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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published close to 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Maria Jeritza739 - Maria Jeritza
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Darling vintage pearl-finish 6.75 x 9.25 photo of Jeritza dripping in pearls and wrapped in a feather boa, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To M
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Edvard Grieg740 - Edvard Grieg
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British 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo, signed vertically in black ink, “This photo has no likeness, Edvard Grieg.” In good condition, with flaking to ink
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Josef Hofmann741 - Josef Hofmann
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Child prodigy (1876–1957) who later became one of the world's famous pianists and pedagogues. Very early original 4.25 x 6.5 Sarony cabinet phot...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Engelbert Humperdinck742 - Engelbert Humperdinck
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German Romantic composer (1854–1921) best known for the opera Hänsel und Gretel. He is not related to the 1960s British pop star of the same na...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franz Joseph Haydn743 - Franz Joseph Haydn
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Rare signed music score: Ariana a Naxos, Cantate a Voce Sola o Forte-Piano. First edition. London: “Printed for the Author and sold by him at No. 18,
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Engelbert Humperdinck744 - Engelbert Humperdinck
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German Romantic composer (1854–1921) best known for the opera Hänsel und Gretel. He is not related to the 1960s British pop star of the same na...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Zoltan Kodaly745 - Zoltan Kodaly
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Prominent Hungarian composer, educator, ethnomusicologist, linguist, author, and philosopher. Clean fountain pen signature, “Kodaly,” on a beige 5 x 4
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Fritz Kreisler746 - Fritz Kreisler
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Composer and violinist (1875–1962). Vintage 5 x 6.75 semi-glossy photo, signed in fountain pen, “Fritz Kreisler1915.” Scattered creases and surface ma
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Wanda Landowska747 - Wanda Landowska
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French harpsichordist (1879–1959) whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsich
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Franz Lehar748 - Franz Lehar
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Popular Austrian composer (1870–1948) of ‘light’ classical music, best known for his operetta, ‘The Merry Widow.’ Vintage 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo,
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Jenny Lind749 - Jenny Lind
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Celebrated soprano (1820–1887), known as the ‘Swedish Nightingale,’ who, under the management of P. T. Barnum, became the most renowned and highly pai
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Alexander Campbell MacKenzie750 - Alexander Campbell MacKenzie
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Scottish composer (1847–1935). MacKenzie is most widely known for his oratorios, violin, and piano pieces, producing over 90 compositions. He is regar
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Alma Mahler-Werfel751 - Alma Mahler-Werfel
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Austrian composer, author and companion of famous men (1879–1964). ALS in her native language, boldly signed “Alma,” one page of onion skin paper, 8.5
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Rene Maison752 - Rene Maison
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Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Maison in character, signed and inscribed in blue ink “With every good wish—to Edward A. Gerthner, Re
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Jules Massenet753 - Jules Massenet
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ALS in French, signed “J. Massenet,” one page, 4.5 x 7, December 12, 1903. Massenet writes, translated, in part: “I am writing to you immediately. I a
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Jules Massenet754 - Jules Massenet
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French composer (1842–1912) best known for such operas as ‘Manon,’ ‘Werther,’ and ‘Thais.’ AMQS on the reverse of a 5.25 x 3.25 photo postcard of Mass
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Jules Massenet755 - Jules Massenet
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French composer (1842–1912) best known for such operas as ‘Manon,’ ‘Werther,’ and ‘Thais.’ ALS in French, signed “J. Massenet,” three pages on two adj
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John McCormack756 - John McCormack
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World-famous Irish tenor and recording artist (1884-1945), celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires. ALS, one page
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Yehudi Menuhin757 - Yehudi Menuhin
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Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 photo, signed and inscribed in blue ink “To Mr. Bernard Baker, with best wishes, Yehudi Menuhin, 1958.” Some light horizont
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Musicians758 - Musicians
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Vintage ink signatures of 14 conductors and singers on both sides of eight 6 x 4 album pages. Signers include: Andre Kostelanetz, Enya Gonzalez, Arthu
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Jack Norworth759 - Jack Norworth
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American performer and songwriter (1879–1959) best known for co-writing such standards as the baseball anthem, ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game,’ and ‘Sh
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Jack Norworth760 - Jack Norworth
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American performer and songwriter (1879–1959) best known for co-writing such standards as the baseball anthem, ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game,’ and ‘Sh
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carl Orff761 - Carl Orff
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German composer (1895-1982) best known for his oratorio ‘Carmina Burana.’ Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 profile photo, signed in the bottom border in
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Opera and Concert Stars762 - Opera and Concert Stars
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Softcover autograph album, 6.25 x 4, signed inside in ink by approximately 100 opera and concert signers, mainly from the 1940, most single page and b
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Pianists763 - Pianists
