear Tadema.” In part: “I have
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol623 - Andy Warhol
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Color 5.75 x 4 postcard of Warhol’s 1964 work entitled ‘Jackie,’ depicting a repeated pattern of Jacqueline Kennedy, signed vertically in the left bor
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol624 - Andy Warhol
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Program cover from a 1979 art gallery booklet entitled ‘Space Fruit: Still Lifes,’ 10 x 8, signed below his printed name in black felt tip. In fine co
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol and Lou Reed625 - Andy Warhol and Lou Reed
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The Velvet Underground & Nico album signed and inscribed in thick black felt tip, “To Jerry, Andy Warhol,” “To Jerry, Lou Reed,” and one other. ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright626 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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ALS signed “Frank,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.25, The Plaza, New York letterhead, no date, but November–December 1953. Letter to New
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright627 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Appealing Wright-designed business check for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Wright, payable to Jack
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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N. C. and Andrew Wyeth628 - N. C. and Andrew Wyeth
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Exceptional matte-finish 8.25 x 7.25 photo of N. C. Wyeth’s 1942 painting of Henry David Thoreau standing above his famous pond, signed and titled on
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams630 - Ansel Adams
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Signed book: Yosemite and the Range of Light. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 15.25 x 12.25. Signed in black felt
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Ansel Adams631 - Ansel Adams
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TLS signed “Ansel,” one page, 5.5 x 3, December 28, 1967. Letter to Edna Gamma. In part: “Just returned from Yosemite and am slightly nuts. I think I
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Artists632 - Artists
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Collection of 20 items, each signed by a different artist. Signers are: Richard Avedon (FDC), Reynold Arnould (FDC), Richard Anuszkiewicz (FDC), Benny
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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