RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

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RR Auction’s November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings over 800 incredible lots to auction, featuring a compelling selection of John F. Kennedy items in honor of the 55th anniversary of his death. Highlights include JFK’s iconic presidential bomber jacket, his rocking chair from the Carlyle, and a wealth of important handwritten notes, signed photographs, and letter, including one from Jackie reflecting on her tragic flight home from Dallas on Air Force One. An amazing map annotated by Fidel Castro to show the Bay of Pigs invasion represents one of the greatest foreign policy challenges of Kennedy’s presidency. In addition to these are a diverse selection of outstanding items from throughout history: a letter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an autograph document by George Washington using slaves as collateral, a Beatles signed photograph, a compelling archive of Greta Garbo’s letters, and a comprehensive assortment of Napoleonic Marshals round out these fine offerings.
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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Larry McMurtry577 - Larry McMurtry
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Signed book: Lonesome Dove. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 843 pages. Signed on the first fre...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Donn Pearce578 - Donn Pearce
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Unsigned first edition book: Cool Hand Luke. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 304 page...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Julia Peterkin579 - Julia Peterkin
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Two first edition books by Pulitzer Prize–winning Southern author Julia Peterkin: a first edition of Black April, hardcover with dust jacket, publishe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James R. Randall580 - James R. Randall
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 7 x 8.75 sheet, signed at the conclusion, "James R. Randall." Randall quotes from his anthem honoring his na...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Reed581 - John Reed
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American journalist, poet, and socialist activist (1887–1920) known for his account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. TLS si
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Sax Rohmer582 - Sax Rohmer
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Unsigned first edition book: The Trail of Fu Manchu. First edition. Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc., 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.7
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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J. K. Rowling583 - J. K. Rowling
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Signed book: The Casual Vacancy. First edition. London: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 503 pages. Signed on
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ernest Thompson Seton584 - Ernest Thompson Seton
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Nature writer (1860-1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. Group lot of three items signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dr. Seuss585 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: The Shape of Me and Other Stuff. Book club edition. NY: Beginner Books, 1973. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed opposite the t
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Samuel Francis Smith586 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Bold AQS on an off-white 3 x 1.75 card, signed below, "S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, Feb. 5, 1894." Smith pens his famous lines from '...
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John Steinbeck587 - John Steinbeck
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Ballpoint signature, "John Steinbeck," on an off-white 3.75 x 2 calling card belonging to Steinbeck. In fine condition, with six small tap...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tennessee Williams588 - Tennessee Williams
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Personal check, 8.5 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Williams, "Tennessee Williams," payable to Hotel Elysee for $753.63, August 10...
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Writers589 - Writers
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Collection of 35 signatures of notable authors and critics, with the majority signing in ink or ballpoint on individual slips or cards, with the major
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Claude Debussy590 - Claude Debussy
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Important French composer (1862–1918) whose colorful, evocative works, particularly those for keyboard and for orchestra, exemplified the 'impre...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ruggero Leoncavallo591 - Ruggero Leoncavallo
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Appealing AMQS on an off-white 8 x 5 sheet, signed and dated below in ink, "R. Leoncavallo, Milano, 26 ottobre 1897." Leoncavallo pens two...
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Franz Liszt592 - Franz Liszt
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ALS in German, signed “F. Liszt,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, December 11, 1852. Letter recommending Heinrich Huss, a talented youn
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Franz Liszt593 - Franz Liszt
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Scarce untranslated ANS in German, signed “F. Lz.,” one page on the reverse of a 4.25 x 2.75 visiting card marked "F. Liszt," no date. In ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Pietro Mascagni594 - Pietro Mascagni
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Uncommon early 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet photo of the young composer, neatly signed in ink, "P. Mascagni," and dated at the top, "Wien. 30....
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy595 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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Prodigiously gifted German Romantic composer (1809–1847) whose musical output represents virtually every form and genre of the era. Untranslated ALS i
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Jacques Offenbach596 - Jacques Offenbach
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French composer (1819–1880) best known for his popular stage works, most notably Orpheus in the Underworld (including the famous 'Can-Can') ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini597 - Giacomo Puccini
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Puccini,” one page, 5.5 x 3.25, postcard letterhead, no date. Early untranslated letter to the French-Italian painter Ferru
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov598 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Eminent Russian composer (1844-1908) best known for such brilliantly orchestrated works as Scheherazade and for operatic staples like Sadko, The Tale
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Leopold Mozart599 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Leopold Mozart
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ALS in German, signed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Ich sonst wie bin Mozart Wolfgang," and by his father Leopold Mozart, "dein alter ...