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Lot of signed photos, programs, and signatures from classical pianist greats, ranging in size from 2.5 x 2.5 to 8 x 10, each signed in ink by the resp
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Sergei Prokofiev764 - Sergei Prokofiev
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Eminent and prolific Russian composer (1891–1953) best known for his colorful, rhythmically vigorous works, including symphonies, operas, and much mus
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nicolo Paganini765 - Nicolo Paganini
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Remarkable Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840) generally regarded as the greatest virtuoso in the history of the instrument. Paganini’s strikin
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Maurice Ravel766 - Maurice Ravel
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Highly influential French composer (1875–1937) who remains unsurpassed in his imaginative use of instrumental color in his operas, brilliantly scored
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Sergei Rachmaninoff767 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1939,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with a trivial area of soiling above,
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Giacomo Puccini768 - Giacomo Puccini
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ALS in Italian, signed “All my kisses, your, Muckilini,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7.25, Regina–Palast–Hotel letterhead, no date. Leng
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Maurice Ravel769 - Maurice Ravel
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Highly influential French composer (1875–1937) who remains unsurpassed in his imaginative use of instrumental color in his operas, brilliantly scored
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Ottorino Respighi770 - Ottorino Respighi
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Composer (1879–1936) known for orchestral colorism. AMQS on an off-white 7 x 5 album page. Respighi pens two intricate measures from his ‘Campana Somm
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Arthur Rubenstein771 - Arthur Rubenstein
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Vintage glossy 7.75 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Richard, with best wishes, Arthur Rubenstein, Dec. 5, 1959.” A trimmed left e
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Singers772 - Singers
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Vintage ink signatures of 10 singers on opposite sides of five separate 6 x 4 album pages. Signers include: Mario Lanza (ins), Todd Duncan, Salvatore
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Richard Strauss773 - Richard Strauss
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Ink signature, “Richard Strauss,” on a light blue 6.25 x 7.75 album page, with an unidentified signature to lower portion of page. In fine condition,
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov774 - 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 : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Gioachino Rossini775 - Gioachino Rossini
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Rossini,” one page, 7.5 x 10, February 4, 1851. Rossini sends a brief letter of affection from Bologna to his “excellent fr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Philip Sousa776 - John Philip Sousa
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Elegant AMQS on a 5.75 x 3.25 off-white sheet. Sousa pens four bars of music entitled “Jack Tar,” signed beneath, “John Philip Sousa, 1904.” In fine c
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Richard Strauss777 - Richard Strauss
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German composer (1864–1949) whose colorful symphonic poems and operas earned him a place among the most important figures in late-19th- and early-20th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Philip Sousa778 - John Philip Sousa
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AMQS on the reverse of one of Sousa’s printed 3.25 x 1.5 visting cards. Sousa pens three bars from an unidentified work, signing underneath, “John Phi
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Arturo Toscanini779 - Arturo Toscanini
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Legendary Italian-born conductor (1867–1957) widely regarded as one of the greatest figures ever to ascend the podium. Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of
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Arturo Toscanini780 - Arturo Toscanini
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Vintage glossy 5.75 x 3.5 postcard photo of Toscanini at his piano, signed in fountain pen, “Arturo Toscanini, 7-3-938.” In very good condition, with
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John Philip Sousa781 - John Philip Sousa
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, North Stafford Station Hotel letterhead, March 29, 1903. Letter to a friend. In full: “Spring is coming. The fields are green an
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky782 - Igor Stravinsky
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Signed book: Chroniques de Ma Vie (in two volumes). Paris: Denöel et Steele, 1935. Softcover, 4.75 x 7.5. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen ...
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Richard Wagner783 - Richard Wagner
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Important German composer (1813–1883) who, by expanding harmonic, instrumental, and dramatic forces to a previously undreamed-of degree, single-handed
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Henri Vieuxtemps784 - Henri Vieuxtemps
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Belgian composer and violinist (1820–1881) considered an essential part of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century. ALS in French
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AC/DC: Angus Young786 - AC/DC: Angus Young
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White pickguard for a standard-size strat, signed in blue felt tip, “Angus Young, AC/DC,” and adding a self-portrait caricature sketch, complete with
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Adele and Carrie Underwood787 - Adele and Carrie Underwood
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Commemorative for the grand opening of the Grammy Museum on December 6, 2008, 8 x 10, signed in black felt tip by Adele and Carrie Underwood. In fine
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Aerosmith788 - Aerosmith
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Draw the Line album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, and Joey Kramer. In fine condi
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Aerosmith: Steven Tyler789 - Aerosmith: Steven Tyler
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Natural wood-finish six-string acoustic guitar, signed on the black pickguard in silver ink by Tyler. Some light scratches to pickguard and a couple s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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