BOSTON, MASS.- With well over 1,000 lots spanning a dozen genres,
RR Auction's July Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by special Animation Art section with online bidding through July 10.
Highlights include works by Eyvind Earle that feature a panorama concept storyboard painting from Lady and the Tramp. The magnificent original panorama concept storyboard painting by Earle from Lady and the Tramp, showing Lady and Tramp together in the iconic 'Bella Notte' scene, sitting together at a table outside Tony & Joe's restaurant with a clothesline strung above them in the alley.
Mary Blair concept storyboard painting from Cinderella. The spectacular original concept storyboard painting by Blair featuring the coach from Cinderella, showing the magical horse-drawn carriage traveling through town on the way to the ball. The large, marvelous painting shows the gleaming coach drawn by white-and-purple horses as they trot through town, represented by a line of silhouetted geometric houses in the background.
Pirates of the Caribbean ride concept painting by Marc Davis. The immensely rare and desirable original concept painting by Davis for Disneyland's famous dark ride attraction Pirates of the Caribbean, depicting a pair of pirates aboard a sinking jolly boat, one man still rowing and the other perched atop the bow, with their loot, several jugs of rum, floating away. Davis captures the otherwise desperate scene with great humor and detail, as neither pirate appears overly concerned with their gloomy predicament or the loss of their alcoholic bounty, and the artwork's bold style and carefree temperament is in keeping with that of the long-running attraction and Disney's blockbuster film series.
Mickey Mouse production cel and production background from Little Hiawatha. The original production cel featuring Mickey Mouse holding a shotgun and wearing a hunting cap, placed on a hand-painted watercolor production background from Little Hiawatha.
Snow White production cels from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Walt Disney signature. The beautiful original production cels featuring Snow White holding a yawning bunny from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Additional highlights include an assortment of Founding Fathers and Presidents to honor America's Independence Day among them; George Washington a one-page letter as president, from December 22, 1796. Letter to Rufus King, the United States Minister to the United Kingdom. In the handwritten letter, Washington refers to a volume of essays by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an American-born physicist and inventor who had served as lieutenant-colonel of the King's American Dragoons during the Revolutionary War.
Abraham Lincoln letter, where Lincoln intervenes on behalf of a Union volunteer. The Civil War-dated one page letter signed as president, January 23, 1863. Letter to General Henry W. Halleck, in full: "I understand you have before you the record of a Court-martial, in the case of Col. Samuel Graham. If so, and you have not already decided it, please do not, until speaking with me concerning it."
Colonel Samuel Graham of the Fifth New York Volunteer Artillery was found guilty and sentenced to be dismissed on November 17, 1862, on charges made by Lieutenant Calvin Shaffer of appointing George H. Sealey as sutler for the regiment in return for $1,000 from Sealey. The court-martial recommended pardon because of Graham's inexperience and Lincoln remitted the sentence, exonerating Graham of all false charges and allowing him to resume his command of the regiment.
Thomas Jefferson letter was written in 1804, where President Jefferson plans to commission "Commandants of Louisiana." Letter to John Smith, the chief clerk of the Department of War, written from his famous home at Monticello.
Under President Jefferson's purview, the United States had acquired Louisiana from France in 1803 in the famous Louisiana Purchase. The territory was supervised as a military district in until it achieved statehood in 1812.
