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Signature with Parisian Association

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Beautiful simple autograph by famed Spanish painter/sculptor Pablo Picasso, signed in pencil on 3 3/4" x 5" beige card, with...

 


Annie Proulx Brokeback Mountain Signed First Edition

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The short story that launched the hugely popular breakthrough film, Brokeback Mountain. First edition, First printing with French flaps as...

 


Signed Postcard from La Boheme

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Quaint and colorful vintage Italian postcard depicting a scene from Act II of the opera La Bohème, signed in ink by...

 


Framed Autograph with Vintage Print

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Bold, beautiful autograph on white card, in Parrish's distinctive calligraphic style. Gorgeously framed with an original vintage 1923 print of...

 


Guillermo del Toro Signed Limited Edition “The Strain”

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A lavish, deluxe limited edition of the widely praised vampires vs. humanity trilogy, The Strain, this sumptuous first volume is...

 


Signed Garden Museum Catalog

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Boldly signed catalog Isamu Noguchi at Gemini 1982-1983, featuring 26 sculpture editions in the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum. In fine...

 


Maxfield Parrish Signed Autographed Personal Note Card

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Beautiful bold signature on his personal 3.5" x 5' Windsor, Vermont note card. Lightly toned, mounting traces to verso, very...

 


Leroy Neiman First Day Cover Signed

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First Day Cover featuring the John James Audubon 22-cent stamp with a printed Audubon drawing of Blue Jays, signed by...

 


Signed First Edition “West with the Night”

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Signed first edition, first printing of Beryl Markham's extraordinary memoir West with the Night, published to popular acclaim in 1942....

 


The Night Circus First Edition Signed

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Signed first edition of the highly lauded book, The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern's debut novel about a fantastical circus featuring illusionists...