RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, March 22, 1940. Letter to Mr. Shapiro, in full: "You are thoughtful to send me your fine tribute...

ALS signed “G. Santayana,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, November 18, 1930. Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, in part: "It is a pleasant surprise...

Early TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 7, 1965. Letter to Miss Jane Ellison Gilboa in Beverly Hills, in part: "I am so pleased with your using yo...

Signed book: The Art of Maurice Sendak. First edition. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Hardcover with lettered acetate dust jacket, 11.75 x 10.75, 278 page

Five appealing small enameled items made by Halcyon Days in Bilston, England: a limited edition cylindrical pill box commemorating the 400th anniversa

French novelist (1913–2005) who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1985. Glossy 7 x 9.5 portrait of Simon, signed in brown felt tip. In fine co

Signed book: Mr. Stubbs. First edition. NY: Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8, 48 pages. Signed ...

Signed book: The Trumpet of the Swan. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 210 pages. Signed and insc...

Important Russian composer (1833–1877) dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music. ALS in French, signed “A. Borodin,” four pages

ALS in French, signed “Cl. Debussy,” one page, 4.75 x 8, no date. Letter to a gentleman, asking to return a book on Goya to the concierge (translated)

Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the inci

Esteemed Czech composer (1841–1904) of orchestral and chamber music, best known for his Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World.' Superb AMQS by...

Austro-Hungarian composer (1870–1948) best known for his operettas. AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 3.5 sheet, signed below and dated May 16, 1912. Lehar

Amazing ALS in Italian, signed "N. Paganini," one page both sides, 8.75 x 10.25, July 1, 1828. Letter to a Genoa-born ship owner and merch...

Superb double AMQS in pencil on both sides of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard featuring a portrait of Puccini in profile. On the front, Puccini pens two bars fro

Scarce ALS in Italian, signed “G. Puccini,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, April 8, 1894. In part (translated): "Unfortunately, ...

Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.75 photo of the virtuoso seated and playing the piano in a half-length profile pose by New York photographer Herman Mishkin, si

AMQS on an off-white 4.25 x 6.75 sheet, crisply signed below in ink, "Sergei Rachmaninoff, Boston, 20 December, 1909." Rachmaninoff pens f...

Highly influential French composer (1875-1937) who remains unsurpassed in his imaginative use of instrumental color in his operas, brilliantly scored

Important Italian composer (1792–1868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as The Barber of Sev