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 continues to achieve 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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Gordon Cooper414 - Gordon Cooper
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper in his Mercury space suit, posing with a model of his capsule and surrounded by mist, signed in black felt t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Cosmonauts415 - Cosmonauts
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Collection of 27 color 11 x 8 lightweight cardstock photos featuring images of early cosmonauts beside their biographies printed in Russian, each sign
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Scott Crossfield416 - Scott Crossfield
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Color glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of Crossfield standing on the tarmac with his X-15 behind him, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Robert Shaw, Scott C
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John Glenn417 - John Glenn
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Glossy 10.75 x 8 photo of Glenn climbing inside his Friendship 7 capsule, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a couple trivial creases t
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Jim Irwin418 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin with a Lunar Rover at the Apollo 15 landing site, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To David, Be
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Bruce McCandless419 - Bruce McCandless
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of McCandless performing his historic untethered space walk, signed in black felt tip, “The first to fly the MMU—Bruc
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James McDivitt420 - James McDivitt
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the test flight of the lunar module during Apollo 9, signed in black felt tip, “Test flight of ‘Spider’ for the fu
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Mercury Astronauts421 - Mercury Astronauts
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra posing in the hatch of a Mercury capsule, signed in black felt tip by all
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Edgar Mitchell422 - Edgar Mitchell
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Satin-finish 15.5 x 19.5 full-length photo of Mitchell walking on the moon, signed in black felt tip. Double-matted and framed with a small name plaqu
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Wally Schirra423 - Wally Schirra
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the launch of Schirra’s Mercury flight, signed in black felt tip, “Liftoff of Mercury Atlas 8, 2 Oct. 62, Wally Sch
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Dave Scott424 - Dave Scott
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Impressive satin-finish 40.5 x 8.5 panoramic photo of Scott conducting experiments on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, “Man must explore a
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Harrison Schmitt425 - Harrison Schmitt
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Schmitt on the moon with the American flag pointing toward Earth, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To
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Alan Shepard426 - Alan Shepard
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Shepard in his Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Alan Shepard427 - Alan Shepard
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Shepard in his space suit with the Apollo 14 mission insignia in the background, signed in silver ink. In fine condition,
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Deke Slayton428 - Deke Slayton
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Slayton posing in his blue flight suit with a model of the space shuttle, signed in black felt tip, “Best wishes, D
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Tom Stafford429 - Tom Stafford
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Color satin-finish 13.75 x 10.75 photo of the American crew of the Apollo-Soyuz mission, signed in black felt tip by Tom Stafford. Affixed to a 20 x 1
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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STS-135430 - STS-135
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Official color 11 x 8.5 NASA lithograph of the full STS-135 crew, signed in black felt tip by Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandra Magnus, and Rex Walh
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Jack Swigert431 - Jack Swigert
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Apollo 13 issued by the Manned Spaceflight Cover Society, signed in black felt tip. Encapsulated in a plast
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Wernher von Braun432 - Wernher von Braun
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Notated and signed one page typed report by Ernest Stuhlinger, dated July 19-23, 1965, initialed twice by von Braun, “B.” Notes touch upon the AES exp
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Ansel Adams436 - Ansel Adams
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TLS signed “Ansel,” one page, 8 x 10.75, personal letterhead, July 15, 1958. In part: “The SINAR is a magnificent piece of equipment! Just what I need
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Artists437 - Artists
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Signed unbound book: Feuilles Eparses. France, 1965. Hardcover with slipcase, 8.5 x 10, 85 pages in unbound gatherings. Signed on an opening page in p
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum438 - Gutzon Borglum
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Fantastic glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Washington’s face during the early stages of carving Mount Rushmore, signed and inscribed at the top in f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Margaret Bourke-White439 - Margaret Bourke-White
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Four signed items: a bank check dated 1935, filled out and signed by Bourke-White, “Bourke-White Studio, Margaret Bourke-White”; an ALS inside a perso
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Mary Cassatt440 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 5.5 French ‘Carte Pneumatique,’ postmarked June 2, 1913. Letter to her biographer, art critic Achille Segard, in fu
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marc Chagall441 - Marc Chagall
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Exceptional hand-colored lithograph print folded as a lettercard, 4.5 x 5.5 when closed, signed inside in blue ballpoint by Chagall below a New Year’s
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali442 - Salvador Dali
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Color 8.75 x 11.75 book photo of Dali’s 1962 work entitled ‘The Battle of Tetuan,’ prominently signed in person in the lower border in blue felt tip.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Daniel Chester French443 - Daniel Chester French