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Estimate : 300,000.00 - 500,000.00
 
 
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Music and Art600 - Music and Art
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Extraordinary early 20th century guest book from the Hotel Du Soleil in Arnhem, Netherlands, 6.25 x 9.25, featuring a deluxe binding with spine and co
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Gioacchino Rossini601 - Gioacchino Rossini
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Brilliant 2.25 x 3.5 seated portrait of Rossini affixed to its original 4.25 x 6.25 souvenir card, with French text commemorating the 500th performanc
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Clara Schumann602 - Clara Schumann
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Composer and one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era (1819-1896). She and her husband, composer Robert Schumann, were early champio
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Johann Strauss603 - Johann Strauss
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Eminent Viennese composer (1825–1899), known as the 'Waltz King,' best known for such all-time favorites as 'The Beautiful Blue Danube&#...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky604 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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ALS in Russian, signed “P. Tchaikovsky,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, September 10, 1883. Letter to the important Russian composer and
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Robert Schumann605 - Robert Schumann
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Highly important German composer and pianist (1810–1856) whose distinctively lyrical musical language, especially evident in his keyboard works and ar
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Richard Wagner606 - Richard Wagner
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ALS in German, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.25, December 12, 1857. Important letter to his "honored friend" Johann Hoffmann ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Siegfried Wagner607 - Siegfried Wagner
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German composer and conductor (1869–1930) who was the son of Richard Wagner; he served as the opera composer and artistic director of the Bayreuth Fes
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ralph Vaughan Williams608 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Influential English composer (1872–1958) of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. Uncommon AMQS on an off-white 8.75 x 11.2
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Coltrane609 - John Coltrane
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My Favorite Things album signed on the back cover in black ballpoint by John Coltrane, and in blue ballpoint by pianist McCoy Tyner. In fine condition
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Duke Ellington610 - Duke Ellington
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Huge AMQS on an off-white 8.25 x 9 sheet, signed in ballpoint, "The Finger of God Controls the Wheel of Destiny, Duke Ellington," with a t...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Bill Evans611 - Bill Evans
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Innovative and highly regarded jazz pianist (1929-1980) who worked briefly with Miles Davis before forming his own trio in the late 1950s. Plagued by
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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B. B. King612 - B. B. King
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Cream-bodied Affinity series Fender Squier Stratocaster electric guitar, nicely signed on the body in blue felt tip by B. B. King. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles613 - Beatles
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Circa 1967 pencil signatures and inscription, "To Ingrid, love Paul McCartney," "John Lennon," "Ringo Starr," and &quo...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Beatles614 - Beatles
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Circa 1964 vintage glossy 8.5 x 6.5 Dezo Hoffman publicity photo of the Beatles seated inside a 1902 Renault automobile, signed in fountain pen by Joh
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison615 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Wonderful glossy 10 x 8 photo of George Harrison in a peaceful close-up pose from circa 1976, signed in blue ink. In very good to fine condition, with
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: McCartney and Starr616 - Beatles: McCartney and Starr
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Please Please Me album signed and inscribed on the back cover in black ballpoint, "To Daureen, Paul McCartney" and "To Daureen, love ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney617 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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Bold ink signature, "Yes, you may!! All the best, from Paul McCartney,” on the reverse of an off-white 5 x 3.75 membership application card for...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Bob Dylan618 - Bob Dylan
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Superb glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Dylan wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a Hawaiian shirt during the late 1970s, signed and inscribed in blue felt
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Roy Orbison619 - Roy Orbison
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Fantastic glossy 5 x 7 paperstock photo of Orbison seated on a couch and playing the guitar, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Sheila...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones620 - Rolling Stones
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Vintage blue ballpoint signatures, "Mick Jagger," "Keith Richard," "Brian Jones, x," "Charlie Boy, xxx," and...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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The Who621 - The Who
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Sought-after vintage 8 x 10 publicity photo of The Who, signed in black ballpoint, "Keith," "Pete," and "John," and in...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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The Jacksons622 - The Jacksons
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Destiny promotional album signed and inscribed on the inner gatefold above their respective images in ink or ballpoint, "To Reg, your the nic...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Prince623 - Prince
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Lovesexy album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip, "'Love God,' —P '88." In very good to fine condition, with some cre...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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S. Fillmore Bennett624 - S. Fillmore Bennett
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Physician, editor, and songwriter (1836–1898) best known as the lyricist for the hymn 'The Sweet Bye and Bye.' AQS on an off-white 5 x 7.75 ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Phillips Brooks625 - Phillips Brooks
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American clergyman (1835–1893) best known as the lyricist of the popular Christmas carol 'O Little Town of Bethlehem.' TLS, one page, 4.75 x...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francois-Joseph Gossec626 - Francois-Joseph Gossec
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French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works (1734–1829). ALS in French, signed “Gossec,” one page, 6.5 x 8.25, April 26,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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