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American sculptor (1850–1931) best known for his monumental historical works, most notably the sculpture that forms the centerpiece of the Lincoln Mem
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rene Magritte444 - Rene Magritte
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Remarkable sketchbook titled on the cover “Le Probleme du Fantome,” 4 x 5.5, circa 1946, containing 49 original sketches by Magritte in ink and pencil
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Estimate : 250,000.00 - 280,000.00
 
 
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Raoul Dufy445 - Raoul Dufy
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ALS in French, two pages, 5 x 7, April 23, 1919. Letter to poet and art critic Andre Salmon. In full (translated): “Upon my return to Paris I found yo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Raoul Dufy446 - Raoul Dufy
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DS in French, one page, 5 x 6.75, November 16, 1930. Document concerning the rights to three of his works. In part (translated): “Received of Mr. A. V
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry Moore447 - Henry Moore
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Color 3.75 x 5.75 cardstock photo of one of Moore’s 1964–65 sculptures entitled ‘Atom Piece (Working Model for Nuclear Energy),’ signed at the bottom
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Rembrandt Peale448 - Rembrandt Peale
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Renowned American painter (1778–1860) regarded as one of the finest portrait artists of his day, most famous for his paintings of George Washington an
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell449 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: Willie Was Different. Later printing. NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 10.25, 40 pages. Signed on the ...
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Norman Rockwell450 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: The Norman Rockwell Storybook. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 12.25. Signed on the ...
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Norman Rockwell451 - Norman Rockwell
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Classic matte-finish 6.75 x 8.75 photo of Rockwell smoking a pipe, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “My best wishes to Space Age Museum, Sincer
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John Singer Sargent452 - John Singer Sargent
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ALS signed “J. S. S.,” one page on a 4.5 x 3.5 personal correspondence card, no date. Letter to Sir Philip Sassoon. In full: “Thanks for sending me th
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec453 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “T-L,” three pages on two adjoining sheets (with just two lines and the signature on the third page), 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter t
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Chris Van Allsburg454 - Chris Van Allsburg
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Signed book: The Polar Express. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.75 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the h
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol455 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: America. First edition, first printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1985. Softcover, 8.5 x 11, 223 pages. Signed vertically on the front cove...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol456 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: POPism. First edition. NY: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 310 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Stow Wengenroth457 - Stow Wengenroth
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Renowned American artist and lithographer (1906–1978) known for his detailed depictions of the seascapes and landscapes of New England. Limited editio
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Grant Wood458 - Grant Wood
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Renowned American artist (1891–1942), and one of the principal figures of the Regionalist movement of the 1930s and 1940s, whose painting ‘American Go
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Frank Lloyd Wright459 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Well-designed Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation business check, 8 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Wright, payable to Ed Carmody for $34.80, Augus
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright460 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Exceptional German lithograph, 23 x 14, titled in German [translated here], ‘Perspective View of House in its Landscape in Springfield, Ohio, for Burt
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Mickey Mouse production drawing from Ye Olden Days465 - Mickey Mouse production drawing from Ye Olden Days
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Ye Olden Days. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 anim
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Mickey Mouse and Goofy production drawing from Ye Olden Days466 - Mickey Mouse and Goofy production drawing from Ye Olden Days
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Goofy from Ye Olden Days, showing the layout for the ‘battle scene’
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Mickey Mouse production drawing from The Mail Pilot467 - Mickey Mouse production drawing from The Mail Pilot
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from The Mail Pilot. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on unt
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck production drawing from The Dognapper468 - Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck production drawing from The Dognapper
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1934) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from Donald’s third cartoon, The Dognapper. Accomplishe
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Waterbabies with Lizard production cel from Silly Symphony469 - Waterbabies with Lizard production cel from Silly Symphony
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1935) Original production cel featuring Waterbabies with Lizard from Silly Symphony, showing the Waterbabies riding on the lizar
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Goofy production drawing from Moving Day470 - Goofy production drawing from Moving Day
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1936) Original production drawing featuring Goofy from Moving Day, showing him scratching his head. Accomplished in graphite and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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